The lives of so many artists have been destroyed by AIDS. The loss of their creative presence in society; the loss of the work which they might have produced; the difficulties of producing work which those living with AIDS experience; the impact of numbing grief on the lives and work of those who have lost lovers and friends -- these tragedies have greatly impacted not only the art world but also the culture of the late twentieth century and the early twenty-first century.

Throughout the year, and particularly on this day, the arts community remembers the dead; supports all individuals living with the disease; and contributes its work, resources, and activist spirit to the world wide effort to end this plague.

In New York City on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2002, the finalists in the design competition for a Mobile HIV/AIDS Health Clinic for Africa will be announced. Last Spring, Architecture for Humanity invited architects and designers around the world to develop plans for a fully equipped, mobile medical unit and HIV/AIDS treatment center for use in Africa.

In response, 463 teams -- from places including Australia, Botswana, China, Denmark, India, Japan, Kenya, South Africa, the United States, and Zimbabwe -- answered the call, submitting plans for a cost-effective, easily transportable unit which in addition to testing, prevention and treatment will disseminate information regarding the virus and provide basic healthcare services.

"It is estimated that three-quarters of the world's AIDS population lives in Sub-Saharan Africa; most have no access to lifesaving drugs, testing facilities or even basic preventative care. One of the major factors inhibiting medical professionals in Africa from treating this disease is the inability to access vast areas of the continent with adequately equipped facilities," the project emphasizes.

In Ethiopia which has been particularly hard hit by the disease, The Ministry of Education, the National AIDS Council Secretariat and UNICEF have invited young Ethiopian artists to join the fight against HIV/AIDS by making artwork for an exhibition of works which will focus on how youth can help prevent the spread of AIDS.

"We hope these powerful and hopeful images will generate discussion and awareness among youth and inspire them to get involved in HIV/AIDS prevention," the ADDIS TRIBUNE quotes UNICEF Representative Ibrahim Jabr, as saying.

In Boston, over 100 area artists have created small works for an exhibition at the Barbara Krakow Gallery. Each piece costs $350 and all proceeds go to benefit Boston Pediatric/Family AIDS Project and African AIDS Initiative.

In Urbana, Illinois, the theaters at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts will go dark.

"Each year on December 1, Krannert Center joins cultural organizations throughout the world to observe World AIDS Day, a day of action and mourning in response to the seriousness of AIDS. In commemoration of the many artists who have died of AIDS, our theatres are dark," they state on their web site.

In New York City, on December 1, 2002 -- with performances by Teatro El Puente; Carla Duran; Andrew Redekker, lead singer of Passage; and baritone Richard Byrne -- OUT OF THE DARKNESS at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center will call attention to the International AIDS epidemic. At the close of the program, a candlelight march will proceed from the Center to Washington Square Park where the evening will close with a vigil and continued reading of the names of the dead.

In San Francisco, the song "I Remember You", written by Joe Wilson, Artists Against AIDS, and performed by Jacqui Naylor, will be released worldwide to promote World AIDS Day via Naylor's Ruby Records Label. The single is the first cut from an upcoming CD called SOUNDTRACK FOR THE SOUL on which different vocalists/bands will perform 12 songs written by HIV+ Artists. The CD is expected to be released this Spring.

"We really want to use the music to honor those who have left us and to further educate and inspire those who are still here. So much love has gone into this project and it is my great benefit to have such heartfelt and talented musicians bring it to life." says Wilson, who has been living with HIV/AIDS for nearly 15 years. "The objective of the Artists Against AIDS CD Project, is to educate, inspire and help keep HIV-Positive Artists working and contributing. We're trying to develop ways to let artists tell their stories and continue their work and hopefully, educate in the process."

On its website at -- http://www.thebody.com/visualaids/dwa/index.html -- this year Visual AIDS sets forth the history of Day With(out) Art (DWA) -- from its beginning in 1989 as the national day of action and mourning in response to the AIDS crisis to its growth into a worldwide collaborative project in which about 8,000 museums, galleries, art centers, AIDS Service Organizations, libraries, high schools and colleges take part.

The extensive site includes listings of events, a detailed year by year history of Day With(out) Art, examples of DWA projects and an Archive of posters, broadsides, and public service announcements. Those hosting DWA events are invited to send details to Visual AIDS. Documentation of past projects is also invited for the Archive.

On December 1, 2002, in Indianapolis, InterAction Theater and Full Circle Enterprise collaborate to present VOICES FROM THE HEART, a theatre piece incorporating interactive theatre techniques with interview material from Indiana residents living with HIV/AIDS. The material has been culled from over two hundred interviews conducted by Berdache Communications.

With a goal of "leading to reflection and discussion of HIV and AIDS, its presence in this state and the steps which might be taken to effectively slow the spread of the disease," Voices from the Heart is directed by Patricia McKee and Diane Kondrat. It will be presented at The Civic Theatre which is on the grounds of the Indianapolis Art Museum. They also plan to find funding to bring Voices from the Heart to different cities throughout Indiana, affording communities a chance to interact as presenters.

At the end of 2001, an estimated 40 million people were living with HIV, according to World AIDS Day. This year, World AIDS Day is commemorating the legacies of the deceased; campaigning against HIV prejudice -- the discrimination people with HIV often face on a daily basis; and calling attention to the struggles of those newly diagnosed with AIDS. They are also encouraging long-term HIV/AIDS survivors to share their experiences with those who will encounter similar challenges living with the disease.

