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Where: Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Gansevoort St, New York, NY 10014
When: Friday, July 13, 2018
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Program
1:00–1:20 p.m.
Welcome
David Breslin
DeMartini Family Curator and Director of the Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art
Welcome
Julia Gruen, Executive Director, The Keith Haring Foundation
Welcome and introductory remarks
Kate Haw
Director, Archives of American Art
1:30—2:15 p.m.
Panel I Ted Kerr
Collective memory and individual narratives of the AIDS epidemic.
This panel considers how panelists perceive and respond to the prevailing narrative(s) around HIV/AIDS and the art world, how their memory, history, and understanding of the past differs from this narrative, and if being a part of this oral history project created new meanings about their place within a larger narrative.
2:15–3:00 p.m.
Panel II Cynthia Carr
Hybrid responses to the HIV/AIDS crisis from individual artists.
The panel focuses on artists not associated with collaborative groups, whose responses to the AIDS epidemic may be more subtle and individual and operating in the multiple spheres of acting, music, fashion.
Break
3:30–4:15 p.m. (45 minutes)
Panel III Alex Fialho
Race, gender, and protest: lessons from AIDS activism
This panel considers collective political action groups that confronted oppression and invented new ways of protest, as well as activism then and now.
4:15–5:00
Panel IV Liza Kirwin
Learning and remembering: four interviewers respond
Two interviewers on this project, Cynthia Carr and Linda Yablonsky, were active in the art world in the 1980s and 90s, at the height of the AIDS crisis in New York. Alex Fialho, Ted Kerr, and Svetlana Kitto have a received knowledge of that time. How have their understandings of this particular moment changed through this project? What is the personal impact of this project? How do they understand their place in "making histories?"
More information about the Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project
Internship, fellowship, and volunteer opportunities provide students and lifelong learners with the ability to contribute to the study and preservation of visual arts records in America.
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