Upcoming Virtual Performances
Virtual Telethon
Art for Palestine Campaign
When: July 12th at 7pm EST
I am so honored to be part of this amazing fundraising event for Gaza! Attendance is free. Please share and RSVP. I will be showcasing a new visual poetic work and will be beside many talented creators and performers.
Event Link:
https://artforpalestinecampaign.com/pages/telethon
El Ghourabaa Reading
July 6 at 1pm EST
Several of the contributors to the anthology will be giving a brief reading of their work in the anthology. (Anthology info can be found at the link below.)
Event details forthcoming.
Writers Resist
July 27 8pm EST
Along with other writers and artists, I will be discussing my artwork in the current issue of Writers Resist.
Event details forthcoming.
Workshops for Creatives,
Artistic Performances, Craft Talks,
Literary Storytelling Events and more.
Building on over 35 years of experience as a community organizer, Micaela Kaibni Raen is a dynamic speaker/teacher/performer. She has a unique ability to relate with her audience and discuss issues facing her various communities...SWANA and LGBTIQ families, women, and diasporic communities.
Virtual Poetry Reading
“Who Remembers?": Armenian-Palestinian Solidarities - A Reading
December 10th at 12:30 pm EST
With a conversational style and a storytelling context, Micaela Kaibni Raen discusses the emotional and cultural context for the creative works presented. Performances can include visual poetics (full or partially on screen), reading/performance and a time for an interactive discussion. She is also available for craft talks, technique presentations and creative writing workshops. She can create a customized event for your group or organization.
Workshops for Creatives
Micaela's workshops are based on creating and sharing. She has crated one-of-a-kind activities and facilitates inclusive and interactive discussions. She has handcrafted tons of free resources, downloads and give-a-ways spanning several topics for artists. Some topics covered are lifestyle organization, creative time management structures, the magic of the "Artist's Taah Daah List," artistic creation checklists, and unique creation prompts. Every workshop has information, tools, interaction, feedback and time to create. But don’t forget the fun! She creates a safe place to connect with others and shares the tools to take your creation process to the next level. She can create a customized workshop for your group or organization.
“I enjoy connecting with others through visual poetics and sharing ideas from our stories, experiences and cultures.” - Micaela Kaibni Raen
Past Performances & Presentations
- “Formal Resistance: Mixed- Genre/Transgenre/Multimedia of Color In(ter)ventions., 2023
- n/evergreen: Arab/Indigenous Ecopoesis & Environmental Literatures, 2022
- The City as Indigenous Place: Beneath, Between &
Beyond the Urban in Native Art, 2020
- Arab/Indigenous: Palestinian, Indigenous North African,
and Arab/Native American Art, 2019
Radius of Arab-American Writer's Literary Conference - panel presentations/performances:
- Mizna+RAWIFest: Sumud Motifs: A Woven Inheritance of Visual and Literary Storytelling, October 2023
- “Gathering Cedar: An Arab/Indigenous Multimedia Performance and Dialogue” RAWIFest Literary Conference, June 2021
- The
Loft Literary Center, September 2014: Decolonizing Desire, Devotion, &
Diaspora: Queer/Womanist Arab American Literatures
- Hunter
College, June 2005: Workshop: Sexuality in Arab American Literature
Poetry Performances:
Various Art and Literary Spaces in Maryland, New York and Washington, D.C., 2006-Present
“Poetry Gays” Queer Bar, Seattle, Washington, March 2023
Delaware Valley Arts Center, Narrowsburg, New York, March 2002: Writing workshop and craft talk.
To schedule a performance or workshop email: micaelakaibniraen@gmail.com