"I think the continued observance of DWA and World AIDS Day does focus attention within the art world both on the losses to our cultural community and the present of AIDS today. But I hope that arts centers will also consider AIDS year-round both in remembering the artists we have lost and that many artists today are living with HIV and continue to make work," observes Amy Sadao, Executive Director Visual AIDS for the Arts.

In Philadelphia, this year marks the 12th Anniversary of Philadelphia's citywide observance of World AIDS Day/A Day Without Art. Area residents, including representatives from AIDS service organizations and members of the arts community, will gather to honor and remember those who have died from AIDS.

"Several years ago the HIV/AIDS providers who observe World AIDS Day joined forces with the folks in the arts community who handle Day Without Art," explains Susan L. Higginbotham, Executive Director, AIDS Fund.

Throughout the day at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, families and adults and children are invited to drop in for programs which include a slide presentation on The Art of AIDS; (Deborah Barkun of Bryn Mawr College) an opportunity to create memory boxes related to AIDS or loved one lost to AIDS; (with Tom Thomas, PMA and Fleisher art teacher) Deliverance Church Mime performers; the Anna Crusis Women's Choir; singer Richard Lampkins; remarks by Health Commissioner John Domzalski and AIDS Fund Executive Director Susan Higginbotham; a ceremony to honor three faith-based AIDS organizations, and a Candlelight vigil to honor those lost to AIDS.

Philadelphia's World AIDS Day/A Day Without Art is sponsored by AIDS Fund, the Working Fund for Artists living with HIV/AIDS, A Mother's Pledge, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and NBC 10.

On Sunday, December 1, 2002 -- both in New York City and in Los Angeles -- The Museum of Television and Radio will present a program which includes FRIENDS FOR LIFE: LIVING WITH AIDS, in which kids living with AIDS talk about how they cope with the disease; and AN EARLY FROST, (1985) one of the first television dramas to deal directly with the subject of AIDS.

"Day Without Art is an opportunity for arts organizations throughout the United States to participate in raising public awareness of the AIDS epidemic," the Museum writes to introduce its 2002 Day With(out) Art programming. "The following screenings address the complex issues raised by the epidemic, including misconceptions about the transmission of the disease, discrimination against persons living with HIV/AIDS, and new medical research."

Among others, the program, curated by Ron Simon, also includes: IN THE GLOAMING in which a young man with AIDS returns to his childhood home and confronts both his alienation from his parents and his own mortality; and CREATING A PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS: AIDS AND HIV PSAS, a compilation of public service announcements, produced by the Museum, which demonstrates the efforts of various organizations to educate the public about the HIV virus and AIDS.

The NAMES Project, the international non-governmental organization which sponsors of The AIDS Memorial Quilt, has relocated to Krog Street in the Inman Park community in Atlanta, Georgia.

Founded in 1987, The AIDS Memorial Quilt -- "a silent and stunning memorial to a generation lost to AIDS" -- now weighs 54 tons. It is comprised of more than 48,000 hand- made panels dedicated to 88,000 individuals who died of AIDS. The NAMES Project Foundation will mark its move to Atlanta by displaying sections of The AIDS Memorial Quilt at more than 50 public venues across the City in conjunction with World AIDS Day 2002. The AIDS Memorial Quilt is now safely housed in the new national headquarters.

"The AIDS Memorial Quilt is many things: a national art project, an educational tool, a vehicle for community involvement and activism, a therapy for those who grieve. But first and foremost, The Quilt is a memorial to individual human beings who have died of AIDS. To succeed as a memorial, it must be seen and it must endure," said Julie Rhoad, managing director of The NAMES Project Foundation.

During November and December 2002, The NAMES Project has partnered with dozens of organizations around Atlanta to present segments of the Quilt in schools, libraries, government buildings, performing arts institutions and places of worship. They include The Fox Theatre, Fulton County Government Center, Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center, the Atlanta Jewish Community Center, the Latin American Association, Atlanta City Hall, Emory University, The BRAC Center, and the Woodruff Arts Center.

On December 2, the new national headquarters of The NAMES Project Foundation will be dedicated in a program which includes U.S. Congressman John Lewis and Quilt founder, Cleve Jones. Guests may tour the new facility, visit a large display of The Quilt on site, listen to the reading of the names of those commemorated on The Quilt, and participate in panel making. Atlanta's historic Reynoldstown Quilters will also be on hand working to create a new panel for The AIDS Memorial Quilt.

In addition to being on display at over 50 sites in Atlanta, sections of The Aids Memorial quilt will be on display all across the country, including the Academy Street Firehouse, Newark, NJ; the National Education Association in Washington, DC; Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR; Berea Presbyterian Church in St. Louis, MO; Disney Vacations Club; Lake Buena Vista, FL; and the Wellness Center at the University of Houston, Houston, TX.

Over 300 organizations from every continent -- including ACT UP Atlanta; ACT UP Cleveland; ACT UP East Bay; ACT UP New York; ACT UP Paris, France; ACT UP Philadelphia; American Jewish World Service; Architecture for Humanity; Artists Against AIDS San Francisco; Artists Against AIDS Worldwide; Artists for a New South Africa; Botswana Christian AIDS Intervention Programme; Gay Men's Health Crisis; Global AIDS Action Network; Isaac Hayes Foundation; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; National Organization for Women, and Physicians for Human Rights -- are calling on President Bush to announce a global AIDS plan before the end of January.

