ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING

Jason Rosenberg, Lessons from the AIDS Movement

Monday, March 24, 6:30 – 8:00pm | 133/141 West 21st Street, Room 101C

On the 38th anniversary of when ACT UP began with the action on Wall Street (March 24, 1987), BFA Visual and Critical Studies and the SVA Honors Program present a discussion led by activist Jason Rosenberg on how the HIV/AIDS struggle is inspiring many of our present social-justice movements, from the fight for a ceasefire and a free Palestine to resisting President Trump’s authoritarianism, and more.

Community AIDS Memorial Quilt-Making Workshops

Saturday, March 29, and Sunday, March 30, 10:00am – 6:00pm | SVA Flatiron Gallery, 133/141 West 21st Street

Organized by the New York City AIDS Memorial alongside artist Daniele Frazier, with support provided by the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development and the National AIDS Memorial, San Francisco, with materials courtesy of Materials for the Arts, Todd Oldham Studio, the David Wojnarowicz Foundation, and Maharam.

David France, Surviving a Plague: Art and Activism in the Time of AIDS (2012)

Monday, March 31, 6:30 – 8:00pm | 133/141 West 21st Street, Room 101C

Award-winning journalist, author, and filmmaker David France, director and co-writer of the Oscar-nominated and critically acclaimed documentary How to Survive a Plague, will speak on the achievements of AIDS activists in art and politics.

In the Archives with Visual AIDS Community Archivist, Jacs Rodriguez

Wednesday, April 2, 10:00am | SVA Library West, 133/141 West 21st Street

Join Jacs Rodriguez, community archivist at Visual AIDS, for a demonstration of conducting art historical research in the archive. Rodriguez will explore finding Visual AIDS artists’ files and institutional records while highlighting the organization’s collections and history. Organized by librarian Catie Moore and Bridget O’Keefe, reference librarian, SVA Library.

“TO LOVE—TO DIE; TO FIGHT. TO LIVE. Art and Activism in the Time of AIDS” is sponsored by SVA Academic Affairs, SVA Archives and the Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives, BFA Advertising, BFA Design, SVA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, BFA Film, SVA Galleries, SVA Humanities and Sciences, the New York City AIDS Memorial, BFA Visual and Critical Studies, and Visual AIDS.

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The exhibition, at the School of Visual Arts’ SVA Flatiron Gallery, honors the art-based activism and communities that emerged amid the AIDS crisis.