#AIDS epidemic

#AIDS epidemic

During the summer of 2020, at the onset of the Covid pandemic, the documentary director Matt Nadel was back home in Boca Raton, Florida. He remembers one particular evening walk that he took with his father, Phil, as they weathered out those early months. As they strode through the neighborhood, Nadel, now 26, said that the prospect of a vaccine was exciting, but the idea of pharmaceutical executives profiting off a devastating virus left him feeling uneasy.

As MCC grew as a denomination, they tried to figure out if and how to relate to other churches. Would any befriend a queer church? And if so, would that friendship help other churches shift their perspective on homosexuality? These questions got harder as AIDS numbers grew-it made people more afraid yet friendship more vital. But sometimes friendship emerges in the most unlikely of places.

The goal for Downtown/Uptown is quite simple: to showcase the decade's best art for new generations. I was thinking about what art was pivotal to the moment, said Brett Gorvy, show co-curator. And also what over time has become pivotal. We've been lucky to be able to access the greatest paintings of so many of these artists. According to Gorvy, the 80s were typified by the central role of celebrity in the art world,