Visual AIDS

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

"I think anybody who is impoverished in any way, either physically or psychically, wants to build rather than destroy." David Wojnarowicz
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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
Aug 27, 2026
Journal

Ephemeral Graphic Traces

Siân Cook examines locally produced AIDS ephemera—including leaflets, t-shirts, pins, and packets—to trace situated histories of making in the UK and consider how locally embedded cultural work connects to broader social movements. Part of a guest-edited portfolio by Theo Gordon. → Read More
Aug 27, 2026
Journal

Continuous Dialogues: Temporalities of HIV/AIDS, a Brazilian exhibition in contact with the world

This post is part of ‘Art, Visual Culture & HIV/AIDS: Local, Regional & Transnational Perspectives’ a guest-edited portfolio by Theo Gordon that collects writings from the ‘Art, Visual Culture & HIV/AIDS: Local, Regional and Transnational Perspectives’ conference hosted by the History of Art Department at the University of York in June of 2025. Read more about the portfolio here. → 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

Shawn Escarciga
Development 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