They ask for:

• Funding and personnel to implement a plan to treat three million PWHIV worldwide by 2005;

• Debt cancellation for the poorest countries in order to free up new funds for locally directed health and education spending;

• Passage of the Early Treatment for HIV Act (ETHA) which would extend Medicaid coverage to perhaps hundreds of thousands of people with HIV in the US who are not yet poor and sick enough to qualify for medication;

• Increases in AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) funding to get AIDS medicines to people with AIDS in the US currently on waiting lists because the Bush budget has not kept pace with the growing epidemic at home;

• Science-based HIV prevention at home and internationally, -- supporting the lives of vulnerable people, instead of budget cuts and audits which target agencies serving women, people of color, gays and lesbians, youth and drug users.

At noon, activists are gathering at McPherson Square, 15th & Eye Street NW for a March to the White House to protest the administration's inaction on the International AIDS crises. "Code Red is the language the Bush Administration uses to portray a severe threat of terrorist attack in the US. We declare a 'Code Red' -- the Bush Administration's indifference to the global AIDS crisis is a severe threat to the lives of 40 million people with AIDS around the globe," they state.

They are asking that the country "Fight AIDS, Not endless War".

Sources/resources:

ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY -- http://www.architectureforhumanity.org
A jury of architects and HIV/AIDS professionals is selecting first, second, and third placed entries along with the best student entry and ten honorable mentions, and an exhibition of the winning entries and selected designs will open in the evening of December 6, 2002 at the Van Alen Institute in New York.

"HIV/Aids Exhibition for Young Artists Launched"
ADDIS TRIBUNE (Addis Ababa) -- http://allafrica.com/stories/200211150787.html
November 15, 2002

BARBARA KRAKOW GALLERY -- http://www.barbarakrakowgallery.com

KRANNERT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS -- http://www.krannertcenter.com/center/info/

ARTISTS AGAINST AIDS -- http://www.artistsagainstaids.com
The CD single "I Remember" is available online and Ruby Records is donating a substantial amount of singles to non-profit and educational organizations around the globe.

VISUAL AIDS -- http://www.visualaids.org
VISUAL AIDS 2002 Day WITH(OUT) ART PAGES -- http://www.thebody.com/visualaids/dwa/index.html
E-postcards for DWA are available now at either at http://www.visualaids.org or http://www.thebody.com/visualaids
GAY MEN OF AFRICAN DESCENT (GMAD) -- http://www.gmad.org
is hosting the Visual AIDS Lightbox.
Frederick Weston will perform at GMAD Monday December 9 from 7:00-10:00 PM, Benefiting Visual AIDS

INTERACTION THEATER -- http://www.interactiontheater.org
For more information about VOICES FROM THE HEART, call Full Circle Enterprise at 317-955-9081

World AIDS Day -- http://www.worldaidsday.org

LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER -- http://www.gaycenter.org/
Co-sponsors of OUT OF THE DARKNESS include the Center, HIV Arts Network and American Run for the End of AIDS. Anyone wishing to submit names of those lost to HIV/AIDS in the past year (2001-2002) are encouraged to do so by calling Meris at 212-620- 7310, x 277 by November 29.

HEALTH GLOBAL ACCESS PROJECT -- http://www.healthgap.org
WORLD AIDS DAY PROTEST -- http://www.healthgap.org/WAD.html#action

PHILADELPHIA WORLD AIDS DAY/DAY WITH(OUT) ART -- http://www.philamuseum.org/events/worldaidsday.shtml

MUSEUM OF TELEVISION & RADIO - http://mtr.org

AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT -- http://www.aidsquilt.org/

CIPA mandates blocking or filtering technology software for any library receiving Federal technology funding. Under CIPA, libraries receiving Federal funding -- through such programs as the Federal E-Rate program and Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) library technology funding -- must install content filtering software on all library computers connected to the Internet and for all users, including children, adults and staff.

In May, 2002, a Federal court in Philadelphia unanimously ruled that CIPA is unconstitutional because the mandated use of blocking technology on all computers results in blocked access to substantial amounts of constitutionally protected speech. Many witnesses at the trial testified that filters not only block access to protected speech but also allow access to illegal or unconstitutional speech -- denying access to information for adults and children alike, while failing to block objectionable material for minors.

The law was challenged by The American Library Association (ALA) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in two separate cases. (which were combined) Plaintiffs from across the country also included libraries, library users, and state library associations. People for the American Way is serving as supporting counsel for the ALA challenge.

"The lower court decision provides a very firm foundation for our argument before the Supreme Court," said ALA Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels. "No mechanical device can replace guidance and education from parents, librarians and community members working together. Filters provide a false sense of security that children are protected when they are not, but education provides children with the skills to safely and effectively navigate the Internet for a lifetime of learning and enjoyment."

In Philadelphia, plaintiffs presented hundreds of examples of websites which were blocked by filters. They included THE ADVOCATE, The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine; AIDS Vancouver Island; Art Postcards; Art Scene China: Contemporary Chinese Art; THE BARCELONA REVIEW - International Review of Contemporary Fiction; Community School of Music and Arts - Arts for All; Fine Arts Gallery of New Orleans; IMAGES: A Journal of Film and Popular Culture; Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art; Masters of Photography: Walker Evans; Renascent Dance Theatre; Art and Architecture in Makuhari; Perry Alley Theatre; Edward R. Dubocq: Sculptor; THE SACRAMENTO INTERNATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL; various pages from SALON Magazine; and Women Artists Through Time.

