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Visual AIDS

Visual AIDS utilizes art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue, supporting HIV+ artists, and preserving the legacy -- because AIDS IS NOT OVER! AIDS is NOT OVER!

08/25/2025

Mark your calendars for a busy fall season at Visual AIDS! More info and RSVP links in our bio ⛓️‍💥

🔅 MINISTRY: REVEREND JOYCE MCDONALD

Sept 5, 2025–Jan 11, 2026

The first museum exhibition devoted to the sculptures of , longtime Visual AIDS Artist Member.

Opening Reception: Fri, Sept 5, 6–8PM
Artist Tour: Sat, Oct 4, 1PM
Catalogue Launch: Sat, Nov 1, 3PM

Catalogue available for preorder at store.visualaids.org

🔅 LOVE RULES: THE HARM REDUCTION ARCHIVES OF HEATHER EDNEY & RICHARD BERKOWITZ
thru Oct 6

Panel: Contemporary Harm Reduction with and Tamara Oyola-Santiago : Sept 27, 4PM

🔅 THE 3RD ANNUAL VISUAL AIDS RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

Fri, Oct 24, 2–6:30PM

Presentations by Visual AIDS Research Fellows and the Aesthetics of Ruination collective

🔅 SCREENING: SERGIO HERNÁNDEZ FRANCÉS

Sat, Oct 25, 7:30PM

The hallucinatory videos of Sergio Hernández Francés, presented by in tandem with our research symposium.

🔅 DAY WITH(OUT) ART 2025: MEET US WHERE WE’RE AT
Sun, Nov 30, 2:30PM
+ 150 screenings worldwide on/around Dec 1, World AIDS Day

Six new artist videos that forefront the experiences of drug users and harm reduction practices as they intersect with the ongoing HIV crisis.

08/08/2025

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate with us at our block party on Saturday!

It was a truly special day as we unveiled our new mural honoring the Women’s Empowerment Art Therapy Group, created in collaboration with Groundswell Studios and MoCADA.

The celebration was filled with joy along with a performance by Avangelia Henry and an energetic double dutch workshop by Elite Brooklyn Jumpers.

Be sure to stop by and see the mural for yourself — located at 1147 Fulton St, with the artwork just around the corner on Franklin Ave.

The Women’s Empowerment Mural was funded by:
MoCADA
WIN Micro-Grant made possible by ViiV’s Positive Action AMP Grant
Brooklyn Borough President Anthony Reynoso
Council Member Crystal Hudson

All photos courtesy of Darryl D’Angelo Terrell ()

08/05/2025

Visual AIDS announces the fourth year of our research fellowship program, which supports original writing and scholarship about artists who have been lost to AIDS.

Research fellows will work with Visual AIDS to develop a piece of original writing for the Visual AIDS website, illuminating the life and work of an artist lost to AIDS.

➡️ Four fellows will receive a $1000 stipend and editorial and research support.

➡️ This year we will award one fellowship focused specifically on Garland Eliason-French (1942–1996), one of the first ten artists to join the Visual AIDS Archive in 1994.

➡️ Three other fellowships will be awarded for research proposals about artists lost to AIDS, with priority given to artists who have been historically excluded from cultural histories and those who have received little or no scholarly attention.

➡️ Open to anyone conducting original, primary source-based research on a deceased HIV-positive artist — from anywhere in the world

⏩ Application Deadline: October 5, 2025

For more info and how to apply, check out the link in our bio.

07/29/2025

Another scorcher! But we’ve got something cool.

Check out the summer flash sale on the Visual AIDS store including 50% off select benefit prints through August 7, discounts on iconic publications and free shipping on domestic orders over $40!

Check out the link in our bio or visit store.visualaids.org for our CHRISTEENE print and more!

07/28/2025

Join us this August for the unveiling of our long-awaited mural celebrating the Women’s Empowerment Art Therapy Group. Meeting monthly for over 8 years, the Women’s Empowerment Group is a program of Visual AIDS that supports women living with HIV through artmaking and community building. Marking an exciting step for the Women’s Empowerment, the group had the opportunity to create a collaborative mural at Groundswell Studios that celebrates both the group and women living with HIV. Over the course of seven months, 40+ women from the Women’s Empowerment worked with Groundswell and 11 youth artists from Groundswell’s Voices Her’d program to create a 200 sq ft mural focused on empowerment, resilience, and self-affirmation. The mural will be installed at a pharmacy located at 1147 Fulton St with the mural on the wall just around the corner (on Franklin Ave).

To honor this special moment, we’ll be holding a block party immediately around the corner on Hancock St (at the intersection of Hancock St and Franklin Ave). Come for food, dancing, and celebration as we hear from some of the women who participated in the mural’s creation. There will also be a surprise double-dutch performance and workshop taking us back to our Brooklyn roots.

Lead Teaching Artist: Yolanda Delois

The Women’s Empowerment Mural was funded by:
MoCADA
WIN Micro-Grant made possible by ViiV’s Positive Action AMP Grant
Brooklyn Borough President Anthony Reynoso
Council Member Crystal Hudson

07/18/2025

Our current exhibition, “Love Rules: The Harm Reduction Archives of Heather Edney and Richard Berkowitz” continues in ’s Homeroom space through Oct. 6.

