Marcel Stewart
The Living Diary | Hamilton, Ontario
Marcel Stewart is a father, artist, facilitator, and arts administrator who loves smoked gouda. Marcel has worked with theatre companies across the country and internationally. When Marcel is not creating theatre, he is an arts educator who has facilitated programming and instructed courses to community youth groups, professional actors, students in university, high school, and elementary school. Marcel’s curiosity about history and lineage, beyond the context of colonialism, is at the basis of his work.
About the Project
The Living Diary is a public art project based in Hamilton’s Gibson neighbourhood. The project invites residents to share short, unpolished reflections on life along Barton Street East. These voices are curated into layered audio soundscapes, accessible through QR-coded listening posts along Barton Street and at storefronts. A community workshop will bring neighbours together to reflect and create collective poems from their words. Drawing from theatre, sound art, and civic engagement practices, The Living Diary creates space for imagination, challenging the stigma attached to Barton and affirming the creativity and resilience that continue to shape it.