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“Food to Vision Hungry Children”: Art and Fragments from Steven Arnold’s Mouth
"The fight must be waged on all fronts. Saving lives is the reward." Tony Feher, Artist Member
Happy holidays from Visual AIDS
Our office will be closed Nov 27-29 → Read MoreAnnouncing: Finding Aids for the Visual AIDS Archive
In early 2024, Visual AIDS hired our first full-time Community Archivist. An integral part of the Visual AIDS team, Jacs Rodriguez holds a Master of Library and Information Sciences degree from Pratt Institute and has worked to increase access to the holdings of the Visual AIDS Archive. In this post, Jacs announces two new finding aids they created this fall. → Read MoreLet's Imagine the Cure Together: Positiva Residency
Earlier this year, nine artists from Latin American came together in Quito, Ecuador as part of the second edition of Positiva Residency, organized in collaboration with Quito’s Centro de Arte Contemporáneo (CAC) and MovHIlizate. Karla Vera, a member of the Positiva team, reports on the project. → Read MoreUncovering
Keiko Lane reflects on the artwork of her friend Cory Roberts-Auli (1963–1996), whose collaborative paintings often used blood as an artistic medium. One of these haunting works is featured on the cover of Lane's memoir Blood Loss: A Love Story of AIDS, Activism, and Art, out this week from Duke University Press. → 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
Blake Paskal
Programs Manager
Jacs Rodriguez
Community Archivist
Board of Directors
Marguerite Van Cook, President
Carlos Gutierrez-Solana, Treasurer
Dr. Daniel S. Berger
Antonio Sergio Bessa
Nayland Blake
Jim Hodges
Mark Quigley