| Through
Positive Eyes |
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Through
Positive Eyes is an international collaboration
based on the fundamental belief that
photography pursued in the right way
can make a positive difference in the
world. Directed by South African photographer
and AIDS activist Gideon Mendel, the
project invites a group of HIV-positive
participants to photograph their daily
lives, challenging stigma against people
living with HIV/AIDS through dissemination
and exhibition of these self-images.
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| Patua-Plus
Project |
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The
Patua-Plus Project in rural West Bengal,
India is an innovative, arts-based HIV
communication and stigma reduction initiative.
It is a collaborative effort between
MAKE ART/STOP AIDS,
a local caste of artisan scroll-painters
known as Patua, and SPARSHA, a Kolkata-based
coalition of People Living with HIV/AIDS
(PLWHA) and their friends. Early evaluation
of this project indicates that it has
been particularly effective in combating
stigma against PLWHA in rural areas,
a necessary first step in encouraging
individuals to seek testing or treatment.
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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
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| Are
You Well? |
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In
2004, a health communication organization
called Nalamdana — meaning “Are
you well?” in Tamil—began
collaborating with the huge Government
Hospital of Thoracic Medicine in Tambaram,
India, just outside Chennai. MAKE
ART/STOP AIDS recognized this
collaboration as a perfect pilot to
test what can be accomplished by artists
working in hospital settings. Indeed,
five years later Nalamdana has evolved
into a leader in this 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 just finished its run at Museum
Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa
and will head to Cape Town in October
2009. <<
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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 is
being adapted for Los Angeles in 2009
and Zomba, Malawi, in 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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