Date:

Friday, October 25, 2024 from 3:00pm–6:30pm

Price: Free

Type of event:

Location:

Museum of Modern Art
11 W 53rd St
New York, NY , 10019
United States

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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 and the opportunity to spend time in In the Shadow of the American Dream follows the presentation. Free, RSVPs required.

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.