Announcements

Lifelines, Outlines, Throughlines

Noam Parness, Assistant Curator at the Leslie-Lohman Museum, reviews Eric Rhein: Lifelines, the first monograph of Rhein's work. → Read More

A Tribute to Frederick Weston, on the occasion of his birthday and the opening of his exhibition at Ortuzar Projects

Contributions from Stephanie Crawford, LJ Roberts, Pamela Sneed and more... → Read More

Watch TRANSMISSIONS Online!

Six new videos considering the impact of HIV and AIDS beyond the United States, now available to stream online. → Read More

Frederick Weston 1946-2020

Visual AIDS is heartbroken to announce the passing of a beloved member of our family, the brilliant artist, poet and performer Frederick Weston. → Read More

Strip AIDS Podcast | Episode 4: Strutting to Stop Stigma

Rae Lewis-Thornton speaks to Mel Rattue about her comic, “Strutting to Stop Stigma" and Catwalk4Power, a group of women living with HIV who work to empower each other by organizing workshops and fashion shows. → Read More

Strip AIDS Podcast | Episode 3: Paco

Artist and HIV advocate Joey Terrill speaks with Carlo Quispe about comics as a tool for addressing fear and stigma in the gay community. They discuss what has changed—and what hasn’t—since the 1980s, and how comics can offer new forms of representation for queer Latinx communities. → Read More

Strip AIDS Podcast | Episode 2: Legalize Positivity

HIV criminalization activist Robert Suttle speaks with Inés Ixierda and Clio Sady about their comic Legalize Positivity. Together, they discuss how HIV criminalization codifies stigma, the origins of the prison-industrial complex, and how prisons perpetuate harm. → Read More

Strip AIDS Podcast | Episode 1: Just a Pill?

Announcing our new podcast! In the first episode, J. Amaro, A. Andrews, and Johnny Guaylupo discuss what it means to be living well with HIV. → Read More

"Ampler than Loneliness" Artist+ Member Interviews

To accompany our September 2020 web gallery, Ampler than Loneliness: Documenting Collective Resistance through HIV/AIDS and COVID-19, members of the Visual AIDS staff met with selected artists via Zoom to discuss their artworks and COVID-19’s impact on their lived experience and artistic practice. → Read More

Call for Submissions - Postcards from the Edge 2021 (Virtual)

After much consideration and guidance from experts in healthcare and leadership, Visual AIDS has decided to transition to a virtual event this year, and will hold the sale online in January 2021. → Read More