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Collective Stewardship: Visual AIDS
National Academy of Design
Date:
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 from 6:30pm–8:00pm
Price: Free
Visual AIDS RecommendsLocation:
National Academy of Design519 W 26th St
Floor Two
New York, NY , 10001
United States
Slides documenting artwork by Frederick Weston (1946–2020) in the Visual AIDS Archive. Photo: Giulia Armentano
The National Academy of Design hosts an in-person conversation featuring Kyle Croft (Executive Director, Visual AIDS) and Nicholas Martin (Curator for the Arts & Humanities, NYU Special Collections) to discuss the work of Visual AIDS—the only arts organization fully committed to raising AIDS awareness and creating dialogue around HIV issues today.
Collective Stewardship is the National Academy of Design’s series of free, in-person and virtual, educational public programs that focus on artist and architect foundations and the different approaches and solutions for the planning and preservation of their legacies for the public good and future public accessibility. The ongoing series of talks, panels, and workshops features living legacy projects and foundations with public missions, coupling purposeful storytelling with specific information about the preparation and tools needed to build an accessible archive.
RESERVATIONS: Admission is free but reservations are required. To make a reservation for this program, click HERE. The program will begin at 6:30 PM.
ACCESSIBILITY: This venue is fully accessible to wheelchairs. To request a free ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or CART (Communication Access Real-Time Translation) captioning service, email your request at least three weeks in advance of the event to info@nationalacademy.org.
About the Speakers
Kyle Croft is the Executive Director of Visual AIDS. In his six years with the organization, he has worked to preserve the legacies of artists lost to AIDS and support a global community of artists living with HIV. He co-edited Visual AIDS’s recent monograph on the late artist Darrel Ellis, as well as volumes on Frederick Weston and the curator William Olander. He holds an MA in Art History from Hunter College.
Nicholas Martin is the Curator for the Arts & Humanities at NYU Special Collections, where he oversees the archives held in the Downtown Collection, the Riot Grrrl Collection, and the New York University Special Collections. He is a Past President of the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York. Recent publications include contributions to Christopher D'Arcangelo (Kunstverein / Artists Space, 2023) and Luxe, Calme, Volupté (SJ Weiler Press and Candice Madey, 2023).