Founded in 1988 in the midst of the AIDS crisis, Visual AIDS is an arts organization dedicated to fi

Founded in 1988 in the midst of the AIDS crisis, Visual AIDS is an arts organization dedicated to fighting AIDS through their presentation of visual art projects, support of artists living with HIV/AIDS, and preservation of the largest archive of artwork made by artists with HIV/AIDS.Their Play Smart trading cards and safer sex kits use seductive and playful images to promote HIV awareness and are available for free distribution. Each kit contains cards with information about harm reduction, HIV testing and prevention, and contemporary issues around HIV/AIDS on one side and art on the other, packaged with condoms and lubricant. In its first years Play Smart featured pin-up style men and in honor of its inclusion in Agitprop!, which is being held at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, this edition focuses on women’s health, sex positivity, and the connections between the ongoing AIDS epidemic and reproductive justice.Nominated for the 3rd wave by L. J. Roberts*As part of the Pride and Agitprop! Target First Saturday on June 4th, Visual AIDS will host a multigenerational and multimedia-based dialogue highlighting the experiences of women artist-activists from the 1980s to the present. With Joy Episalla (ACT UP), Kia Labeija (GrenAIDS), Jessica Whitbread (ART AIDS ACTION), Egyptt Labeija (TransJustice, Audre Lorde Project), and Sue Schaffner and Carrie Moyer (Dyke Action Machine), moderated by LJ Roberts.Posted by Allie RickardVisual AIDS (established 1988, United States) Play Smart, 2016 Mixed media Courtesy of the artists and Visual AIDS -- source link

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