| Through
Positive Eyes |
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A
signature project of MASA, Through Positive
Eyes is an innovative and groundbreaking
anti-stigma initiative. This participatory
photography project is based on the belief
that the arts have the power to inspire
long-lasting positive changes in attitudes
and behaviors related to HIV and AIDS—an
assertion that is strongly supported by
current social science and public health
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| Patua-Plus
Project |
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In
rural West Bengal, MAKE ART/STOP AIDS
along with its partner SPARSHA, a Kolkata-based
coalition of People Living with HIV &
their Friends pioneered an innovative
art-based HIV communication and stigma
reduction initiative. Christened the Patua-Plus
Project, it was a collaboration between
Patuas (scroll painters) and community-based
health workers from SPARSHA. .
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| MAKE
ART/STOP AIDS Africa |
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The
overall goal of MAKE
ART/STOP AIDS– Africa
is to educate, mobilize, inspire, and encourage
dialogue through arts interventions in African
universities and in rural and urban poor
communities throughout the South-East Africa
region. The program relies on collaborative
relationships with local, regional, and
international organizations operating in
each project country.
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| Are
You Well |
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In
2004, a health communication organization
calledNalamdana — meaning “Are
you well?” in Tamil—began
collaborating with the Government Hospital
of Thoracic Medicine in Tambaram, India,
just outside Chennai. Are You Well has
today evolved into a leader in its field,
using theater, music, and radio as tools
for HIV education, stigma reduction, and
to promote an atmosphere of healing. .
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| MAKE
ART / STOP AIDS Exhibition |
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Opening
at the UCLA Fowler Museum on February
23, 2008, the MAKE
ART/STOP AIDS exhibition
was greeted by one of the largest crowds
in the museum's history. An estimated
800 people, including both invited guests
and the general public, viewed a performance
of Biro by Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine and
then flowed into the exhibition gallery.
Fowler Museum staff commented that the
opening for MAKE
ART/STOP AIDS was not only
one of the largest events the museum had
ever hosted in terms of attendance, but
also that it was the most diverse.
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| Not
Alone |
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Not
Alone, is an international touring adaptation
of the MAKE ART/
STOP AIDS exhibition, which toured
the South Africa cities of Durban, Johannesburg,
and Cape Town in 2009-10. Not Alone is
a visual arts collection that showcases
the role of the arts in fighting the AIDS
epidemic globally. <<
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| ArtMoves |
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A
joint project of MAKE
ART/STOP AIDS and the Centre
for Media and Alternative Communications
(CMAC), ArtMoves opened to popular and
critical acclaim at the launch of the
Red Ribbon Express train in New Delhi
on December 1, 2007, World AIDS Day.
Since that time, the project has traveled
to the XVII International AIDS Conference
in Mexico City, August 2008, and Chennai
in 2009 and 2010. <<
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| Keiskamma
Altarpiece - Hamburg, South Africa |
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The
Keiskamma Altarpiece was born in Hamburg,
South Africa, a small fishing town hit
hard by HIV/AIDS. Named after the Keiskamma
River Valley, it grew into a stunning
example of how the arts can foster international
solidarity, commanding audiences in
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| 48
Hours to Action |
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On
December 1, 2008 the UCLA Art | Global
Health Center presented its annual “48
Hours to Action,” a dynamic evening
of entertainment to observe World AIDS
Day, a time to bring global awareness
to HIV/AIDS. “48 hours to Action”
rallied student artists from the UCLA
campus to generate art (music, dance,
spoken word, visual art) related to
a theme revealed just 48 hours before
the performance.
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| Flesh
and Blood |
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In
2006-2007, Kevin Kane and a cast of
twelve created Flesh and Blood in response
to the monumental Keiskamma Altarpiece,
then on view at UCLA. The moving hip-hop
dance-theater piece told the story of
a young boy living with HIV in Hamburg,
South Africa, where the altarpiece was
created. Kane traveled there himself
to bring that reality into clearer focus.
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