Fabian “FARBEON” Saucedo is a New York City-based emcee/poet, DJ, producer, photographer and cultural diplomat who has graced stages, panels and classrooms worldwide. Farbeon has overseen the development of a multitude of online and in-person workshops, events, performances and ciphers connecting youth artists in NYC, Indonesia, Germany, South Africa, Iraq, Uganda and Liberia. Ultimately Farbeon is dedicated to supporting and maintaining genuine culture and community to bring about dialogue, mutual understanding and to pave the way for the next generation of cultural entrepreneurs and global ARTivists. At the forefront of the Hip Hop/arts-education movement, Farbeon has taught poetry/spoken word, music-production, song-writing, photography, podcasting, filmmaking and Hip Hop history and culture in both school and non-school settings. He is the founding director of the Hip Hop Re:Education Project, a NYC-based creative youth development organization that engages communities in the artistic processes of Hip Hop culture, inspiring them to transform their world. Farbeon also teaches Hip Hop Theater at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.
“Since 2011, CultureHub’s support has been integral to my creative youth development work, particularly with my own organization the Hip Hop Re:Education Project. With my CultureHub Fellowship I look to further support this work, particularly Re:Ed’s work with the BronxBerlinConnection, an international Hip Hop exchange project connecting young artists from NYC and Berlin for nearly fifteen years. The hope is that this project will also lay the foundation for future Cyber Cyphers with youth artists from South Africa, Liberia, Indonesia and beyond!”