J. Tim Raymond is a writer, artist, actor, poet, reviewer, certified art therapist, and teacher. His education includes an MFA from The Maryland Institute of Art and BFA from Cooper Union. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, he has lived in Western New York since the early 1990s, after starting an art career in Baltimore, New York, and Austin. Represented for a time by Jack Tilton Gallery in New York, he later worked as an instructor at University of Texas in Austin and Erie Community College in Buffalo. He has provided art therapy services to MRDD, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and dementia populations at day treatment and day habilitation facilities in the Buffalo area. His art reviews of local gallery exhibitions were published in the former free press journals, Art Voice and The Public. Additionally, he has been involved for several years with productions at the Subversive Theater Collective as an actor, set painter, and board member. He also appears in the 2018 short film, Memories of the Future.
Raymond is an exhibiting member of Buffalo Society of Artists and Board member since 2023. Formerly, a member of the College Street Gallery Artist Collective, he also served as a docent at the former Albright Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo AKG Art Museum). He has been involved with the Subversive Theater Collective as set painter, actor, and board member. Additionally, Raymond has been a frequent participant in local poetry readings. His art has been shown in numerous local group and member exhibitions, such as Burchfield Penney, Albright Knox, Hallwalls, Big Orbit, Artspace Buffalo, High Temp Art Space, Queen City, C.G. Jung Center and Art Dialogue.
Brandon Williamson is a poet, spoken word artist, actor, coordinator of poetry slams, and was named the president o the Ujima Theater not long ago. He says of himself that he is a “Storyteller, creativity consultant, innovation specialist, and founder of the internationally recognized Pure Ink Poetry organization in Buffalo, NY and with experience serving as a School administrator, College admissions counselor, high school teacher, College advisor, Minister, Poet, Actor, Musician, Author, Athlete, Producer, community activist, professional wrestler, and innovator.
He graduated from Fredonia in 2007 with a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Theatre. Brandon started as a high school theater teacher. A few years later, he changed directions and returned to Fredonia College to become an Admissions Counselor to not only fulfill his joy of working with students, but also to give back to the community. During the past nine years when he was an Admissions Counselor, Brandon also founded Pure Ink Poetry and wrote and self published two books of poetry. Brandon describes his name being built on not only theater, but also the world of spoken poetry and writing. He is the recipient of an Excellence in Education nomination as a school Administrator and a recipient of the Buffalo Business First’s 40 under 40 award.
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