25th Out of the Darkness Gathering and Candlelight March for World AIDS Day
NYC Pride!
Come celebrate pride this Sunday, June 26, with the biggest LGBT pride celebration in the world! Everyone is invited to share in free and inclusive events that commemorate and celebrate diversity and equality.
The march begins at noon on Sunday at 36th Street and Fifth Avenue, and works its way downtown to Christopher and Greenwich Streets in the West Village. Also on Sunday is PrideFest, Heritage of Pride’s annual LGBT street fair.
For complete information, parade route, and a full list of events visit NYC Pride.
Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti named 2016 – 2017 Keith Haring Fellowship in Art and Activism at Bard College
Photo: Carlo Favero
Congratulations to Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti, recipients of the 2016 – 2017 Keith Haring Fellowship in Art and Activism at Bard College.
Hilal and Petti, architects and critics based in Beit Sahour, Palestinian Territories, have been selected as the third winner of the Keith Haring Fellowship in Art and Activism. Made possible through a five year-grant from the Keith Haring Foundation, the Haring Fellowship is an annual award for a scholar, activist, or artist to teach and conduct research at CCS Bard and the Human Rights Project. Their one-year appointment will begin in September 2016. Hilal and Petti succeed New Delhi–based artist and curator Shuddhabrata Sengupta who held the Fellowship during 2015-16.
For more information about Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti, and the Center for Curatorial Studies and the Human Rights Project at Bard College, please see the full CCS Bard announcement here.
Happy Birthday Keith!
This photo shows party-goers at the second annual Party of Life, hosted by Keith Haring in May of 1985 at the newly re-opened Palladium nightclub on East 14th Street in New York City. 5,000 people were sent puzzles in a box as an invite to the party, the box also contained buttons that attendees had to wear in order to gain entrance. Today, May 4th, would’ve been his 58th birthday.
May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990
Dead men cannot walk the earth. That’s true, but a work of art does not die. Its shape may be shattered, but the spirit of art cannot be broken. The spirit of art jested, and that was no joke.
Hans Christian Andersen, from The Most Incredible Thing
UNAIDS releases its 2015 World AIDS Day report
UNAIDS is an organization that works closely with global and national partners towards ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030. The new report shows how communities, cities and countries around the world are using innovative approaches to reach more people with life-changing HIV services. You can read and download the report here.
World AIDS Day, observed annually on December 1st, was established in 1988 and is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic and to commemorating those who have died from the disease
To learn more about UNAIDS and ways to participate in World AIDS Day visit unaids.org
Celebrate National Coming Out Day on October 11th
Please visit the Human Rights Campaign website to learn more about National Coming Out Day.
Party Out of Bounds: Nightlife as Activism Since 1980
Visual AIDS presents the exhibition Party Out of Bounds: Nightlife as Activism Since 1980 opening September 18th at La MaMa Galleria.
The exhibition focuses on the intersection of the ongoing HIV/AIDS crisis and nightlife from the 1980s to the present, and showcases the transformative possibilities of nightlife as an alternative form of activism. Featuring artists and collaborators working in a wide variety of mediums including photography, video, painting, sculpture, drawing and site-specific installations, Party Out Of Bounds presents both past and present nightlife scenes. The exhibition also highlights archival materials including flyers by Keith Haring and David Wojnarowicz, and ephemera from clubs that merged activism, art, performance and parties.
Visual AIDS is a not-for-profit arts organization that utilizes art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue, supporting HIV+ artists and preserving a legacy, because AIDS is not over. Visit the Visual AIDS website to learn more about this exhibition and all of the other amazing work that they do.
Exhibition information can also be found on the La MaMa website – another incredible and storied not-for-profit cultural organization.
The exhibition runs through October 10th.
The Broad, opening soon!
Philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad have long been supporters of the arts, and have built a new home for their collection of post-war and contemporary art, which includes the work of Keith Haring. The Broad opens on September 20th entrance to the museum is free.
Read Holland Cotter’s recent review of The Broad in the NY Times here. Visit The Broad website to learn more about it’s collection and it’s mission to expand access to, and engagement with, contemporary art.
