{"id":2741,"count":5,"description":"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, 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 <em>That\u2019s So Gay<\/em> 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 <em>Until We Are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada<\/em>. Syrus lives in Tkaronto and speaks English.","link":"https:\/\/xtramagazine.com\/contributor\/syrus-marcus-ware","name":"Syrus Marcus Ware","slug":"syrus-marcus-ware","taxonomy":"contributors","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xtramagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributors\/2741"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xtramagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributors"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xtramagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/contributors"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/xtramagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?contributors=2741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}