Speaking
Real talk from a real life — on art, survival, and everything in between. I am a San Diego artist with a story nobody else can tell. I speak on mental health, brain injury and recovery, the real business of being an artist, and advocacy for those without a voice — always candid, always from lived experience. At the center of it all: art as a tool for healing, a bridge that connects people in a time of our greatest divide. Contact me today to discuss your event.
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What I Speak On:
- Mental Health — Depression, anxiety, identity — finding light in the darkness, honestly.
- Brain Injury & Recovery — Life with a TBI — the invisible fight, told firsthand by an artist with a disability. Recovery as a daily practice.
- Art & the Business of Art — The ups and the downs, the feast and the famine — my own art and process, with nothing held back and no gatekeeping. Honest guidance on the art world from a working artist.
- Advocacy — A moral obligation to be a voice for those who can't speak for themselves — including my missing friend Deanne, whose active case I advocate for when few others will.
NO SLIDES. NO SCRIPT. JUST TRUTH.
The most honest speaker you'll ever book. While other speakers click through the same polished deck for the 200th time, I walk on stage with nothing but my story — reading the room, talking from the heart. I speak from lived experience as an artist with a traumatic brain injury, with a raw honesty no keynote can manufacture. No two talks are ever the same, because no two audiences are.
I've Spoken At:
- Loyola Marymount University — guest lecturer
- Sparks Gallery — symposium lecturer
- Art San Diego — featured speaker
Voted top speaker at "Business of Being an Artist" symposium
Planning an event? Email me - MichaelCariniArts@gmail.com