Previously she was senior curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) in Texas.
Cassel's work is often focused on representation, inclusivity and highlighting artists of different social and cultural backgrounds.
[2] Oliver was a program specialist in charge of administrating grants for National Endowment for the Arts from 1988 to 1995.
[3] She also worked at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for five years directing the Visiting Artists Program.
[4] During that time Cassel Oliver helped curate a number of successful touring exhibits including Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art (2012) and Cinema Remixed and Reloaded: Black Women Artists and the Moving Image (2008).