Upcoming Event
Day With(out) Art 2025: Meet Us Where We're At
100+ Screenings Worldwide
For Day With(out) Art 2025, Visual AIDS presents Meet Us Where We’re At, a program of six videos that forefront the experiences of drug users and harm reduction practices as they intersect with the ongoing HIV crisis:
Camilo Tapia Flores (Chile/Brazil)
Camila Flores-Fernández (Peru/Germany)
Hoàng Thái Anh (Vietnam)
Kenneth Idongesit Usoro (Nigeria)
José Luis Cortés (Puerto Rico)
Gustavo Vinagre & Vinicius Couto (Brazil/Portugal)
Commissioned videos by artists in Puerto Rico, Brazil, Nigeria, Germany, and Vietnam journey across a range of spaces revealing the complexity of drug use. Several videos document the visible world of drugs—a harm reduction program in a Berlin park, a night out during Rio’s Carnival—while others reveal private, often hidden spaces where safety is found: bedrooms, underground clinics, and moments of connection between lovers.
Meet Us Where We’re At speaks not only to the variety of physical locations where contemporary harm reduction is practiced, but also to a broader shift: centering drug users as authors of their own experiences. Rooted in the philosophy of meeting people at their personal reality without judgment, the program affirms the full context of drug use—its pleasures, its risks, and its role in how people survive, care, and connect.
Harm reduction has long been central to the AIDS movement through practices like needle exchange and safe injection sites, and people who use drugs have been affected by HIV since the earliest days of the epidemic. This program brings their perspectives to the forefront, amplifying the voices of drug users as storytellers, cultural producers, and essential participants in the global response to HIV.
The artists in this program were selected by a jury of artists/community workers including Eva Dewa Masyitha, Heather Edney, charles ryan long, and Leo Herrera.
The hour-long video program will premiere on December 1, 2025, World AIDS Day/Day With(out) Art. Visual AIDS will partner with museums, galleries, universities, and organizations around the world to present free screenings on/around December 1. Learn more and register as a partner here.
The videos will be available to view online at video.visualaids.org beginning December 1, 2025.
Visual AIDS Marquee Screening
★ Sunday, Nov 30, 2:30 PM: Whitney Museum of American Art
NYC premiere followed by a post-screening discussion with artists José Luis Cortés, Vinicius Couto, and Camilo Tapia Flores, moderated by Blake Paskal. (RSVP)
US Screenings:
New York
Queens Museum (Flushing Meadows Corona Park Queens, NY 11368), Dec 7, looping presentation. This screening will be a looping presentation accompanied by an artmaking session for adults. (link)
Museum of Chinese in America (215 Centre Street, New York, New York, 10013), Dec 3, 7:00 PM, screening event.
Museum of Arts and Design (2 Columbus Circle, New York, New York, 10019), Dec 2, looping presentation. (link)
New Museum of Contemporary Art, Nov 30, online screening event. The New Museum continues our long partnerships with Visual AIDS through participation in Day With(out) Art. As the museum continues construction on our expanded building, we’re offering a digital screening of this year’s commissioned shorts. Created by and for communities living with HIV/AIDS, screenings will be available on our website, November 30–December 7. (link)
Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Ave., New York, New York, 10003), Dec 1, 7:00 PM, screening event. (link)
The New School (Kellen Auditorium, room N101, 66 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, NY, 10011), Dec 2, 6:30 PM, screening event. Screening will be followed by a discussion and snacks.
Co-presented by The New School Student Health Services, The New School Creative Writing Program, and The New School Genders and Sexualities Studies Institute.
Grey Art Museum, NYU (18 Cooper Square, Room 101, New York, New York, 10003), Dec 2, looping presentation 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM on the hour. A drop-in zine making workshop centered on ideas of harm reduction and community care will take place from 1pm to 4pm. (link)
Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery (100 Nicolls Rd, Staller Center for the Arts, Stony Brook, NY, 11794), Dec 1, looping presentation. (link)
George Eastman Museum (900 East Avenue, Rochester, New York, 14607), Nov 30, 2:00 PM, screening event.
