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BRONX MUSEUM TEEN SUMMER PROGRAM 2016 Unite to Fight HIV and AIDS This summer the Teen Summer Program had the opportunity to conduct a series of interviews about the ongoing impact of HIV/AIDS. We met with people and organizations who are on the frontline of working towards harm reduction, prevention, and treatment of HIV and AIDS. This project was inspired by the exhibition Art AIDS America, on view at The Bronx Museum July 13 through October 23, 2016. Created in 2012, the Teen Summer Program researches community-based organizations and their impactful work. Over the course of three weeks, teens engage with activists, administrators, and artists and learn how grassroots organizations serve as vital local resources. Working collaboratively with museum educators, participants create videos and publications to offer information about the services available in the Bronx and share their findings with a wider public.
Credit: Bronx Museum / Lauren Click
To watch our video go to: youtube.com/BronxTeenCouncil
Thanks to Interviewees: Alex Fialho Christie Hubbard Dr. Anthony Vavasis Lawrence Oghogho Jonathan Santos-Ramos Kia Labeija Ivan Monforte
Programs Director - Visual Aids Director, Foundations and Corporations - IAVI The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Director of Medicine, Adolescent Care - Callen-Lorde Community Health Center Security Officer - The Bronx Museum of the Arts; Health Resource Educator - Ministry of Health, Ghana Director of Clinical Operations&Special Populations - Callen-Lorde Community Health Center Visual Artist Manager of Mpowerment - Streetworks Project
Participating Teens: Ashley Vargas, Daljah Lewis, Danayris Ramirez, Danielle Moulton, Diante McLeod, Eniaya Smalls, Gabriela Perez, Imari Reyes, Josbely Arias, Lauren Paker, Melody Marte, Rikki Barnes, Soulaymane Barry, Taziah Smith, Valeria Martinez, Veyonce Deleon Museum Educators: Edwin Gonzalez & Aida Šehović Quotes included in the centerfold poster are taken from the interviewees above, interpretive materials from Art AIDS America, and artwork featured in the exhibition. Teen Summer is made possible by New York Yankees Foundation, Robert Lehman Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, and Anonymous. Art AIDS America was organized by Tacoma Art Museum in partnership with The Bronx Museum of the Arts, and co-curated by Jonathan David Katz, Director, Visual Studies Doctoral Program at the University at Buffalo (The State University of New York), and Rock Hushka, Chief Curator and Curator of Contemporary and Northwest Art at Tacoma Art Museum. The national tour is supported by Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art and Gilead Sciences, Inc. The exhibition and catalogue have been made possible by support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. Art AIDS America at The Bronx Museum of the Arts is supported by Gary Hattem and Frazier Holloway, anonymous, and individual donors. Education and Community Engagement Programs are generously supported by the Elton John AIDS Foundation, Keith Haring Foundation, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, Arcus Foundation, and May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
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