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The Ross Laycock Initiative for the Exploration of Science, Art, AIDS
"There were conflicting responses to AIDS when it hit. Fear. Blame. Homophobia. Guilt. Denial. A sense of doom. There were also heartwarming offers of care, often from strangers. Quilts. Ribbons. Memorials. Banding together. And running away. Some who were sick withdrew, some partied. Some said good bye and tidied things up, some maxed their cards and danced. Some got sicker and sicker while friends either vanished or attended, and wept. Some took their lives alone or with the help of others who hated what they were asked to do. Confusion. Despair. Hope. Anger. Activism. Protest. Exhaustion. Enormous sadness. It was a very hard time, when we learned a lot about truth and love. Thank god for the art." Philip Yenawine
"Voy a llevar este barquito a la orilla del mar": The Lives and Legacies of Carlos Alfonzo and Fernando Garcia
Research Fellow Isabella Marie Garcia brings together the stories of two Cuban artists, Carlos Alfonzo and Fernando Garcia, focusing on how their work reflected the experience of being Cuban immigrants and grappling with a variety of political and social forces working against them. → Read MoreCall for Artwork: Postcards from the Edge
Submit artwork by Nov. 22 to support Visual AIDS! → Read MoreAll This Clamoring for Life: The Performance Art of Frank Green
Research Fellow Timothy E. Bradley explores the work of Frank Green (1957–2013), a performance and installation artist who worked in New York and Ohio. Bradley focuses on The Scarlet Letters, a searing and iconoclastic performance that questioned medical knowledge about AIDS in the mid-1990s. → Read MoreCall for Research Proposals
Visual AIDS announces the fourth year of our research fellowship program, which supports original writing and scholarship about artists who have been lost to AIDS. Deadline: October 5, 2025 → Read MoreEvents Calendar
Founded in 1988, Visual AIDS is the only arts organization fully committed to raising AIDS awareness and creating dialogue around HIV issues today, by producing and presenting visual art projects, exhibitions, public forums and publications - while assisting artists living with HIV/AIDS. We are committed to preserving and honoring the work of artists with HIV/AIDS and the artistic contributions of the AIDS movement.
Staff
Kyle Croft
Executive Director
Shawn Escarciga
Development Director
Elena Guzman
Events and Communications Coordinator
Abena Osei Duker
Archive Fellow
Blake Paskal
Programs Director
Jacs Rodriguez
Community Archivist
Board of Directors
Marguerite Van Cook, President
Carlos Gutierrez-Solana, Vice President
Mark Quigley, Treasurer
Katherine Cheairs, Secretary
Antonio Sergio Bessa
Nayland Blake
Jim Hodges
Ricardo Montez