Because Libraries provide access to the Internet for those who cannot afford home computers, the plaintiffs also argued that poor communities and people with disabilities will be affected disproportionately if libraries are forced to choose between federal technology funding and censorship.

In the opening paragraph of the decision which found CIPA unconstitutional, Judge Becker, of the Third Circuit emphasized the importance of Internet sources of information stating that:

"....The Internet provides easy access to anyone who wishes to provide or distribute information to a worldwide audience; it is used by more than 143 million Americans. Indeed, much of the world's knowledge accumulated over centuries is available to Internet users almost instantly. Approximately 10% of the Americans who use the Internet access it at public libraries. And approximately 95% of all public libraries in the United States provide public access to the Internet."

Additionally, the Court found that public libraries can and do protect children using less restrictive methods such as offering terminals with optional filters which families can elect to use for their own children; providing education, including handouts, online guides, training sessions and recommended web pages; establishing policies for Internet usage that prohibit access to illegal content; and installing wraparound privacy screens to maintain a private Internet environment for patrons.

Arguments on the Children's Internet Protection Act are expected to begin in late winter or early spring. The government brief is due on December 27, 2002, and the brief for the ALA plaintiffs is due on January 27, 2003.

Sources/resources:

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION -- http://www.ala.org
_CIPA documentation -- http://www.ala.org/cipa

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION -- http://www.aclu.org
_CIPA Challenge Documents -- http://archive.aclu.org/features/f032001a.html

Jane Comfort & Company; Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Company; Axis Dance Company; Shen Wei Dance Arts; SB Dance; San Francisco Ballet; Alban Elved Dance Company; Aztlan Dance Company; BAM MAKING CHUNKY MOVE; Breakbone Danceco

Dance web sites offer the viewer different entry ways into the medium and suggest the actual performance, building audience for the company's work.

For instance, JANE COMFORT & COMPANY is building a website at http://www.janecomfortandcompany.org which provides in depth information about the company's current repertory, its new repertory, and its "Greatest Hits". In documentation of works, such as ASPHALT and UNDERGROUND RIVER, the site uses isolated figures of dancers to lead viewers to black and white photographs, color photographs, and text.

Creating interest in the company's future performances, work in progress, PERSEPHONE, is also described.

With a set by visual artist Keith Sonnier, costumes by Liz Prince, and music by composer Tigger Benford -- who will create a polyrhythmic score using bamboo chimes, bamboo flute, thumb piano, hand drums, marimba, Ugandan xylophone, bells, gongs and voice (for four musicians who will perform live at its premiere) -- this new work will explore the myth of Persephone: "The story elements of paradise, motherly love, grief, the underworld, revenge, an earth devoid of life and the joy of paradise regained (if only temporarily) will be explored through the harmony and cacophony of design elements, movement and aural environment."

Each work documented on the BILL T. JONES / ARNIE ZANE DANCE COMPANY web site -- http://www.billtjones.com -- is represented by a collage of color photographs. Clicking on segments of the collage brings up larger images and an opportunity to move forward and backwards in the work, via many color photographs

In this way, supplemented with writing and reviews, the site introduces the viewer to BLACK SUZANNE, D-MAN IN THE WATERS, VERBUM, PAST REPERTORY, and STILL/HERE.

AXIS DANCE COMPANY presents its repertory on its web site at http://www.axisdance.org with photographs and text -- including detailed statements by guest choreographers Stephen Petronio, Sonya Delwaide, and Bill T.Jones.

Sonya Delwaide, formerly the resident choreographer and Artistic Director of the Quebec-based Compagnie de Danse L'Astragale, is currently based in Berkeley, CA. At the invitation of Judith Smith, Co-Director of AXIS Dance Company, she choreographed a trio titled CHUCHOTEMENTS (1999) which means 'whisperings'. (Music: Phillippe Telemann with Audio Collage Overlay by Amy X Neuburg)

Inspired by Telemann's music, the work uses images and costumes from the Baroque period to evoke society's perception of and behavior towards disabled people. About working with the company -- which includes dancers with and without disabilities -- Sonya Delwaide writes on the web site:

"Of course I was confronted with these issues when I first met with them, but that in it self is another reason that attracted me to physically create on them. The rehearsals have been very stimulating and inspiring to me and most of all, they have demystified the image of the 'disabled.'"

On SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS' web site -- http://www.shenweidancearts.org -- multiple color-saturated stills produce an aggregate effect which conveys the dances. To add a critical dimension, the photographs are sometimes accompanied by reviews:

"To explain this image is hazardous. It is essentially the climax of a stream of other images: this is dance that must be savored moment by moment. The effect on the viewer is cumulative, but the instant can often be more resonant than the whole," Anna Kisselgoff writes in a NEW YORK TIMES review of BEHIND RESONANCE. (Choreography: Shen Wei; Music: David Lang)

In a separate section of the web site, choreographer, dancer, painter and designer Shen Wei, who was born in Hunan, China, describes his work, writing about FOLDING:

"With my initial training as a Chinese Opera performer (10 years), I am particularly interested in introducing the elements and qualities that are unique in Chinese theatrical movements into contemporary western choreography. Especially, gestures of hands, eye, and footsteps that are systematized in the Chinese Opera, as recurring visual motifs. This is displayed in my recent work FOLDING, [(Choreography: Shen Wei; Music: Tibetan Buddhist Chant and John Taverner] commissioned by Brighten Arts Festival 2000 in UK, for the Guangdong Modern Dance Company of China. I believe the development of an original bodily language molds into a unique choreographic body within western avant-garde dance."