University Museums at Colgate University (13 Oak Dr, Hamilton, New York, 13346), Dec 1, 7:00 PM, screening event.
California
HIV+ Aging Research Project
Riverside City College, Dec 2, 9:35 AM, online screening event.
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA) (1717 E 7th St, Los Angeles, CA, 90021), Nov 29, looping presentation. (link)
Chapman University's History Department, Health Humanities and LGBTQ Studies (Orange, California), Dec 1, 5:00 PM, screening event. Screening is open for students only with an informal discussion to follow. Contact Dr. Lily Lucas Hodges for more details. Co-presented by Chapman University's History Department, Health Humanities and LGBTQ Studies
Palm Springs Art Museum (101 N. Museum Dr., Palm Springs , CA, 92262), Dec 4, looping presentation. (link)
Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College (120 W Bonita Avenue, Claremont, CA, 91711), Dec 1, 4:30 PM, screening event. (link)
Colorado
The Brakhage Center, University of Colorado Boulder (ATLAS 311, University of Colorado Boulder, 1125 18th St, Boulder, CO, 80309), Dec 1, 4:00 PM, screening event. Open to the public. (link)
Galleries of Contemporary Art at UCCS (1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Ent Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80918), Dec 1, looping presentation. Join GOCA in the main gallery for a looped film screening of Meet Us Where We're At. The films will be on-view inside of The Source Never Diminishes, a solo-exhibition by Nina Elder. (link) (Facebook)
Connecticut
Yale University (Yale Humanities Quadrangle, Room 136, 320 York Street, Room 136, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511), Dec 1, 6:00 PM, screening event. Introduction by Jackson Davidow, an art historian and Project Manager in the Public Engagement division, Yale Center for British Art. Event preceded by a screening of Derek Jarman’s Blue at 4:00 pm—introduced by Lily Waterton, the Jock Reynolds Fellow in Public Programs at the Yale University Art Gallery—and a light reception at 5:30 pm. (link)
Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University (Ring Family Performing Arts Hall, 287 Washington Terrace, Middletown, Connecticut, 06457), Dec 2, 7:00 PM, screening event. The screening will be followed by an optional discussion and breakout sessions facilitated by student-leaders of Wesleyan Adolescent and Sexual Health Awareness (ASHA) and Wesleyan Harm Reduction Initiative (WesHRI), under the guidance of Joshua Lubin-Levy, Director of the Center for the Arts. (link) (rsvp)
Real Art Ways (Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor Styh, Hartford, Connecticut, 06106), Dec 1, looping presentation. (link)
Decolonial Sex Worker Empowerment Project, New Haven Pride Center (New Haven Pride Center, 50 Orange Street, New Haven, Connecticut, 06510), Dec 1, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, screening event. Join afterwards for a facilitated discussion about the films, and to learn more about fellow CT based projects and organizations working at intersections of harm reduction, racial justice, gender justice, disability justice and more. (rsvp)
Decolonial Sex Worker Empowerment Project, Dec 7, 7:00 PM, online screening event. This virtual event serves as an affinity space for sex workers of the global majority. Presentation of the films will be followed with facilitated discussion, and an opportunity to connect with fellow sex workers in attendance. Registration and light screening required to attend. (link)
Georgia
High Museum of Art (1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta, Georgia, 30309), Nov 30, looping presentation. (link)
Illinois
International Museum of Surgical Science (1524 N Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois, 60610), Dec 1, 3:00 PM, screening event. (link) (rsvp)
Smart Museum of Art (5550 S Greenwood Ave, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60637), Dec 1, looping presentation. Screening accompanied by a conversation with Chicago-based artist and activist Mary Patten. (link) (rsvp)
Museum of Contemporary Art (220 E Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60611), Nov 30, 2:00 PM, screening event. (link) (rsvp)
University Galleries of Illinois State University (11 Uptown Circle, Suite 103, Normal, IL, 61761), Dec 1, 12:00 PM, screening event. (link)
Massachusetts
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02115), Dec 1, looping presentation.
