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

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

"Due to the need to communicate the profound impact of HIV/AIDS, a lot of art has happened." Lia Gangitano
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Jan 8, 2024
Journal

Ed Aulerich-Sugai: Bodies to grow into, images to heal into

Visual AIDS Research Fellow Dylan Huw considers care and refuge in the work of Japanese-American artist and gardener Ed Aulerich-Sugai (1950–1994)—a “posthumous collaborator” of Robert Glück’s About Ed—who prolifically documented his seven years living with AIDS in vivid paintings, drawings, and dream journals. → 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.


Board of Directors

Marguerite Van Cook, President

Wendy Olsoff, Vice President

Michael Paley, Treasurer

Dr. Daniel S. Berger

Nayland Blake

Carlos Gutierrez-Solana

Jim Hodges

Scott Lorinsky

Marques McClary


Staff

Kyle Croft
Interim Director

Shawn Escarciga
Development Manager

Constantine (Cea) Jones
Programs Assistant

Blake Paskal
Artist Engagement and Community Programs Manager

Jacs Rodriguez
Community Archivist