Since 1998, SB DANCE (Stephen Brown, Director) has produced full-length performances which interlace dance, theater, imagery, sound and object. The SB Dance website -- http://www.sbdance.com -- opens with sound and effectively includes sound as an integral component of the site.

Work, including FLAGRANTE DELICTO, WALTZ OF THE DOG-FACED BOY, FRANK'S TICKER, and SCAMPDANCE, is conveyed with continuous sound, evocative photographs, looping animations, and attention-grabbing text, which, for instance. describes SCAMPDANCE (Choreographed and directed by: Stephen Brown; Music: Doume Castagnet, Daniel Ray) in this way:

"White trash culture: pot bellies, running water, scratching, chickens, country music, and tee-shirt philosophy...bits and pieces of an unwritten folk aesthetic, an excessive taste that you know when you see it..."

A frieze of dancers moves to music across the top of the SAN FRANCISCO BALLET web site at http://www.sfballet.org Animated dancers also grace the interior pages of the site.

The Ballet's 2003 season will open with BALLO DELLA REGINA; (Composer Giuseppe Verdi; Choreography George Balanchine and The George Balanchine Trust, Staged by Merrill Ashley and Bonita Borne) CHI-LIN; (Choreography Helgi Tomasson, Composer Bright Sheng) and DREAMS OF HARMONY. (Choreography James Kudelka, Composer Robert Schumann)

Founded by choreographer Karola Luttringhaus in Berlin, Germany in 1997, now based in NC, ALBAN ELVED DANCE COMPANY creates interdisciplinary dance performances interweaving contemporary dance with live music, visual art, film/video, theatre, aerial work and technologies.

The company's web site -- http://www.albanelved.com -- documents some of the company's repertory on a down-scrolling page (click on Repertoire) with brief descriptions and photographs. Clicking on a small photo reveals a larger photo and a more detailed description.

Among the works the website presents is SCULPTURE. (Choreography/concept: Karola Luttringhaus) Outdoors, on a 40' tall metal structure by means of climbing equipment, ropes and bungie cord, dancers -- Andrea Lieske, Brooke Hannum, Alana Stroud, Karola Luttringhaus -- repeated the work every 15-20 minutes. In the background was the architecture of the Sawtooth Center, the park with its waterfall, the sky and trees. The music was the sounds made by the dancers, the wind, and the trees. The audience was invited to come into the structure, look up, and view the dancers.

"The effect is like a kaleidoscope," the company notes, Sculpture was performed as part of the ArtsIgnite sculpture unveiling and sculpture walk, around the Sawtooth Center and the Stevens Center on 4th Street.

The web site of the ATZLAN DANCE COMPANY -- http://www.aztlandance.com -- opens with an elegant black, maroon, and yellow silhouette-based graphic of dancers, which clicks to information about the company, its history, its performances and reviews.

"Aztlan's 2002-03 Performance Season will continue our tradition of showcasing diverse theatrical dance productions that capture cultural snapshots of the rich and diverse Hispanic heritage in America. Our three production season begins with REFLEXIONES: `02, where during the mid 1900's Americana meets Mexicana. In late January/early February, Aztlan presents JALISCO: NOW & THEN: A ROMANTIC LIFE STORY. We conclude our season with a spring production titled AZTLANDANCE, A LA CARTE. In this production we follow your lead by dancing your favorite cuadros/ballets that you select from the Aztlan dance menu. What more could a dance patron ask for?" writes Roen Salinas, Artistic Director to introduce the company.

The company gallery is under construction. "We're busy dancing.......we'll have more pictures soon," the company notes.

BAM MAKING CHUNKY MOVE -- http://www.bam.org/bam_frameset.asp (click on "BAM New Media") -- is a web adaption of a CD-ROM which explores the creation of C.O.R.R.U.P.T.E.D. 2 by Australian contemporary dance company Chunky Move. In conjunction with NEXT WAVE DOWN UNDER, The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) commissioned Australian new media company Drome to recreate the CD-ROM MAKING CHUNKY MOVE for web delivery.

With sound, video, and text, this web work portrays the making of the work through interviews with the choreographer, dancers, and creative collaborators. It also includes a timeline of the work, a searchable glossary and a series of interactive 'dissections' where the work can be examined in minute detail.

"There are two major issues that shape C.O.R.R.U.P.T.E.D. 2 - the isolation of movement concerns from narrative elements and the notion of physical corruption as it applies to digital technology," the site notes. "Putting these two together, how does Gideon [artistic director Gideon Obarzanek] develop his theme without giving us an illustrative story? The relationship between form and content is at the very heart of performance and the problems Gideon set himself are as old as the history of art. What makes C.O.R.R.U.P.T.E.D. 2 unique is the way in which Gideon and his company tackled the problems. Let's look at the evidence in the work itself," the introduction notes.

