DEARBORN 2025
SAVE THE DATE: August 13, 2026
Creativity + Community: Celebrating AAW Artists in Dearborn
Join us in celebrating the amazing work of the AAW Artists and partner organizations in Dearborn!
Artists At Work and the Arab American National Museum invite you to an evening celebrating the work of local AAW Artists Raphique Barakat, Kamelya Omayma Youssef, Lubana Al Quntar, and Layan Srour!
Over the past year, four Dearborn-based artists have been employed by the Artists At Work (AAW) program to apply their creative skills and artistic vision to engage on impact areas related to community health and safety. The evening will feature a film on the four AAW Artists along with live performances, showcasing their artistic practice and reflecting on their work in the community. Drinks and bites will be served. We hope to see you there!
This event is FREE and open to the public through RSVP.
The Arab American National Museum and THE OFFICE Performing Arts + Film are excited to announce a new opportunity for artists in Dearborn to be a part of Artists At Work (AAW).
In Dearborn, The Arab American National Museum will connect with their parent organization, The Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS), to explore community initiatives with four AAW artists who will engage on impact areas related to community health and safety.
Artists At Work is produced and administered by THE OFFICE performing arts + film with generous support from the Mellon Foundation.
RAPHIQUE BARAKAT
KAMELYA OMAYMA YOUSSEF
LUBANA AL QUNTAR
LAYAN SROUR
Arab American National Museum
Since opening its doors in 2005, the Arab American National Museum (AANM) continues to serve as a touchstone that connects communities to Arab American culture and experiences.
Located in Dearborn, Michigan, amid the largest concentration of Arab Americans in the United States, AANM presents original exhibitions, cutting-edge art, film screenings and performances in Michigan and in major cities across the U.S., and continually documents the history and experiences of Arab Americans.
AANM is one of seven Michigan-based Affiliates of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. and is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. AANM is a founding member of the Detroit-area arts collective CultureSource as well as the Immigration and Civil Rights Network of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience and the Michigan Alliance for Cultural Accessibility, and is a member of the National Performance Network. AANM is an institution of ACCESS, the most comprehensive Arab American community non-profit in the nation, founded in 1971.
AANM is supported in part by an American Rescue Plan Act grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support general operating expenses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.