PARN - Your Community AIDS Resource Network Announces two art exhibitions coinciding with the 2006 International AIDS Conference in Toronto:
More Than a Diagnosis: by Artists who are HIV+
August 11 – 18, 2006 at the Akin Gallery, Cossar Art Centre
More Than a Diagnosis is a display of work created by PHAs (People Living with HIV/AIDS) in Peterborough, Haliburton and Northumberland counties and City of Kawartha Lakes. Designed to increase community awareness by challenging perceptions and stereotypes, this is part of efforts locally, nationally and internationally to address the stigma and discrimination often imposed on those with HIV/AIDS.
This exhibit is part of a local response to the 2006 International AIDS Conference in Toronto August 14th to 18th. The exhibition will be open to the public and a press release will be sent to local media.
Viewers will be encouraged to see HIV within the larger context of the rich and complex lives of people who are HIV positive.
This local exhibit will open with a reception Thursday August 11th, 7 – 9 pm at the Akin Gallery at Cossar Art Centre on Hunter Street in Peterborough. Visit the exhibit from August 11 until August 17, 2006.
The exhibit curator, Spencer Harrison, is a local artist who has lived and painted in Peterborough for 20 years.
For more information contact PARN at 749-9110 or 1 800 661 2895 or getinformed@parn.ca
Also…
Erotic Art XXXX ... Lovers in a Dangerous Time
Group Exhibition at Artspace
378 Aylmer Street North, Peterborough
August 8 - August 26, 2006
Reception: August 11, 7 PM
The tradition of erotic art is extensive though seldom explored as the basis for contemporary exhibitions. As their contribution to the global dialogue on sexual health, a group of Peterborough artists have taken on the challenge of creating work celebrating loving, caring, interactions and intimacy, as well as sex as something that can be flirtatious, frivolous, humorous, sensuous and life-enhancing. The Erotic Art Show coincides with the International AIDS Conference in Toronto, August 13 - 18, 2006.