December 1st is World AIDS Day each year. This year, in partnership with Lifelong Bellingham, we will come together in community to honor, remember, and lift up HOPE for those living with HIV/AIDS through the sharing of art and artifacts.
We welcome back Matthew Crane as our featured artist for December. As both a Queer and HIV-positive artist, his work aligns powerfully with the World AIDS Day theme. For this exhibition he shares previously private works that speak directly to his lived HIV+ experiences, honoring both personal truth and collective history. He also offers deeper insight into other pieces, revealing how living with HIV quietly weaves its threads through every layer of his creative process.
Join us for a reception during the First Friday Art Walk on December 5, 6-9:00 PM. Matthew will be at the event and his work will be displayed at the Center through the end of December.
Contribute to our event!
All are invited to share their own HIV/AIDS related keepsakes, art or tokens of remembrance this evening with our community. Arrive between 5:30-6:00 pm to display your items. Email us at info@bellinghamqueercollective.org for questions and more information.
National AIDS Memorial Quilt
We are honored to display a 12’x 12’ panel of the National AIDS Memorial Quilt to raise awareness and education about HIV/AIDS and to remember those lost to the pandemic.