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Dr. Syrus Marcus Ware asks what it might look like to build a socially just future in art museum spaces using collective, arts-based actions.
An assistant professor at McMaster University’s School of the Arts—and a visual artist, activist, and curator—Ware uses painting, installation, and performance to explore social justice frameworks and Black activist culture. His work has been presented across Canada in solo and group exhibitions, and he has performed for local and international festivals. Ware is a member of the Performance Disability Art Collective and cofounder of Black Lives Matter—Canada.
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This is the third installment of an ongoing collaborative lecture series for the Museum Education and Administration specialization at Ohio State.
IMAGE CAPTIONSyrus Marcus Ware, photo: Jalani Morgan.
Vanier scholar, artist, activist, curator, and educator Syrus Marcus Ware has been recognized with the 2017 TD Arts Diversity Award and 2012 Steinert & Ferreiro Award and named 2005 Best Queer Activist by NOW Magazine among other accolades. Ware is the coeditor of Until We Are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada (University of Regina Press, 2020). He earned his PhD at York University in the Faculty of Environmental Studies.
Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy.
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