This December marks the 30th anniversary of Day With(out) Art, an annual event that encourages artists and filmmakers, as well as museums and other organizations to create programs, events and artwork that raise awareness of HIV/AIDS and commemorate those who have been lost to the disease. Day With(out) Art is a project of Visual AIDS, a New York–based nonprofit that uses art to fight AIDS by provoking dialog and supporting HIV-positive artists. To celebrate the occasion, the GLBT Historical Society is presenting “Still Beginning,” a program of seven new films commissioned by Visual AIDS that consider the continuing presence of HIV/AIDS in our community today while revisiting resonant cultural histories of AIDS-inspired art and activism from the past three decades. The short films range in subject from work against HIV stigma in New Orleans to public sex culture in Chicago, highlighting pioneering AIDS activism and staging intergenerational conversations.
Location
GLBT Historical Society Museum, 4127 18th St., San Francisco, CA 94114
Admission
$5.00 | Free for members
ASL Interpretation
ASL interpretation provided upon request. Please write at least three days in advance of event to leigh@glbthistory.org.
Image credit: Logo of Day With(out) Art 2019; courtesy of Visual AIDS.