Harvard Art Museums, Dec 1, 12:00 AM, online screening event. (link)
Missouri
Stray Cat Film Center (1662 Broadway, Kansas City, Missouri, 64108), Dec 1, 7:00 PM, screening event. (link) (rsvp)
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Dec 1, 6:00 PM, online screening event. Following the virtual screening, a conversation with attendees will be moderated by Michelle Dezember, CAM Director of Learning and Engagement, and Crystal Ellis, owner of Crystallized Sexuality, LLC. (link)
North Carolina
Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP) (Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood Street, 28801, NC, 28801), Dec 4, 4:30 PM, screening event. (link)
Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP) (REVOLVE Art Space, 821 Riverside Drive, #179, Asheville, North Carolina, 28801), Dec 7, 6:00 PM, screening event. (link)
Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP) (Firestorm Books, 1022 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC, 28806), Dec 10, 6:00 PM, screening event. (link)
Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College (Belk Visual Arts Center, 315 N. Main Street, Semans Lecture Hall (VAC 117), Davidson, North Carolina, NC), Dec 1, 4:30 PM, screening event. Screening will be introduced by Davidson College Health Education Advisors who will speak about HIV/AIDS in the Davidson community. The screening will be accompanied by a shrouding of campus sculptures for 24 hours. (link)
Ohio
Cineseries (Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 N High St, Columbus, Ohio, 43210), Dec 1, 1:00 PM, screening event. Screening will be followed by an informal discussion. (link) (rsvp)
Stonewall Columbus, Inc. (Stonewall Columbus, Inc,, 1160 N High St, Columbus, OH, 43201), Dec 1, looping presentation. (link)
Rosewood Arts Center (2655 Olson Dr., Kettering, OH, 45420), Dec 1, looping presentation 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. (link)
Pennsylvania
Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust (601 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222), Dec 3, looping presentation. (link)
Lehigh University Art Galleries and the Pride Center at Lehigh University (Lehigh University, E.W. Fairchild Martindale Library, Room 520, 8 E Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA, 18015), Dec 1, 12:00 PM, screening event. Lunch will be provided while participants watch the screening, followed by a discussion facilitated by staff from the Pride Center. Participants will also tour Lehigh University Art Galleries' Exhibition PastFORWARD - LGBTQ+ ARTISTS: SHOW AND TELL. (link) (rsvp)
South Carolina
Harriet Hancock Center (1108 Woodrow St, Columbia, SC, 29205), Dec 1, 7:00 PM, screening event. Screening followed by a conversation and Q&A with the Film Director. (link)
Tennessee
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art (1934 Poplar Ave, Memphis, TN, 38104), Nov 30, 2:00 PM, screening event. (link)
Texas
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (3200 Darnell Street, Fort Worth, TX, 76107), Dec 2, 2:00 PM, screening event. (link) (Facebook)
The Art Galleries at TCU (The Art Galleries at TCU, Moudy North Building, Room 132, 2805 S. University Drive, Fort Worth, TX, 76109), Dec 1, looping presentation 4:00 PM–6:00 PM.
Oak Cliff Cultural Center (Spacy, 1300 S Polk Street, 160a, Dallas, TX, 75208), Dec 3, 7:00 PM, screening event. Tamera Garrett (featured in Here We Are: Voices of Black Women Who Live with HIV of the Day With(out) Art 2022 film series Being and Belonging) will introduce the Day With(out) Art 2025 film series Meet Us Where We're At. Refreshments will be served. (link)
Utah
Utah Museum of Fine Arts (410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah , 84112), Dec 3, 6:00 PM, screening event. The screening at Utah Museum of Fine Arts is part of a broader program that includes a community conversation and artmaking. The panel following the film includes Dr. Harry Rosado (Retired Infectious Disease Specialist, University of Utah Health), Sequan Kolibas (Executive Director, Hope on TTaPP), Dr. Virginia Solomon (Assistant Professor, University of Utah Honors College), and Kimberley Farley, MSW, MA (HIV Prevention Manager for the Utah Department of Health and Human Services).
