We enable public dialogue and scholarship around AIDS and contemporary art through artist projects, events, and publications.
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Visual AIDS Vanguard Award
VAVA honors individuals have strengthen the cultural history of art activism and reinforce the mission of Visual AIDS.
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Limited Edition Benefit Print
Limited editions prints by contemporary artists to benefit Visual AIDS
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Print+ Edition
Tote Bags
Carry your awareness! Tote bags are a fashionable and practical way to encourage HIV awareness and conversation.
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NOT OVER: 25 Years of Visual AIDS
In our 25th year, Visual AIDS launches a series of exhibitions and events, examining the rich history of art activism and the current relationships between HIV and art today.
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Actions
The Red Ribbon Project
The Red Ribbon was created by the Visual AIDS Artists' Caucus in 1991, since then it has become an international symbol of compassion and support, as well as a design icon.
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Print+ Edition
NOT OVER buttons & ribbons
These artist-designed buttons mark the creation of the Red Ribbon and over 30 years of AIDS.
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Print+ Edition
Play Smart
Play Smart are fun and sexy trading cards that promote harm reduction, HIV testing and post-exposure prophylaxis.
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Annual Project
Day With(out) Art
December 1st is Day With(out) Art, held each year as an international day of action and awareness in response to the AIDS crisis.
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Night Without Light
Night Without Light was launched by Visual AIDS in 1990, to coincide with Day Without Art on World AIDS Day. ...
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Publications
Robert Blanchon
This monograph includes 76 color plates, essays by Gregg Bordowitz and Sasha Archibald, and selections of Blanchon's written art projects.
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Annual Project
Artists+ Material Grants
The Artists+ Material Grants program supports HIV+ artists by providing funds for art supplies.
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Collaboration
Electric Blanket
ELECTRIC BLANKET is an epic slide compilation of photographic work from around the world that deals with the AIDS crisis.
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Collaboration
The Art of AIDS Prevention
The Art of AIDS Prevention investigated the way in which people living with HIV/AIDS, and the communities most affected by the disease, have been represented in cultural media.
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Collaboration
AIDS Timeline by Group Material
Group Material's AIDS TIMELINE was presented as a collaborative project with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art in 1990.
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Annual Project
Postcards from The Edge
Visual AIDS' annual exhibition and benefit sale of over 1400 original, postcard-sized work of art by established and emerging artists.
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The Archive Project
The Archive Project was co-founded in 1994 by David Hirsch and Frank Moore who then formed the Archive Committee to...