BREAKBONE DANCECO -- http://www.breakbone.com -- uses design, animated graphic images, and writing to introduce the viewer to the work and life of the company. A gallery is forthcoming, but for the most part, The work is described on the site in reviews:

"...This amazing ensemble is about as far removed from pretty, artful choreography as the human body can endure. These six women and one man fall to the floor with so much angry energy it hurts to watch. During one moment in LOGOTYPE, on view this past weekend at Links Hall Studio, three of the women drop three others with such surprise and force you're astonished no one is hurt. But that punk intensity, that anti-pretty aesthetic only begins to describe the gutsiness and ferocious imagination of artistic director Atalee Judy, who also dances. Judy doesn't comment on contemporary culture so much as she throws it, sickeningly at times, in your face....." -- Sid Smith, CHICAGO TRIBUNE/METROMIX

The site also includes a web journal in which the lives of the company principals, the making of dances, the looking at the work of others is recorded:

"09.18.02 managing director elizabeth lentz gets back from her european mediterranean tour!! we will be intensely rehearsing to get ready for the october show...

09.14.02 saw meg lee chin & chris connelly at double door here in chicago - was a good show! the band trs-80 also was good - they use video projection during their set and have some groovy tunes going on..."

THE REMEMBER PROJECT 2002- DANCERS RESPONDING TO AIDS

"Performers from the entire dance community -- ballet, modern, Broadway, and young dance artists -- unite to celebrate life through dance, to remember those lost to AIDS, and to honor those living with HIV/AIDS."

Performers in the REMEMBER PROJECT 2002 -- A 12-hour Dance Celebration Benefiting Dancers Responding to AIDS are:

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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Artichoke Dance Company
City Center Dance
Earthworks
Erick Hawkins Dance Company
Ivy Baldwin Dance
Mereminne Dancers
Miho Nakata
NY Performers Project
Paula Hunter
Rebecca Stenn / Perks Dance Music Theater
Return of the Sun
Steffi Nossen Dance Company
Steps on Broadway
Theresa Conlon
Wendy Osserman Dance Company
WIL SWANSON / DANCEWORKS

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Brian Brooks Moving Company
Clowns and Other Fools: Dances by Lotte Goslar
Complexions.a concept in dance
DANCETUBE
Delirious Dance Co.
Isabel Gotzkowsky and Friends
Janis Brenner & Dancers
Kayoko Sakoh Dance
Marie-Christine Giordano Dance Co.
New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble
Skip Costa / COREMovement & Project NYC
TAP FUSION
Von Ussar / Danceworks
Young Dance Makers Company

4:00 PM- 6:00 PM
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Ariel Osterweis & Alexandra Damiani
Art of Dance Performing Company
ASzURe & Artists
Buglisi / Foreman Dance
Ccan Dance
Chris Elam & His Misnomer Dance Theater
Dances by Isadora
Julliard Dance Ensemble
KIDSCOMPANY
Monica Bill Barnes
Murray Spalding Movement
Arts / Mandalas
Notario Dance Company
Patricia Masters Company
Peridance Ensemble
Rebudal Dance Group

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company
Ayelen & Rubin
Berkeley Carroll Dancers
dance plus...a whole lot more
Darrah Carr Dance
David Parker and the Bang Group
DRA Studio of the Year 2002
David Sanders Dance Dynamics
Katherine Fisher
Kevin Wynn Collection
Manhattan School of Music Ensemble
Megan Williams
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
nicholasleichterdance
Randy James Danceworks
Susan Marshall & Co.

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
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Battleworks
Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Company
Chase Brock
Creative Outlet Dance Theater of Brooklyn Program
Dance Masters of America
Danny Tidwell & Lara Hidalgo
ABT Studio Company
DRA Studio of the Year 2002
David Sanders Dance Dynamics
Elisa Monte Dance
Joyce Trisler Danscompany
Mark Jarecke
Mark Morris Dance Group
Martha Graham Dance Company
Rachel Berman
Race Dance
Stephen Petronio Company

10:00 PM- 12:00 AM
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Arthur Aviles Atypical Theater
Central Moves
Connolly Dance Company
Danceworks Productions
Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company
Dennis O'Connor & Jodi Melnick
Dzul Dance
Ellis Wood / Wood Dance
Eunjung Gonzalez - Catey Ott
Katherine Duke
Labyrinth Dance Theater
Larry Goldhuber
Michael A. Carson
Myung Soo Kim Dance Project
Patricia Kenny Dance Collection
Purchase Conservatory of Dance
SENSEDANCE

"When AIDS is stopped we will dance for joy... until then we will dance for life"

Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA) is a fundraising program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, (BC/EFA) an ongoing committed response from the American dance community to this urgent worldwide health crisis. Funds raised by DRA are distributed to over 400 AIDS Service organizations across the United States as well as to Actors' Fund of America programs which offer assistance to all professionals working in the dance community who are facing a health crisis. Since its founding, BC/EFA and DRA have distributed over $45 million to support these programs.

