"I think anybody who is impoverished in any way, either physically or psychically, wants to build rather than destroy." David Wojnarowicz
From the Blog
Apr 1, 2021
Announcing Day With(out) Art 2021
For Day With(out) Art 2021, Visual AIDS will premiere eight short videos highlighting strategies of community care within the ongoing HIV epidemic. → Read MoreFeb 18, 2021
Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué and Jarrett Earnest on queer archives
Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué and Jarrett Earnest discuss the book 'An Excess of Quiet: Selected Sketches by Gustavo Ojeda, 1979–1989' and the work of reconstituting artistic lineages and legacies. → Read MoreFeb 9, 2021
LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN 2021
Visual AIDS celebrates LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN with hundreds of handmade valentines cards for women and femmes living with HIV around the world. → Read MoreJan 25, 2021
Visual AIDS awarded $100K from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a Community-based Archives Grant!
This Mellon Grant Archive Project initiative will take place from January 2021 until December 2022! → Read MoreEvents Calendar
Founded in 1988, Visual AIDS is the only arts organization fully committed to raising AIDS awareness and creating dialogue around HIV issues today, by producing and presenting visual art projects, exhibitions, public forums and publications - while assisting artists living with HIV/AIDS. We are committed to preserving and honoring the work of artists with HIV/AIDS and the artistic contributions of the AIDS movement.