For all of its small-town charm, Traverse City possesses plenty of massive-city sophistication – thanks largely to its established and thriving arts neighborhood. We convey together a selection of these leading practitioners including artists Rana Begum, Mariana Castillo Deball, Cecile B. Evans, Simon Fujiwara, Amalia Pica and Jacolby Satterwhite alongside architects 6a, Rachel Armstrong, Andres Jaque, David Kohn, Tatiana Bilbao, mono workplace and Marina Tabassum to share their visions of the longer term.

Artist Lubaina Himid – the winner of the 2017 Turner Prize, Professor of Modern Art at the College of Central Lancashire, present artist-in-residence at Porthmeor Studios in St Ives, and who most just lately curated the Invisible Narratives exhibition at Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance – will converse as part of the symposium on Saturday in dialog with artist Evan Ifekoya.