Admission to The Remember Project 2002 is:
$50 for an All Day Pass
$30 for a two-hour performance block
Tickets will be sold at the door only. (Doors open at 11:45 AM)

TRIBUTES honoring someone living or lost may be purchased by mail, fax and phone or online at http://www.broadwaycares.org/remember2002tribute.cfm

Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA)
165 West 46th Street, #1300 New York, NY 10036
fax: 212-840-0551
tel: 212.840-0770dra@bcefa.org

Resources:

DANCERS RESPONDING TO AIDS -- http://www.dradance.org

DANSPACE PROJECT -- http://www.danspaceproject.org

WASHINGTON, DC - The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced the 2003 competitions for the National Awards for Museum and Library Service.

The awards provide national recognition for the positive impact on community life provided by museums and libraries. Recipients demonstrate long-term, ongoing commitment to public service through innovative programs and community partnerships.

The 2002 award recipients received their awards from First Lady Laura Bush and IMLS Director Robert Martin at a White House colloquium on October 31. Recepients were the Boundary County District Library Bonners Ferry, Idaho; Bronx Zoo/Wildlife Conservation Society Bronx, New York; Hartford Public Library, Hartford, Connecticut; Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, Pennsylvania; and Southwest Georgia Regional Public Library System, Bainbridge, GA.

Any individual may submit a nomination, and nominations of museums and libraries of all sizes are encouraged.

The IMLS Web site has more information about the awards, including qualifications, criteria, details on how to nominate, and online nomination forms. For information about the National Award for Museum Service, access

http://www.imls.gov/grants/museum/mus_nams.asp

For information about the National Award for Library Service, visit http://www.imls.gov/grants/library/lib_nals.htm

The postmark deadline for receipt of all materials is February 15, 2003.

The IMLS is an independent federal grant-making agency that promotes leadership, innovation, and a lifetime of learning by supporting the nation's 15,000 museums and 122,000 libraries. The Institute encourages partnerships to expand the educational benefit of libraries and museums. For more information, visit http://www.imls.gov

In its Media program, (a part of the General Program) the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation -- a private, independent grantmaking institution dedicated to helping groups and individuals foster lasting improvement in the human condition -- supports independent documentary film and video and public radio in the United States.

With a goal of improving the diversity of viewpoints and high-quality documentary content available in radio and television as well as using media, especially television and radio, to further the goals of the other Foundation programs, the Media program focuses primarily on funding independent documentary film. The Foundation also supports outreach efforts, especially related to films it has supported in the production stage and organizations serving filmmakers. Funding for public radio is intended to maintain and strengthen its program-production infrastructure.

Among recent (2001 and 2002) grants in this program were:

DOCUMENTARY FILM

• DOCUMENTARY (New York City, NY)
  $1,500,000 in support of the public television series P.O.V. (over three years)

• BLACKSIDE, Film and Television Productions (Boston, MA)
  $50,000 in support of THIS FAR BY FAITH, a documentary film series about African American religious communities and their role in American history.

• CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS (Berkeley, CA)
  $100,000 in support of Part III of the ANCESTORS IN THE AMERICAS public television series about the Asian American experience.

• DIGITAL INNOVATIONS GROUP (New York City, NY)
  $50,000 in support of a project to encourage collaboration among independent filmmakers and digital artists.

• GRANTMAKERS IN FILM AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA (Pittsburgh, PA)
  $30,000 in support of educational activities related to media grantmaking and a guidebook on the funding of media projects (over three years)

• KOAHNIC BROADCAST CORPORATION (Anchorage, AK)
  $100,000 in support of general operations (over two years).

• KLRU (Austin, TX)
  $50,000 in support of activities associated with the Television Race Initiative.

• LINK MEDIA (San Rafael, CA)
  $2,000,000 in support of WorldLink, a non-commercial television channel with international content.

• NATIONAL VIDEO RESOURCES (New York, New York)
  $365,000 in support of a human rights film and video distribution and discussion program for libraries.

• NEW VIEW FILMS (Washington, DC)
  $100,000 in support of the documentary film STILL FIGHTING: THE AFGHAN WOMAN'S STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM.

• NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LATINO INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS (Los Angeles, CA)
  $50,000 in support of the annual conference (over two years).

• NOMADIC PICTURES (Chicago, IL)
  $250,000 in support of REDEMPTION, a documentary film about the experience of incarceration and release for low-income African American men.

• WHRO (Norfolk, Virginia)
  $50,000 in support of activities associated with the Television Race Initiative.

• NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO (Washington, DC)
  $600,000 in support of the Innovation Fund (over three years).

• RADIO BILINGUE (Fresno, CA)
  $25,000 in support of an Internet feasibility study.

Opportunities for Artists

"...you can make a difference. Every weblog, journal and personal site on the web has a different audience, a collection of friends, family and peers who look to it for information important to its publisher. Focus on AIDS for one day -- World AIDS Day -- and help spread information about the disease, its treatment, those we have lost and those who survive. Because AIDS is not over and because you can make a difference....."

LINK AND THINK -- http://www.linkandthink.org -- invites webloggers, journalers, diarists and other personal website publishers who address or link to link to personal stories and or resources about the AIDS pandemic to join an observance of World AIDS Day in the personal web publishing communities.

Visit the site -- hosted by freelance writer Brad L. Graham -- http://www.bradlands.com -- to find out more.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS, formerly published as a part of Arts Wire Current, are now an integral part of NYFA INTERACTIVE, the new NYFA Website. Please visit http://www.nyfa.org/current and click on "Opportunities for Artists" for complete listings.

To submit opportunities, visit http://www.nyfa.org/current click on "Opportunities for Artists" and then on "Submit an Opportunity". Paste the information into the online form.

