Art Heals Festival aims to eliminate HIV, mental health stigma through artwork. Whatsinthemirro
. Daniels adds that this year’s festival will also feature a virtual space on Sunday, with performances available for folks who want to avoid crowded spaces due to the COVID or monkeypox concerns., which celebrate stand-out members of the local queer Black communtiy. This year’s honorees include, among many others, all of whom folks look to as icons, leaders, and trustworthy community members.
Creating a space of Black and queer safety is also a goal of the Art Heals festival, as few spaces are available for those in the community to discuss tricky topics like untreated HIV or suicide without encountering stigmatization. While Daniels does say the festival doesn’t claim to be the only place offering those discussions, “you just need spaces that [are] really providing an opportunity to reflect on the things that impact our community that could be taboo in other spaces.
Art as a way to ease discussions and develop understandings of those taboo subjects is what drives the festival and Daniels’ work. “All of my programming has always been rooted in using art to heal,” Daniels says, “to express yourself, to tell your story to kind of get to that next place.” Hearing the stories of those living with HIV in their own voice makes for the most impactful messaging.
Art Heals Festival will take place over Sept. 30-Oct.2, Fri.-Sun. It is free and open to the public, and will be held at Atelier 1205. Find more information about the festival as well as Whatsinthemirror?’s mission at whatsinthemirror.org.has been Austin’s independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the community’s political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene.
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