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Anthony Gordon is an accomplished educator, slam poet and DJ originally from Detroit, MI. He has a 15 year career in public and private education. He has acted as classroom teacher, campus and district administrator. He currently works as an education consultant and ADEI advocate specializing in improving instructional practices to empower student learning processes. He is a 4 time national slam poet, 2013 Fort Worth Slam Champion and finished in the top 30 at 2013 IWPS in Spokane, WA. Gordon is also a successful youth slam coach. He was a co-coach for the Forth Write Youth Poetry Slam (Ft. Worth) and the Fresh Ink Poetry Slam (SA) teams and was the coach for the Team Champions for the first DFW Louder Than a Bomb Slam Finals in 2015. He has opened for poetry legend Nikki Giovanni. He was the winner at the 2020 King Slam during King Week and finished 2nd at the 2018 King Slam in San Antonio. He was also selected twice for the Via Poetry in the Move competition in San Antonio in 2016 and 2017 and he is a founding member of San Antonio’s own 21OGz. He was named the Best Local DJ at the DFW Poetry Award (2013) and has served as the house DJ for multiple TX poetry venues, slam teams and events in his career. Most recently he was a featured artist and DJ for the Luminaria Contemporary Arts Festival in San Antonio in 2023. Gordon’s work is inspired by his experience, his love for his community and his family.
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Artist Style: Literary: Children, Editor, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Prose, Science Fiction, Slam; Music: Alternative Rock, Blues, Children's Music, Classic Rock, Country, Dance/Electronic, Disco, Funk, Hip-Hop/Rap, Jazz, Latin/Spanish, Neo-Soul, Pop, Rap, Reggae, Regional Mexican, Rock, Salsa, Soul/R&B, Tejano, Wedding; Teaching Artist/Instructor: Group Instruction, Guest Speaker, Instruction for Adults, Instruction for Children, Instruction for Seniors, Instruction for Special Needs, Multi-Day Artist Residency, Performer for Schools/Classrooms, Private Lessons, Workshop Presenter; Theatre: Comedy, Improv, Solo/One-Person
Artist Statement of Work
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In my work I aim to introduce the audience to my world through storytelling. Whether that be teaching a workshop, competing in a poetry slam, curating a playlist for a DJ set or collaborating with community leader. I am inspired to give unique perspective and outlook on the lives we live and how we interact as human beings on this planet. I believe that we can all learn from just listening to each other and what better way to share than through the arts, music and spoken word. A great deal of my style revolves around my experience, my family and the roots that are my foundation grown right here on the Eastside of San Antonio and extended to Detroit, MI where I was born and raised. These roots have given me the strength and perseverance to not just survive, but thrive and reach back to teach others what I have learned. This is the light that I want to share with the my audiences. The light of a life not lived to perfection but to fulfillment and the power that brings to you as an individual and to us all as a community.
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