December 1st is World AIDS Day -- a day to build community, honour and commemorate those lost to AIDS and those living with the effects of HIV/AIDS. World AIDS Day is also a day to mark achievements and reflect on the work to be done in the fight against HIV/AIDS [adapted from the Canadian AIDS Society site].
Some general resources and links:
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A Day With(Out) Art
Frank Moore, Spring, 1996, Private Collection.
Courtesy Sperone Westwater and the Gesso Foundation
A Day Without Art (DWA) began on December 1st 1989 as the national day of action
and mourning in response to the AIDS crisis. To make the public aware that
AIDS can touch everyone, and inspire positive action, some 800 U.S. art and
AIDS groups participated in the first Day Without Art, shutting down
museums, sending staff to volunteer at AIDS services, or sponsoring special
exhibitions of work about AIDS. Since then, Day With(out) Art has grown into
a collaborative project in which an estimated 8,000 national and
international museums, galleries, art centers, AIDS Service Organizations,
libraries, high schools and colleges take part (Visual AIDS website).
In 1997, Visual AIDS, the organization behind this movement, suggested that the event be marked as a Day With Art as a way to focus on the growing body of artworks that engage and highlight the importance of putting HIV/AIDS in the spotlight: http://www.thebody.com/visualaids/dwa/index.html.
In 2002, the National Gallery of Canada commemorated World AIDS Day with a focus on the work of AA Bronson and General Idea: www.gallery.ca/english/554_824.htm.
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Beautiful image!!
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