Born in Richmond, Virginia, Rob Gibsun has been in love with the visual and performing arts since his youth. Graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Communication Arts department, Rob's art and poetry have been published in Yemassee Journal, The Offing, Kinfolks Quarterly, Minetta Review, Amendment. As a teaching artist, Gibsun has instructed watercolor painting classes with senior citizens at Pine Camp Art Center and facilitated creative writing and performance workshops with inner city youth through Richmond-area non-profit Art180. Gibsun has shared stages with Sonia Sanchez, Charlie Wilson, Saul Williams and Lianne La Havas. Founder of VCU's award-winning poetry organization, Good Clear Sound, Rob has extensive knowledge as a poetry slam coach. A TEDxRVA Speaker, Southern Fried Poetry Slam Champion and Verses and Flow Poet, he urges you to keep it real, create fearlessly, and work with what you got to get what you want. Find more of Rob’s art at robartistic.weebly.com

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