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“Food to Vision Hungry Children”: Art and Fragments from Steven Arnold’s Mouth
"When I do not have words, I draw. When I cannot speak of pain and terror, I paint." Becky Trotter, Artist Member
Aug 8, 2024
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Don’t Mourn Consecrate: Talking about Juan González’s historic public art
On October 19, 2023, Theodore Kerr, Leah Sweet, and Nicholas Martin hosted a long table discussion about Juan González’s 1987 installation 'Don’t Mourn Consecrate.' Installed in the storefront windows of the Grey Art Gallery, 'Don’t Mourn' was one of the first public artworks to engage with the AIDS crisis in the US. This transcript documents the discussion, including remarks from six invited presenters as well as audience responses. → Read MoreAug 1, 2024
Journal
Pandemic Publications: On AIDS, COVID, and Books
Matteo Pfahler reflects on Pandemics + Books: Publishing HIV/AIDS in the Early COVID Era, an online event from October 2023 that invited authors of HIV-related books with early COVID publication dates to come together and discuss their work, the power of history, and pandemic grief. → Read MoreJun 27, 2024
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Public Garden, 16 Commerce Street: Anthony Pellino and his 1983 plan for an AIDS Memorial
Theodore Kerr interviews designer Anthony Pellino about Public Garden, 16 Commerce Street, a park proposal he created as a student at The New School in 1983 that was designed to serve, in part, as an AIDS memorial—currently the earliest known plan for an AIDS memorial in the world. → Read MoreJun 27, 2024
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Community Knowledge Practice: A Portfolio
Guest editor Theodore Kerr presents a portfolio documenting three recent examples of community knowledge practice—conversations that reshape historical narratives by leveling the playing field between scholars, community members, and knowledge bearers. → Read MoreEvents Calendar
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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.
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