Join us tomorrow (Saturday) at 4pm in for a special conversation between Richard Berkowitz, Linda H Scruggs, and Ivy Kwan Arce as they celebrate “How to Have S*x in an Epidemic: One Approach”, Berkowitz’ seminal work that laid the foundation for safe s*x practices. Together, the three will trace the enduring impact of the text and how it has influenced their activist careers. The conversation will expand to more broadly highlight the importance of legacy work, prompting insights into how we properly archive histories and give activists their flowers while they’re here.

Following the discussion, visitors are welcome to explore the exhibition and converse with the panelists.

07/08/2025

Join us July 19 for our next program at Artbook @ MoMA PS1. In tandem with “Love Rules: The Harm Reduction Archives of Heather Edney and Richard Berkowitz”, our current exhibition at , Visual AIDS presents a powerful conversation centering three long-term HIV survivors and AIDS activists.

RSVP at the link in our bio. Tickets are not required to attend. MoMA PS1 is free for all New Yorkers.

Richard Berkowitz is joined by Linda H Scruggs and Ivy Kwan Arce as they celebrate How to Have S*x in an Epidemic: One Approach, Berkowitz’ seminal work that laid the foundation for safe s*x practices. Together, the three will trace the enduring impact of the text and how it has influenced their activist careers. The conversation will expand to more broadly highlight the importance of legacy work, prompting insights into how we properly archive histories and give activists their flowers while they’re here.

Following the discussion, visitors are welcome to explore the exhibition and converse with the panelists.

“Love Rules: The Harm Reduction Archives of Heather Edney and Richard Berkowitz” is on view at MoMA PS1 from April 24 to October 6.

06/26/2025

We are excited to announce a new initiative at Visual AIDS to highlight and contextualize the work of Black HIV-positive artists in our archive, supported by a grant from the Getty Foundation.

As part of this initiative, Visual AIDS is seeking a one-year Archive Fellow who will develop a research guide providing biographical and art historical context for ten Black artists in our collections. The guide will serve as a foundation for new scholarship and help bring overdue attention to artists whose contributions have too often been overlooked.

This project is made possible with support from the Getty Foundation through its Black Visual Arts Archives initiative.

🗃️ Archive Fellow
Part-Time Temporary (30 hrs/week, Sept 2025–Aug 2026)
In-person at the Visual AIDS office (Chelsea, New York City)
$26/hour with PTO

Duties include:
— Conduct research to identify Black artists in the archive and bolster archival descriptions
— Conduct research interviews with artists, their families, and community members
— Synthesize research to write original biographies for ten artists
— Coordinate the publication of a research guide
— Contribute to strategic thinking about reparative cultural work in an archival setting

The Archive Fellow should:
— Have excellent research and writing skills
— Be a people person who can communicate empathetically with our diverse community
— Have a working knowledge of US art history / cultural history of the 1980s–2000s

Both lived experience and professional / academic background will be considered in the hiring process.

🗓️ Application deadline: July 31

Read the full job description at the link in our bio.

Images courtesy of Visual AIDS:
[1] Kenneth Mitchell, detail from Lenox Ave II, 2004. Acrylic and mixed media, 22 x 28 inches.
[2] Kenneth Mitchell, Untitled, 2002. Acrylic on paper, 9 ½ x 7 ½ inches.
[3] Lucretia Crichlow, Title unknown, ca. 1990–94. Collage.
[4] Mark Carter, The Christ of the Viracept, 2000. Tempera, leather, and mixed media, 22 x 16 inches

06/24/2025

Night at the Museum: Pride, our collab party with was major! Thanks to new and old friends for helping us EXCEED our fundraising goal and partying with us at the museum.

Still time to snag Love Rules merch and CHRISTEENE prints in our bio!

Thanks to , .hole, , , and the team at for everything.

Stay cool out there and don’t forget to vote, NYC 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Photos: Ryan Muir

06/11/2025

The revolution is coming 💉we’ve just dropped some rad benefit merch to highlight the work of LOVE RULES: The Harm Reduction Archives of Heather Edney and Richard Berkowitz on view at through Oct 6.

This limited run of tshirts and totes by the one and only features archival materials from both Richard and Heather, including text from How to Have S*x in an Epidemic: One Approach and images from the Santa Cruz Needle Exchange.

All proceeds support our work with a portion of sales going to the artists.

Grab yours before they’re gone via the link in our bio or at Night at the Museum: Pride at MoMA PS1 this Friday, June 13.

06/05/2025

VAVA 2025 has been VOOMED! Thank you to everyone for making the Visual AIDS Vanguard Awards a success.

Together we raised over $66k (visit our bio to give) as we gathered in community to honor Jim Hubbard, Tourmaline andJames Wentzy.

Thank you to our sponsors and friends for making it happen. It is our honor to be able to celebrate this momentous work.

Stay tuned for more from us soon!

Photos from our generous friend (book him!)

05/28/2025

The 2025 Visual AIDS benefit artist is the one and only CHRISTEENE. Snag “Skrew Baybe,” a limited edition print of 75 for only $200 (yes, that’s a print, not real pastel thanks to the genius at )

All proceeds support the work at !

Learn more about the print and order via the link in the Visual AIDS bio (and join us for VAVA VOOM Tuesday, June 3! Tickets and donations at visualaids.org/vava2025)

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