The Ways of Water: Art, Activism, and Ecologies Symposium

201 South Division Street,Ann Arbor MI 48104

07 October, 2022

Description

The Ways of Water: Art, Activism, and Ecologies symposium brings together a diverse group of practitioners, including artists, designers, activists, scholars, scientists, policy analysts, urban planners, and thinkers to discuss what may well be the most important issue of our time: access to clean water and the fight for environmental justice. Held in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art and building on themes present in the UMMA exhibition Watershed and Stamps Gallery’s LaToya Ruby Frazier: Flint is Family in Three Acts, The Ways of Water symposium continues to unravel the story of water, its critical role, and the way it connects us all. Speakers to include: María Arquero de Alarcón, Daniel Brown, José Casas, Bonnie Devine, Doug Fogelson, Amber Hasan and Shea Cobb, Alice Jennings, Osman Khan, Heidi Kumao, Kate Levy, Shanna Merola, Kelly Murdoch-Kitt + Denielle Emans, Andrea Pierce, David Porter, Senghor Reid, Cedric Taylor, Joe Trumpey, Morgan P. Vickers and more. Symposium events are free and open to all. Panelists and complete symposium schedule to be announced. Please contact Jennifer Junkermeier-Khan, Stamps Gallery at jenjkhan@​umich.​edu for additional information or with questions. Symposium events are free and open to all. The Ways of Water: Art, Activism, and Ecologies symposium is co-presented by Stamps Gallery and UMMA in partnership with UMMNH and the University of Michigan Library. It is co-sponsored by U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens and U-M Joseph A. Labadie Collection.