Virginia
The Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University (601 W Broad St, Richmond, Virginia, 23220), Dec 5, 6:30 PM, screening event. The ICA will present Visual AIDS' 2025 curated film program Meet us Where We're At and Marlon Riggs' 1993 documentary Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, featuring activist and poet Assotto Saint. The public and community partners working in harm reduction and related fields are invited to share resources and reflect on the films. (link)
AIDS Response Effort, Inc. (Alamo Drafthouse Winchester, 181 Kernstown Commons Blvd, Winchester, VA, 22602), Dec 4, 6:00 PM, screening event. (link)
Washington D.C.
The Lily and Earle M Pilgrim Art Foundation (David Bethuel Jamieson Studio House at Walbridge , 3229 Walbridge PL NW, Washington, DC, 20010), Dec 1, 6:00 PM, screening event. Screening and potluck, with a conversation with Peter Stebbins. (link) (rsvp)
International Screenings
Austria
MuseumsQuartier Wien (Museumsplatz 1, Wien, 1070, Austria), Dec 1, 6:00 PM, screening event. (link)
Belgium
Beursschouwburg (Beursschouwburg, Auguste Ortsstraat 20-28, Brussel, 1000, Belgium), Dec 2–Dec 5, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM, looping presentation. (link)
Majestic (De Cinema, Maarschalk Gerardstraat 4, 2018 Antwerp, 2018 Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium), Dec 3, 7:45 PM, screening event. This screening is part of a festival called ARTISTS AGAINST STIGMA, taking place from November 30 until December 3. (link)
Canada
Victoria Arts Council (The Bay Centre, 1150 Douglas Street, (lower level; Victoria Arts Council pop-up), Victoria, BC, V8W 1N1, Canada), Dec 1, 7:00 PM, screening event. In recognition of AVI Health & Community Services (formerly AIDS Vancouver Island), established in 1985, this year is the 40th anniversary. (link)
Video Pool Media Arts Centre (221-100 Arthur street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 1H3, Canada), Dec 1–5, looping presentation.
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery (101 Queen St N, Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 6P1, Canada), Dec 5, 6:00 PM, screening event. Screening, followed by community discussion and collaborative art workshop. (link)
Digital Arts Resource Centre & Qu'ART (DARC Microcinema, 67 Nicholas St., Ottawa, ON, K1N 6E2, Canada), Dec 1, 6:00 PM, screening event. Screening followed by artist talk. Program will loop Dec 2 - 4, 10:00 AM–5:00 PM. (link)
AIDS Community Care Montreal (Centre Saint Pierre, 1212 Rue Panet, Montreal, Quebec, H2L 2Y7, Canada), Dec 1, 7:30 PM, screening event. In collaboration with TOMS and culminating the AIDS Community Care week, the Day With(out) Art screening will take place right after the World AIDS Day Vigil in the Montreal Village. (link)
Concordia University, Nov 28, 6:00 PM, online screening event.
NSCAD University (5163 Duke Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 3J6, Canada), Dec 3, 6:00 PM, screening event. In collaboration with Severely Queer caucus at NSCAD. (link)
Colombia
Cinemateca de Bogotá (Cra 3 # 19-10, Bogotá, 110311, Colombia), Nov 30, 7:00 PM, screening event. (link)
Instituto Distrital de las artes (Galeri Santa Fe, Carrera 1A entre Calles 12C y, Cl. 12d, Carrera 1A entre Calles 12C y, Cl. 12d, Bogota, Cundinamarca, 763570, Colombia), Dec 1–Jan 11, looping presentation. (link)
Finland
PUBLICS (Sturenkatu 37-41 4b, 00550, Helsinki, 00550, Finland), Dec 4, 5:00 PM, screening event. (link)
France
Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre (10 rue des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 75006, France), Dec 1, 6:00 PM, screening event. (link)
Germany
we are village (Kurfürstenstrasse, 31/32, Berlin, Wählen Sie eine Region, Bundesland oder Provinz., 10785, Germany), Dec 1, 2:00 PM, screening event. On World AIDS Day, and closing of a 5 day observation of HIV / AIDS, Village Berlin holds a special ceremony to unite around issues associated with HIV and AIDS. The event includes creating an altar as a group, holding a small ceremony, followed by Visual AIDS film program. (link)
Kule e.V. (Kunsthaus Kule, Augustrasse 10, Berlin, Berlin, 10117, Germany), Dec 1, 6:00 PM, screening event. (link)
Greece
Athens Museum Of Queer Art (AMOQA, Athens, Greece), Dec 1, 6:00 PM.
