Day With(out) Art - Reflections: Clifford Smith

The Folk Art Museum sponsors an annual Visual AIDS artist talk and presentation for Day With(out) Art to the students of La Guardia High School writing class; after returning to La Guardia, the students draw on this experience to create their own poetry book.

Clifford Smith, an artist living with HIV and Visual AIDS archive member, presented his art at the American Folk Art Museum's Eva and Morris Feld Gallery to the students of La Guardia High School of the Arts. Smith's mandala-like rugs and hangings are created out of found materials and household items, including plastic bags, scented candle wax, and eggshells. Smith told the students that he finds the process of creating his art meditative and healing, and spoke about the personal significance of the shapes and colors.