Braxton Rae

Braxton Rae is an artist whose creative work and scholarship focuses on blackness, queerness, womanism, and marginalized identities more broadly. Additionally, Braxton is passionately pursuing the craft of intimacy work. As a former CAME Maker in Residence (2023-24), Braxton Rae facilitated creative workshops for College of Engineering students via the IGNITE program (Innovation Gator Network for Inspiring Technological Entrepreneurship) to increase design innovation. They supervised a student-led production combining dance and astronomy; and facilitated interactive community workshops with youth utilizing theatre techniques. Braxton collaborated with Professor Heidi Boisvert, an AI and the Arts faculty, to direct an original performance integrating devised theatre techniques and AI technology. 

Braxton received their MFA in Theatre Direction from UT Austin and their artistic goals are to foster an arts community that focuses on diversity, equity, inclusion and love. Recently Braxton directed Always Patsy Cline at Great River Shakespeare Theatre Festival and the world premiere of Small Steps by Briandaniel Oglesby. In 2021 Braxton created their first Performance art album titled Truth, which can be experienced at www.truthbybraxtonrae.com Learn more about Braxton at www.braxtonrae.com.