Visual AIDS utilizes art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue, supporting HIV+ artists, and preserving a legacy, because AIDS is not over.

Visual AIDS

Nov 5, 2026
Announcement

Remembering Linda Malloy (1961–2026)

Visual AIDS mourns the loss of Catherine Linda Malloy (1961–2026). Linda was a cherished member of the Visual AIDS Women's Empowerment Art Therapy Group, where she brought her creativity, warmth, and life experience to a community of women living with HIV. → Read More
Sep 23, 2026
Journal

The Glowing Effect: Garland Eliason-French

Research Fellow Chava Krivchenia examines the life and work of Garland Eliason-French, one of the first ten artists to join the Visual AIDS Archive Project. Drawing on the artist’s journals and archival materials, Krivchenia traces Eliason-French’s distinctive visual language of feminist, spiritual, and psychological symbols. → Read More

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.

 

Staff

Kyle Croft
Executive Director

Elena Guzman
Communications Associate

Blake Paskal
Programs Director

Jacs Rodriguez
Community Archivist

 


Board of Directors

Marguerite Van Cook, President

Carlos Gutierrez-Solana, Vice President

Mark Quigley, Treasurer

Katherine Cheairs, Secretary

Antonio Sergio Bessa

Nayland Blake

Lynn Maliszewski

Ricardo Montez