b. 1937
Jorge Guitart is a watercolorist who emigrated from Cuba to the U.S. in 1962. He obtained a B.A. in psychology from George Washington University in 1967 and M.S. and Ph.D degrees in Spanish linguistics from Georgetown University in 1970 and 1973. Since 1973, he has been a professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Buffalo. He is widely published in Spanish linguistics and has published poetry in English and Spanish in the U.S, along with poetry in Spanish in Spain and Latin America. He has also taught poetry workshops throughout Buffalo public schools for the past 11 years, and belongs to the Board of Directors of Just Buffalo Literary Center. Jorge's paintings appeared in the Cuban-American Artists from Western New York exhibit at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center in 2005 and he had a solo show at Buffalo's El Museo in 2006.