Perform the Change You Want to See in the World

Art has the power to challenge the status quo, to connect and communicate, and to re-imagine a world in which we all want to live. Since the early days of the AIDS epidemic, local and global activists have used art in combination with political education and civil disobedience to fundamentally change attitudes about sex, health, death, and rights. In their work, art becomes a vehicle for personal healing and community building for those people most affected by the epidemic; visual art, theatre and performance serve as tactics, tools and catharsis.

Visual AIDS organized presentations, display and discussion with these performers, activists and community builders:

Speakers Included:

Avram Finkelstein - Gran Fury/ACT UP NYC

Jenny Romaine - Great Small Works

Francisco Roque - Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC)

Moderator:

Amy Sadao - Visual AIDS

Co-presented and sponsored by: co-presented by:

The Center for Lesbian & Gay Studies (CLAGS), Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project(CHAMP), CUNY Graduate Center, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), Great Small Works, The International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC), LGBT Center, and Visual AIDS