This one-day conference will explore the pasts, presents, and futures of AIDS art, AIDS activism, and AIDS prevention, and the connections between them. In a series of panels and a culminating roundtable, AIDS/ART/WORK will look at the often productive, sometimes uneasy relationships between art inspired by AIDS and HIV/AIDS prevention, focusing on the following concerns: AIDS/ART/WORK

Registration and Breakfast (9:00-9:30am)

Welcoming Remarks (9:30-9:45am)
Sarah Chinn, CLAGS
Amy Sadao, Visual AIDS
Paul Sendziuk, University of Adelaide

An 'AIDS Art' Movement? (9:45-11:15am)
How did AIDS change the Visual Arts (and the history of Visual Art)? Is there an AIDS art aesthetic and if so how has it changed over time? What is the relationship between so-called avant-garde or conceptual art and representational art within the framework of 'AIDS art'? Do we evaluate art whose purpose is to educate about, or prevent, HIV/AIDS differently from art that doesn't have 'utility'? Is 'AIDS art' beyond criticism?
Speakers:
Robert Atkins, writer and critic, co-founder of Visual AIDS
Alexandra Juhasz, Pitzer College
David Román, University of Southern California
Moderator:
Paul Sendziuk, University of Adelaide

Art and Activism in the Age of AIDS (11:30am-1:00pm)
What part have AIDS-inspired artists played in stimulating political change? Is there a continuing disjuncture between 'militant' art and work that expresses grief and loss? As grassroots responses to AIDS became institutionalized, what happened to the art? Is the institution (i.e. the museum, the university, the archive) the new movement? How do younger artists engage with the legacy of 'AIDS art' and activism?
Speakers:
Julia Bryan-Wilson, UC Irvine
Jean Carlomusto, Long Island University
Derek Jackson, Artist
Richard Sawdon-Smith, University College for the Creative Arts
Moderator:
Amy Sadao, Visual AIDS

Lunch (1:00 - 2:15pm)

Collaborations -- Problems and Possibilities (2:15-3:45pm)
What is the history and efficacy or need from HIV-prevention work? How have artists or how can artists work to create useful or effective campaigns? How should these collaborations be fostered? How do we define effectiveness in prevention? Has cultural production changed post-HAART? What threats remain and what work needs to be done?
Speakers:
David Gere, UCLA
Patrick "Pato" Hebert, AIDS Project Los Angeles
Paul Sendziuk, University of Adelaide
Moderator:
Julie Davids, CHAMP Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project

Roundtable (4:00 - 5:30pm)
An opportunity to review the day's discussions and solicit responses from the audience. In addition, conference themes may be addressed including:

• How did AIDS change the visual arts?
• What role can artists play in health promotion and HIV/AIDS prevention?

Registration:
Seats and lunches are limited so please register at http://web.gc.cuny.edu/clags/AIDSArtWork.shtml before May 22, 2008. Academics, professionals: $30; students or unemployed $20. For more information, contact Naveed Alam at clags@gc.cuny.edu or (212) 817-1955.

Nearest subways: B, D, F, V, N, R, W to 34th Street. 6 to 33rd Street.

Generous support for AIDS/ART/WORK provided by
The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
The Graduate Center Office for Research and Sponsored Programs
The Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation
Australian Research Council
The University of Adelaide