09 JulDoing the garden and digging the art with Halima Cassells at the Detroit Mural Factory

On one of the first warm days this summer, the Fellows concluded our monthly session with Detroit Mural Factory(DMF) gardens. We met director Halima Cassells in a vibrant lot on the Northend, tucked behind a party store at the corner of Kenilworth and Woodward Avenue, near the house where Halima’s father was born and where she is raising her own family today. Like many of us, Halima is a relatively recent returnee to Detroit, having left for college and then to work in the arts in Brooklyn before coming back to her hometown. Her street is rich in community, with multiple gardens, works of art, and a refurbished firehouse that in itself represents a piece of the neighborhood’s history. The [...]