The New School events for World AIDS Day
and the 25th Anniversary of Day With(out) Art
November – December 2014
The New School demonstrates commitment to the ongoing fight against HIV/AIDS through a series of programs for World AIDS Day (December 1st), which this year is also the 25th anniversary of the global Day With(out) Art.
World AIDS Day is a time for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate people who have died. On Day With(out) Art, creative activism in the art world reveals the cultural devastation caused by HIV/AIDS.
EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
- “The Last One: Unfolding the AIDS Memorial Quilt” documentary film screening, about the history of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, including Q&A with filmmaker Nadine Licostie, and an introduction by Dean of Media Studies Anne Balsalmo, 1:00-3:50 p.m. in Kellen Auditorium, 2 West 13th Street
December 1
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Designing Digital Experiences for the AIDS Memorial Quilt“ lecture/demonstration with Anne Balsalmo, 6:00-7:30 p.m. in Tischman Auditorium, University Center, Fifth Avenue at 13th Street - “How Art & Design Activism Changed AIDS for You, and How It Still Can” keynote lecture by Tom Sokolowski (who worked with Visual AIDS to create Day Without Art and the red ribbon campaign), following a panel discussion of arts activists (Avram Finkelstein, Joy Episalla, Luis Carle, Nancy Brooks Brody, Tony Whitfield, moderated by Ricardo Montez), 7:30-9:00 p.m. in Kellen Auditorium, 2 West 13th Street; <click here to see 12-1_Program>
- Reception including late-night access to the exhibition “Grounding Future Queer,” where all the artworks will be shrouded for Day With(out) Art, 9:00-10:00 p.m. at 2 West 13th Street (exhibition is in the Aronson Galleries)
- Resource tables featuring info & giveaways related to HIV/AIDS in the lobbies of the University Center, 2 West 13th Street, and 55 West 13th Street, including flyers about free & confidential HIV testing on campus on Mondays.
- “AIDS Quilt Touch Interactive Table,” University Center lobby, Fifth Avenue at 13th Street
- “Alternate Endings“ short art films about HIV/AIDS (commissioned by Visual AIDS), plus Q&A with Visual AIDS Programs Manager Alex Fialho, 8:00-9:00 p.m. in room 510, 66 West 12th Street
- “Postcards From the Edge” postmark/submission deadline — participate in the 17th annual auction to support the work of Visual AIDS, the organization that contributed to the creation of Day With(out) Art and the red ribbon campaign, and which continues to fight against AIDS through art. All contributions of 4×6-inch artworks will be shown at Luhring Augustine gallery, 531 West 24th Street in Chelsea, on the weekend of January 31-February 1, 2015; participating artists can attend the Preview Party on January 30 for free.
- AIDS Quilt panel display, University Center, Fifth Avenue at 13th Street, in the cafeteria seating area, on a wall between the second and third floors
Campus co-sponsors: School of Art and Design History and Theory; School of Media Studies; School of Art, Media and Technology; Gender Studies; Queer Collective; Student Health Services/Wellness and Health Promotion; Safe Zone; Pronoun Collective; International Student Services.
2 Responses to “Reckoning With AIDS”
December 1st, 2014 at 2:48 am
Hi I want to attend the alternative ending event on December 4th, I was wondering if you have to pay or get a ticket. Also is it open to everyone because I’m a student at brooklyn college.
December 1st, 2014 at 8:21 am
Thanks for your question. The event is free and open to the public. Bring friends! See you there…