Visual Art
Visual Artist In Residence
Christian Williams / "Kiffy the Pit"
Christian Williams (Kiffy the pit) is an artist born and raised in Buffalo, NY. Kiffy dabbles in a wide range of the visual arts like digital art, pen and ink, 2D and 3D animation, and freshly adding the massive world of acrylic painting to his arsenal. His style is heavily inspired by the cartoons he spent countless hours watching in his youth with his own splash of chaos. His art captures the blissful & free nature of childish creativity, creating without the restriction of thoughts or judgments, a lawless smash up of the first thing that comes to his mind. Let's get back to laying down in your grandma's living room on the floor in front of big box TV watching cartoons, flipping through channels, armed with a box of crayons and loose printer paper.
Visual Artist In Residence
Amy Ann Goelz
Amy Ann Goelz is an artist hailing from the Bay Area of California. Her journey into the world of art began at a young age, where she joyfully scribbled on the walls of a rental house with a Sharpie. Though this early foray into the art world didn’t yield quite the reaction she’d hoped for, her passion was not thwarted. Over the years, she’s used her perceptive eye to create art that reflects the human condition. After completing her BS in film with an art minor from Ithaca College, Amy focused on expressing herself through filmmaking. However, when the global pandemic disrupted the normal course of life, Amy found herself presented with a unique opportunity. During this time of uncertainty, she rekindled her connection with painting. Her works in Stranger are the product of this period, where in the depths of a global and personal crisis, Amy found solace in the studio wielding her brushes under the supervision of her supportive cat, Jerome.
Visual Artist In Residence
Anna Parisi
Anna Parisi is a new New Yorker, moving to the Bronx in August 2023. She works with paint, primarily oil color. Human figures and expressions feature heavily in her work. She uses these figures to explore human desire, emotions, and relationships. Her inspiration is partly tied to her background in Psychology. Studying the positive and negative effects of human relationships sparked in her a fascination in the outward expressions of these mental processes. This interest results in most of her pieces including faces as vessels to convey the diaspora of human emotions.
Theatre
Actor/Writer in Residence
Max Pescherine
Max Pescherine is an actor, screenwriter, and director born and raised in NYC. He has recently appeared in Fatal Attraction (Paramount+), Rebel Moon (Netflix), Days of Our Lives (Peacock), and Quantum Leap (NBC), as well as over 45 plays throughout his life. He studied acting at Stella Adler, the Public Theater and received a BA in Theater from Kenyon College. He has directed several short films, and has several screenplays in the works that span from social satire, to sci-fi, Neo-noire, and an ancient Greek musical comedy. At the Wild Geese Gallery, Max was the associate to Award Winning Broadway director Michael Wilson in an 8-week actor workshop series and produced readings of his own writing in the space. He currently is an associate and Artist in Residence at the gallery looking to bring new talent into the space across visual, musical, and dramatic mediums.
Actor/Writer in Residence
Darius Adamson Jr.
Darius Adamson Jr. is an NYC based actor, writer, director, and producer, originally born and raised in South Carolina. He recently graduated with a BFA in Theatre from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he also minored in Business of Entertainment, Media, and Technology. Darius completed his primary training at Playwrights Horizons Downtown Theatre School and completed his advanced training at Stonestreet Studios, where he studied on-camera technique before returning to Playwrights Horizons to produce an original play that he also co-directed and performed in entitled A Very Special Episode.
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Darius is also a proud alumnus of Black Theatre United's internship and mentorship program's inaugural year back in the Summer of 2022.