Day With(out) Art

The Emma Goldman Clinic will participate in the national Day With (out) Art on Friday, December 1, 2006.  All art work in the waiting room will be covered in black cloths to acknowledge those who have died from HIV/AIDS.  The clinic is an HIV/AIDs testing and referral site.

Visual AIDs, the arts organization sponsoring Day Without Art, states:
(www.visualaids.org)

     (DWA) began on December 1st 1989 as the national day of action and mourning in
     response to the AIDS crisis. To make the public aware that AIDS can touch everyone,
     and inspire positive action, some 800 U.S. art and AIDS groups participated in the first
     Day Without Art, shutting down museums, sending staff to volunteer at AIDS services,
     or sponsoring special exhibitions of work about AIDS. Since then, Day With(out) Art
     has grown into a collaborative project in which an estimated 8,000 national and
     international museums, galleries, art centers, AIDS Service Organizations, libraries, high
     schools and colleges take part.

"Participating in Day With (out) Art is a privilege for us," states Karen Kubby, Executive Director of the Emma Goldman Clinic.  "10% of our gynecology clients are coming for HIV testing and/or referral services.  This is up from 9% last year.  We feel it is important to stay involved with awareness activities and prevention services."

For more information about HIV testing and referral services at the Emma Goldman Clinic, call (319) 337-2112 or visit the web site at www.emmagoldman.com.


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