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Syrus Marcus Ware at the Capitol Theatre
September 2, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
$20
This will be an opportunity for conversations around Queer movement building, community care, Trans resilience, joy and futures. Registration $20 through Capitol Box office. If price is a barrier please contact ankorstransconnect@gmail.com
Dr. Syrus Marcus Ware is an Assistant Professor at the School of the Arts at McMaster University. A Vanier scholar, visual artist, activist, curator and educator, Ware uses painting, installation, and performance to explore 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 part of local and international festivals. He is part of the Performance Disability Art Collective and a cofounder of Black Lives Matter-Canada. Syrus is curator of the That’s So Gay show and a co-curator of Blackness Yes!/Blockorama. In addition to penning a variety of journals and articles, Syrus is the co-editor of the best-selling Until We Are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada (URP, 2020).
For more information contact Trans Connect: ankorstransconnect@gmail.com