Upcoming Event
The Second Annual Visual AIDS Research Symposium
Museum of Modern Art
Joey Terrill, In Remembrance (For Teddy and Arnie), 2008. Silkscreen on paper, 20 × 26 inches. Edition: 77. Printer: Self Help Graphics & Art, Los Angeles, California, Jose Alpuche, Master Printer. Photo: Rafael Barrientos Martínez
A collaboration between Visual AIDS and MoMA, The 2nd Annual Visual AIDS Research Symposium celebrates the lives and legacies of artists documented in the Visual AIDS Archive, the largest collection of images and biographical information about HIV-positive artists.
Please RSVP to attend this free event.
The event includes new research by filmmaker María José Maldonado, writer Ruby Sutton, and scholar Eduardo Carrera, three participants in the Visual AIDS Research Fellowship, highlighting underknown artists who have been lost to AIDS. Artist and activist Joey Terrill and scholar Robb Hernández offer a keynote conversation. Throughout the event, short clips from The Body as an Archive, Visual AIDS’ oral history project, will be screened.
The research symposium is planned in conjunction with the installation In the Shadow of the American Dream. featuring artworks by Luis Frangella, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Agosto Machado, Marion Scemama, Martin Wong, and David Wojnarowicz.
A reception follows the presentation.
Registration
Admission is free, and RSVP is required.
This program takes place in person at MoMA, with an option to join online via Zoom.
Register to join us in person at MoMA.
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Program
2:30 Coffee and Check-in
3:00 Welcome and Introduction
3:15 Researching Artists Lost to AIDS
- “Bianca “Exotica” Maldonado: Iconic Transgender Starlet and My Fierce Aunt”
María José Maldonado, filmmaker - “The Firm and the Yielding: The Art and Life of Luis Frangella”
Ruby Sutton, writer - “The George Febres We Deserve: Photography and Queer Culture”
Eduardo Carrera, PhD Candidate in Art History, University of Pennsylvania
4:30 Keynote Conversation
- Joey Terrill, artist
- Robb Hernandez, scholar
5:30 Reception and opportunity to see Gallery 202: In the Shadow of the American Dream open.
6:30 End
Accessibility
Live CART captioning will be available. This theater is equipped with an induction loop that transmits directly to hearing aids with T-coils. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation is available for public programs upon request with two weeks advance notice. MoMA will make every effort to provide accommodation for requests made with less than two weeks notice. Please contact AdultPrograms@moma.org to make a request for these accommodations.
Wheelchair accessible seating is available on a first come first served basis.
For more information on accessibility at MoMA please visit moma.org/Visit/Accessibility.
Credits
The Visual AIDS Archive and associated programs are supported by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts, The Cowles Charitable Trust, Hauser & Wirth Institute, Lambent Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.