This calendar features upcoming Visual AIDS events and exhibitions, and those of our Artist Members and colleagues.
Ongoing Events
Oct
4
Through
Apr
6
AIDS History, Activism
Why We Fight: Remembering AIDS Activism
Why We Fight, presented by the New York Public Library, focuses on the contributions of AIDS activists whose work was undertaken in New York City, which was an early epicenter for both the recognition of the virus and the grassroots...→ Learn More
Nov
16
Through
Mar
9
Visual AIDS Recommends, 
Member Artist Exhibition
LOVE AIDS RIOT SEX I & II
When we raise the question now : “How has our society arranged itself with AIDS?”, we once again put our finger on a sore spot and ask: Have our present attitudes towards tolerance, otherness and dissent really changed? LOVE AIDS RIOT...→ Learn More
Jan
4
Through
Mar
8
Visual AIDS Recommends, Member Artist Exhibition
Peter Hujar: Love & Lust
The work of Peter Hujar (1934–1987) is revered by artists, yet still something of a secret to the wider art public. His photographs dealing with sex and eros—pictures that are among his finest and most radical work—may be responsible...→ Learn More
Jan
9
Through
Mar
27
Visual AIDS Event
Visual AIDS Artists Workshops for Teens at the NYPL
In 2014, Visual AIDS continues to teams up with the New York Public Library to present a series of artist workshops for young adults in conjunction with their exhibition, WHY WE FIGHT: Remembering AIDS Activism. This series of interactive workshops, lead...→ Learn More
Jan
17
Through
Mar
16
Visual AIDS Recommends, Member Artist Exhibition
Queer Threads: Crafting Identity & Community
Queer Threads: Crafting Identity & Community, curated by John Chaich, presents twenty-four artists from around the world who mix fine art and fiber craft traditions — from crochet, embroidery, knitting, and lace to macramé, needlepoint, quilting, and sewing — to remix contemporary gay &...→ Learn More
Jan
30
Through
Mar
29
Member Artist Exhibition
Entre Chien et Loup, Drawings by Scott Hunt
Scott Hunt's solo exhibition in Paris, France is inspired by a ideas around "childhood repressed by the morality of parents in deep and puritanical America"Entre Chien et LoupDrawings by Scott HuntCoullaud & Koulinsky12 rue de Picardie75003 ParisJan. 30 through March 29, 2014→ Learn More
Feb
4
Through
Aug
24
Visual AIDS Recommends, Member Artist Exhibition
City as Canvas: Graffiti Art from the Martin Wong Collection
The first time exhibition of works from the expansive street art collection of Martin Wong.Martin Wong, an East Village artist and collector of graffiti art, amassed a treasure trove of hundreds of works on paper and canvas—in aerosol,...→ Learn More
Feb
5
Through
May
7
Visual AIDS Recommends
GAY
GAY examines the cultural shift that has taken place in identity within the last decade by looking at the production of gay male artists of color from 2003-2013. Through paining, drawing, sculpture, video, performance and text, the artists in the...→ Learn More
Feb
9
Through
May
18
Visual AIDS Recommends, Member Artist Exhibition
Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology
Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology at the Hammer Museum presents the first large-scale exhibition to explore intersections between strategies of appropriation and institutional critique in the work of American artists. Locating shared impulses among those artists who...→ Learn More
Mar
6
Through
Mar
15
Member Artist Exhibition
Continually Yours, Miss Communication
"We Miss-communicate continually. It’s an essential part of the human condition and our quest to discover" Continually Yours, Miss CommunicationCurtis Carman Solo Exhibition Ozaneaux Artspace515 West 20th Street, #5ENew York, NYCOpening Reception March 6, 2014, 6:30pm to 9pmOpen by Appointment...→ Learn More
March
13
3:30 pm–4:30 pm
Visual AIDS Event
Seeing the World Through the Lens of HIV: – A workshop with Frank Jump
“Learning you have a virus that may ultimately kill you changes the way you see the world,” says photographer Frank Jump. It was with this in mind that he began to see and interact with the world differently. In this...→ Learn More
March
13
7:00 pm–8:30 pm
Visual AIDS Event, Visual AIDS Recommends, Member Artist Exhibition, Activism
AIDS and Queer Craft
What is the link between HIV/AIDS and craft? Join Toronto-based artist Jessica Whitbread and Brooklyn-based artist LJ Roberts as they gather to explore how HIV/AIDS activism uniquely inspired their featured work in Queer Threads: Crafting Identity & Community...→ Learn More
March
19
6:30 pm–9:00 pm
Visual AIDS Event
Tea Time: Mapping Informal Networks of Women Living with HIV
Artist member Jessica Whitbread is coming to NYC to launch her new book, "Tea Time" which explores the relationship between women living with HIV. Visual AIDS and the Queer Collective at the New School present Tea Time: Mapping Informal Networks...→ Learn More
March
27
3:30 pm–4:30 pm
Making Idols For Survival, a workshop with Frederick Weston
Tapping into his own experience, strength and hope, in this workshop, Weston will retell a story from his childhood, share why it is important to him, and teach the students how to use complex stories from their childhood to create...→ Learn More
May 2014
May
12
6:00 pm–9:00 pm
Visual AIDS Event
VAVA honoring Bureau (Marlene McCarty & Donald Moffett), Dr. Brian Saltzman and Kia Michelle Benbow
VAVA VOOMThe 9th annual Visual AIDS Vanguard Awards & Spring GalaMonday, May 12, 2014Angel Orensanz Foundation, 172 Norfolk Street, NYCThe Visual AIDS Vanguard Awards (VAVA) recognize the contributions of individuals who reinforce the mission of Visual AIDS by strengthening the cultural history of ...→ Learn More
