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“Food to Vision Hungry Children”: Art and Fragments from Steven Arnold’s Mouth
"Above all else, it is about leaving a mark that I existed." Felix Gonzalez-Torres
2nd Annual Visual AIDS Pride Party
Join us in Brooklyn on June 12 for performances, music, and a very sexy raffle → Read MoreNew Oral History: River Huston + Glammy Rose Spencer
Watch a new oral history recording featuring artists River Huston and Glammy Rose Spencer. → Read MoreIf the whole world is (still) watching...
Ariel Goldberg reflects on a demonstration organized by Jewish Voice for Peace at Grand Central Station in 2023, a direct citation of ACT UP’s 1991 demonstration in the same location. Goldberg considers the central role of images for both organizations, not only as a tactic to interrupt news media, but also as a tool to inspire, mobilize, and share knowledge across generations and movements. → Read MoreA note from Visual AIDS
In the three decades since our founding, Visual AIDS has fought to make space for art and artists that challenge the pervasive idea that some lives are more expendable than others. → 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
Wendy Olsoff, Vice President
Carlos Gutierrez-Solana, Treasurer
Dr. Daniel S. Berger
Nayland Blake
Jim Hodges
Marques McClary