Speaker: Halima Afi Cassells 

Halima Afi Cassells is an interdisciplinary community-engaged artist based in Detroit, Michigan, whose work explores relationship-building, as well as the value and disposability of fashion and other objects, and their effect on the environment. She was awarded the 2023 Kresge Arts in Detroit fellowship for interdisciplinary art.

The Department of Art and Art History invites you to a two-day symposium that asks the question: Can artists make a difference amongst the challenges of climate change, environmental degradation, and human populations? Guest speakers will explore these issues by speaking about their practices and engagement with facets of this topic, followed by a roundtable discussion.