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 Cure for AIDS is Kindness." Jessica Whitbread, Artist Member
Browse Work In The Artist Registry
Sep 23, 2026
Journal

The Glowing Effect: Garland Eliason-French

Research Fellow Chava Krivchenia examines the life and work of Garland Eliason-French, one of the first ten artists to join the Visual AIDS Archive Project. Drawing on the artist’s journals and archival materials, Krivchenia traces Eliason-French’s distinctive visual language of feminist, spiritual, and psychological symbols. → Read More
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

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

Lynn Maliszewski

Ricardo Montez