Syrus Marcus Ware

Dr. Syrus Marcus Ware is a Vanier scholar, visual artist, activist, curator and educator. Using painting, installation and performance, Syrus explores social justice frameworks and black activist culture. His work has been shown widely across Canada in solo and group shows, and his performance works have been included in local and international festivals. Author of picture book Abolition is Love (Triangle Square, 2023), and illustrator of picture book I Promise (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2019), Syrus holds a PhD from York University in the Faculty of Environmental Studies, and is Assistant Professor at the School of the Arts at McMaster University.

Syrus Marcus Ware is published by Seven Stories Press

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Abolition Is Love by Syrus Marcus Ware, 2023

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October 01, 2023
at 1:30pm

TIFA Kids

All You Need is Love

Syrus Marcus Ware and Alannah Fricker

October 01, 2023 at 1:30pm

October 01, 2023
at 11am

Free

Justice for All

Syrus Marcus Ware and Alannah Fricker

October 01, 2023 at 11am

April 26, 2022
at 7pm

Virtual

The New Embassy: BLACK MAGIC / BLACK POWER

Syrus Marcus Ware, Britta Badour, Courage Bacchus, Jaz Fairy J, and Rodney Diverlus

April 26, 2022 at 7pm

October 21, 2021
at 7:30pm

Panel Discussion

Climate for All: Disability Rights & the Environment

Jen Deerinwater, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Syrus Marcus Ware, and Petra Kuppers

October 21, 2021 at 7:30pm

Syrus Marcus Ware

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