MAKE ART/STOP AIDS, the signature global initiative of the UCLA Art | Global Health Center, is an international network of scholars, artists, and activists committed to ending the global AIDS epidemic. UCLA Professor David Gere established the MAKE ART/STOP AIDS network while on a Fulbright research grant in India.

In July 2004, Gere led a four-day workshop in Kolkata with 60 Indian and 15 international artists and activists under the MAKE ART/STOP AIDS banner. A subsequent daylong event in New Delhi brought the concepts developed in the workshop to the attention of leaders from the Indian government, media, and non-governmental organizations.

Since then, MAKE ART/STOP AIDS has expanded from Kolkata to Los Angeles, from Mexico City to Rio de Janeiro, and from Johannesburg back to Chennai, to create a truly international network.