Worldwide the estimated number of people living with HIV is over 33 million. In the U.S., an estimated over one million Americans are living with HIV. World AIDS Day is an opportunity for everyone to work together to help reduce stigma around HIV and promote HIV Testing.
DC's art community has stepped up to bring more awareness to the fight against HIV and in observance of World AIDS Day. Check them out below:
ADS vs AIDS at Long View Gallery
Beginning Tuesday, December 1 with an Opening Reception from 6-8 p.m., Long View Gallery will showcase 25 years of HIV/AIDS public service ads created by veteran adman Jeff McElhaney and freelance creative teams who tackled the controversial subject matter despite its taboo status among advertising industry players.
The show, which runs through the end of December, chronicles a period marked by the struggles of scientists to combat this microscopic enemy and the gargantuan challenge that gay community leaders faced in their efforts to change the behaviors that perpetuated its spread.
Created from the dawning of the AIDS crisis in the mid-80s, many of the ads were developed for forward-thinking organizations that included the Maryland Department of Health – AIDS Administration, Whitman-Walker Clinic and the Health Education Resource Organization (HERO) under trying circumstances and amid significant concern about both the messaging and whom would be credited with delivering it.
Long View Gallery, 1234 Ninth Street NW, Washington, DC 20001 (202) 232-4788
Our Heroes: 2009 World AIDS Reception
Fight HIV in DC/DC Center HIV Working Group presents a special reception in observance of World AIDS Day, Tuesday December 1st, featuring the Our Heroes Exhibit.
Our Heroes is a collection of 150 striking black and white photographs honoring the people, places, and events that marked or charged the history of HIV/AIDS in Washington, DC in the last 25+ years. The exhibit will be on display at the Fight HIV's DC Center for the month of December.
The Reception takes place Tuesday December 1st starting at 6:30 PM at the Center, 1111 14th St NW. Light refreshments will be served.
For more information about World AIDS Day and how you can participate in your own "art-related" project, visit http://www.aids.gov/world-aids-day/
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