Day With(out) Art Free Event Honors World AIDS Day Wednesday At Sarasota Art Museum

SARASOTA, FL — To honor World AIDS Day Wednesday, Sarasota Art Museum at 1001 S. Tamiami Trail has partnered with Visual AIDS to present a Day With(out) Art 2021.

Visual AIDS is a New York-based non-profit that utilizes art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue, supporting HIV+ artists and preserving a legacy, because AIDS is not over, according to the museum’s website.

Day With(out) Art features “Enduring Care,” a video program highlighting strategies of community care within the ongoing HIV epidemic. The program features newly commissioned work by Katherine Cheairs, Cristóbal Guerra, Danny Kilbride, Abdul-Aliy A. Muhammad and Uriah Bussey, Beto Pérez, Steed Taylor, and J Triangular and the Women’s Video Support Project.

This free one-hour program can be viewed in the Sarasota High School Alumni Auditorium at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.

The museum is also highlighting the work of Cuban artist and activist Felix Gonzalez-Torres, who died from AIDS-related complications in 1996.

“We celebrate Felix Gonzalez-Torres’ honesty and vulnerability with his works that leave space for us to see, think and feel what is true to our own experience,” the museum said.

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From 5 to 8 p.m., CAN Community Health is partnering with the museum for an evening of contemplation, community and care in Marcy & Michael Klein Plaza.

This free evening program includes musical performances by Diversity: The Voices of Sarasota, viewings of “Enduring Care,” guest speakers and the opportunity to experience Gonzalez-Torres’ iconic work “Untitled” (L.A.) in the museum’s Wendy G. Surkis & Peppi Elona Lobby.

The event is an opportunity to learn about Sarasota’s experience in the fight against HIV and AIDS and will feature activist Jon Arterton, a display of the Southwest Florida AIDS memorial quilty and the history of CAN.