NMSU Art Museum to host 'A Day With(out) Art event' focused on HIV and harm reduction
NMSU’s Art Museum and Gender and Sexuality Studies program will host free screenings and presentations for A Day With(out) Art on Dec. 1, highlighting global artists whose work explores HIV, harm reduction and community health.
University partners with Visual AIDS to screen new international videos and offer on-site health resources
Organ Mountain News report
LAS CRUCES - New Mexico State University’s Art Museum will host a public event Monday, Dec. 1, as part of A Day With(out) Art, a national day dedicated to action and awareness around the AIDS crisis.
The museum and NMSU’s Gender and Sexuality Studies program are partnering with Visual AIDS to present “Meet Us Where We Are,” a collection of six newly commissioned videos from artists around the world. The program centers harm reduction and includes depictions of sexual activity and drug use.
Marisa Sage, director of the University Art Museum, and Dylan Blackston, director of NMSU’s Gender and Sexuality Studies program, will introduce the event with presentations on art and HIV. Representatives from Aggie Health and Alianza of New Mexico will also be on hand to offer information about sexual health and harm reduction services available on campus and in the broader community.
“Meet Us Where We’re At” includes work by Kenneth Idongesit Usoro of Nigeria, Hoàng Thái Anh of Vietnam, Gustavo Vinagre and Vinicius Couto of Brazil and Portugal, Camilo Tapia Flores of Chile and Brazil, Camila Flores-Fernández of Peru and Germany and José Luis Cortés of Puerto Rico.
Tabling with health resources will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the bleachers area of the University Art Museum. Presentations, screenings and panel discussions will start at 4 p.m. The museum is located inside Devasthali Hall at 1308 E. University Ave.
The program includes film screenings, discussions and opportunities for audience participation. Harm reduction has been a core part of the AIDS movement since the beginning of the epidemic, including practices such as needle exchange and safe injection sites. Organizers say the event brings the experiences of people who use drugs to the forefront as essential voices in the ongoing conversation about HIV.
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