Ireland
Golden Thread Gallery (Golden Thread Gallery, 23-29 Queen St, Belfast, BT1 6EA, United Kingdom), Dec 2, 4:00 PM, screening event. RSVP required. (link) (rsvp)
Japan
Normal Screen (Pole Pole Za, 4‑4‑1 Higashi-Nakano, Tokyo, Japan), Dec 1, 8:00 PM, screening event. Co-presented by Normal Screen and Research Project for Enhancing Health Promotion Through Comprehensive Support for People Who Use Drugs. Screening will be followed by a talk with Meba Kurata and DJ POIPOI. (link)
Madagascar
Queer Place (Le Terrier 2.0, 3GQC+J8P, Isoraka, Antananarivo, Analamanga, 101, Madagascar), Dec 1, looping presentation. After each presentation there will be discussions with activists and queer community as part of the programme Aro Nofo for the entire month of December.
Mexico
Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes (Palacio de Bellas Artes, Av. Juárez s/n esq. Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas, Col. Centro, Alcaldía Cuauhtémoc, Ciudad de México, Mexico), Dec 5, 6:00 PM, screening event. (link)
Nigeria
16/16 (16 Kofo Abayomi Street, 2nd Floor, Lagos, 101241, Nigeria), Dec 7, 6:00 PM, screening event. Screening followed by a conversation with commissioned artist Kenneth Idongesit Usoro. (link) (link)
Pakistan
Pride Pakistan, Dec 1, 8:00 PM, online screening event. Following the screening, join for a live conversation hosted by Ali Raza Khan, founder of Pride Pakistan. We’ll reflect on the films, share community insights, and explore how art can drive healing and advocacy. (link) (rsvp)
Philippines
Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (The Loop, 12/F, Design + Arts Campus, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, P Ocampo St, Malate, Manila, 1004, Philippines), Nov 21, 11:30 AM, screening event.
Poland
QueerMuzeum Warszawa and Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej Warszawa (KinoMuzeum, Marszałkowska 103, Warszawa, 00-110, Poland), Dec 1, 6:00 PM, screening event. Screening introduced by artist Szymon Adamczak and followed by a conversation with writer Aleksandra Zbroja and sociologist Agata Dziuban, which will explore Polish context of AIDS/HIV and harm reduction. (link)
Spain
La Casa Encendida (Ronda de Valencia 2, Madrid, 28012, Spain), Dec 2, 6:00 PM, screening event. (link)
Switzerland
KASKO (Burgweg 15, Basel, 4058, Switzerland), Dec 1, 6:00 PM, screening event. Accompanying food and program by the VVWBB Association and the team of the queer film festival Lust*streifen. (link)
Positive Life Festival (Le Cinématographe, All. Ernest-Ansermet 3, Lausanne, Vaud, 1003, Switzerland), Nov 30, 4:00 PM, screening event. Screening followed by a discussion with chemsex specialists (academic and health professionals) followed by a screening of 120 Battements par minute. (link)
Turkey
Pera Museum (Asmalı Mescit, Meşrutiyet Cd. No:65, Istanbul, Beyoglu, 34430, Turkey), Dec 10, 5:30 PM, screening event.
Uganda
Makerere University, Dec 1, 4:00 PM, online screening event.
Kakyoproject (Alliance francaise, Plot 52 Bukoto St, Kampala, Uganda), Dec 1, 6:00 PM, screening event. This is part of Uganda human rights film screening programming by kakyoproject.org. (link)
United Kingdom
Homotopia (FACT, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L1 4DQ, United Kingdom), Nov 30, 12:00 PM, screening event. (link) (rsvp)