This week listings include: Art Editor/Curator seeking New York City artists for publication and alternative exhibition opportunities, POST ROAD MAGAZINE

Artists, all media, POSTCARDS WHICH ADVERTISE ART SHOWS, Tivoli NY

Artists, all media, artwork addressing the concept of light International Juried Exhibition, SOHO20 Chelsea

Artists and Scholars - computer-based technologies, INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL ART EXHIBIT AND COLLOQUIUM, Havana, Cuba

Curatorial Proposals, VISUAL STUDIES WORKSHOP, Rochester NY

Media-based Work, exhibition, VISUAL STUDIES WORKSHOP, Rochester NY

Call for video artists, ART FOR HEALING, New York, NY

Korean-American artists, Exhibition, VISUAL STUDIES WORKSHOP, Rochester, NY

Artists, Sculpture and Installation, PINEAPPLE GROVE ARTWALK, Deray Beach, FL

Consulting Artist for Island Gateway Project, BAINBRIDGE ISLAND ARTS & HUMANITIES COUNCIL, Bainbridge Island, WA

Filmmakers, Short films, IMAGES CINEMA, Williamstown MA

Proposals for Web Biennial 2003, ISTANBUL CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM

Visual Artists, Exhibition, LADYFEST PHILLY, Philadelphia, PA

Opera Libretti on any subject, 5 operas, WWW.SOMEDANCERSANDMUSICIANS.COM

Public Art Projects, CAMBRIDGE ARTS COUNCIL, Cambridge, MA

Sound Work Residencies, Create @ iEAR Studios, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY

CURRENT JOB LISTINGS, formerly published as a part of Arts Wire Current, are now an integral part of NYFA INTERACTIVE, the new NYFA Website. Please visit http://www.nyfa.org/current and click on "Jobs" for complete listings.

To submit jobs, visit http://www.nyfa.org/current Click on Jobs, and the click on "Submit a Job Listing". Paste the information into the online form.

Listings are alphabetical by title and are in two groups with the current week first followed by earlier postings. This week's listings include:

ARTS AND CRAFTS DIRECTOR, Camp Starlight, (Starlight PA)

ASSISTANT BOX OFFICE MANAGER, Hancher Auditorium, (Iowa City IA)

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ANNUAL FUND, Seattle Symphony, (Seattle WA)

ASSISTANT DIRECTORY EDITOR, Brant Publications - Art in America, (New York NY)

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - ARTIST (Photography or Drawing), UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO/SUNY, (Buffalo NY)

ASSISTANT TO GENERAL MANAGER, Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, (New York NY)

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MODERN DANCE/CHOREOGRAPHY, University of South Florida, School of Theatre and Dance, (Tampa FL)

BOX OFFICE MANAGER, Imagination Stage, (Bethesda MD)

CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION RELATIONS MANAGER, The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago (Chicago IL)

CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP MANAGER, Seattle Symphony, (Seattle WA)

COSTCO ROAD SHOW SALES REP - ACTORS, Trade Show Executives, (Atlanta GA)

DANCE TEACHER/CREATIVE MOVEMENT SPECIALIST, The Educational Alliance (New York NY)

DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT, The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, (Chicago IL)

DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, San Francisco Camerawork, (San Francisco CA)

DEVELOPMENT INTERN, Point Breeze Performing Arts Center, (Philadelphia PA)

DEVELOPMENT MARKETING INTERN, Mark Morris Dance Group, (Brooklyn NY)

DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, Music Theatre of Wichita, (Wichita KS)

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, Cleveland Play House, (Cleveland OH)

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, Cleveland Play House, (Cleveland OH)

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, Young Audiences/New York, (New York NY)

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, (Brooklyn NY)

EDUCATION DIRECTOR, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, (Rockport ME)

GALLERY DIRECTOR, (large gallery in Chelsea) (New York NY)

GRANTS WRITER, The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, (Chicago IL)

INDIVIDUAL GIVING MANAGER, The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, (Chicago IL)

INTERN, Matthew Marks Gallery, (New York NY)

INTERN, Museum of Arts and Design, (New York NY)

INTERN DEVELOPMENT / PUBLIC RELATIONS, Museum of Arts and Design, (New York NY)

MARKETING ASSISTANT, Second Stage Theatre, (New York NY)

PLAYWRITING AND DRAMA TEACHER, The Educational Alliance (New York NY)

PRESIDENT/CEO, The Alameda/Nat'l Center for Latino Arts & Culture, (San Antonio TX)

PRODUCTION MANAGER, La Jolla Playhouse, (La Jolla CA)

PROFESSIONAL FELLOWSHIPS, OPERA America, (Washington DC)

PROGRAM ASSOCIATE, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, (Baltimore MD)

PROGRAM MANAGER, American Symphony Orchestra League, (New York NY)

PROSPECT RESEARCH COORDINATOR, Seattle Symphony, (Seattle WA)

PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER, Cleveland Botanical Garden, (Cleveland OH)

REGISTRAR/ARCHIVIST, Marianne Boesky Gallery, (New York NY)

SCRIPT READER, Young Playwrights, (New York NY)

(sales/adminstrative) Soundbridge Seattle Symphony Music Discovery Center, Seattle Symphony, (Seattle WA)

WRITER, New Theatre Group (New York NY)