Visual AIDS utilizes art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue, supporting HIV+ artists, and preserving a legacy, because AIDS is not over.

Visual AIDS

Visual AIDS utilizes art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue, supporting HIV+ artists, and preserving a legacy, because AIDS is not over.

"The Archive Project is emotionally and physically overwhelming. I liken it to visiting the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C., or to viewing the AIDS Memorial Quilt... There is reverence, some humor and maybe some surprising names of artists who are ostensibly prisoners or casualties of a war that one may not have necessarily known they were fighting..." Arnold J. Kemp, artist / educator
Browse Work In The Artist Registry
Sep 16, 2026
Journal

Miguel Ferrando Through Time and Space

Visual AIDS Research Fellow Diogene Artiles situates the work of Dominican-American artist Miguel Ferrando across time and space, considering how his paintings and intimate sketches bring together queer desire, Dominican history, colonial memory, and the cultural landscapes of New York City. → Read More
Aug 27, 2026
Journal

‘Art, Visual Culture & HIV/AIDS: Local, Regional & Transnational Perspectives’ Conference: A Portfolio

Guest editor Theo Gordon presents a portfolio of writings from the ‘Art, Visual Culture & HIV/AIDS: Local, Regional and Transnational Perspectives’ in the History of Art Department at the University of York that featured artists, curators, academics, graphic designers, activists, writers and others with long-term investments in these issues working in diverse international contexts. → Read More

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

Elena Guzman
Communications Associate

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

Lynn Maliszewski

Ricardo Montez