Arts & Pop Culture 48,979 AIDS-Related Deaths Per Year ART HAPPENS IN CONTEXT 42,155 Artists respond to the social, political, and cultural climate around Politics 28,688 them. What else was happening in America related to HIV/AIDS as HAART Highly Active Medical Antiretroviral Therapy aka “AIDS artists created these works? Take a look at some of the key events. Cocktail” Developed HIV Infections in the US 618 10,148 1982 1995 1996 1997 2013

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Cleve Jones creates the first panel of the AIDS are living with Memorial Quilt in San Francisco. HIV. Almost 1 in The AIDS Memorial Quilt is displayed on the National Mall in 8 are unaware of Washington, DC.

Prince’s single Sign o’ the Times tops the R&B chart their infection. and reaches number three on Billboard Hot 100.

Cyndi Lauper writes Boy Blue.

And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts is published; popularizes “Patient Zero” misconception and defines Reagan administration’s slow reaction as significant in spread of HIV/AIDS. Rent by Jonathan Larson Tennis champion wins Tony Award for Best and other dies of Musical and Pulitzer Prize activists form the AIDS AIDS-related causes. for Drama. Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) in New York. Philadelphia starring The AIDS Memorial Quilt Tom Hanks is released, Rapper Eric "Eazy-E" is shown in its entirety for dies of President wins Academy Award for Wright dies of the last time. It covers the AIDS-related causes and gives his first public speech Best Actor. AIDS-related entire National Mall in leaves $250,000 to help about AIDS on the eve of complications, one month Washington, D.C. set up the American the Third International First Day Without Art Angels in America: after his diagnosis. Foundation for AIDS AIDS Conference. event. Coordinated with Millennium Approaches America Is Dying Slowly City of West Hollywood is research (amfAR). World AIDS Day, some by Tony Kushner wins Olympic diving gold features collaborations incorporated, aiming to Elizabeth Taylor serves as AIDS is added to the list of 800 U.S. art and AIDS Tony Award for Best medalist Greg Lougainis from hip hop acts provide services to the founding National excludable diseases which groups participate. Play and Pulitzer Prize announces he is HIV including Mobb Deep, residents with AIDS. Chairperson. prevent both travel and for Drama. positive. De La Soul, , Biz Congress establishes the immigration to the United Markie, Chubb Rock, Minority AIDS Initiative. Dallas Buyers Club’s An Early Frost States. Congress creates the Angels in America: Waterfalls by TLC wins Lost Boyz, Pete Rock, Matthew McConaughey Dr. Robert Gallo and his presented on NBC. National Commission on Basketball legend Earvin President Perestroika by Tony four MTV Video Music Common, and Supreme Court rules that and Jared Leto win CDC uses the name Professor Luc Montagnier colleagues at the The Helms Amendment AIDS. “Magic” Johnson releases The establishes the White Kushner wins Tony Awards: Video of the Wu-Tang Clan. the Americans with Academy Awards for Acquired Immune of the Pasteur Institute in National Cancer Institute Dionne Warwick, Elton bans federally-funded AIDS announces he is HIV Last Song in honor of his House Office of National Award for Best Play. Year, Best Group Video, Disabilities Act provides The U.S. Food and Drug Best Actor and Best Deficiency Syndrome France publishes his report finding a retrovirus John, Gladys Knight, and education materials that The television soap opera Corcoran Gallery of Art, Tacoma Art Museum positive. young friend Ryan White. AIDS Policy (ONAP). Best R&B Video, and President Bill Clinton for people with HIV, not Administration (FDA) Precious: Based on the Supporting Actor. (AIDS) for the first time. findings that a called HTLV-III to be the Stevie Wonder release a promote or encourage, Another World includes an Washington, DC, cancels participates in Day He also establishes the Pedro Zamora, cast Viewer's Choice The 11th International announces national just those living with approves the first rapid First National Asian and Novel “Push” by Sapphire retrovirus named cause of AIDS. cover of That’s What directly or indirectly, AIDS-related plot line. Robert Mapplethorpe: Without Art. Salt-N-Pepa release Elton John AIDS member of MTV’s The AIDS Conference priority to find an HIV AIDS. HIV diagnostic test kit for The FDA approves a Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS starring Mo’Nique wins The Normal Heart actors Centers for Disease CDC reports a case of Lymphadenopathy- Friends Are For as an The International homosexual activities. The Perfect Moment Let’s Talk about AIDS Foundation in the reinstates legislation Real World, dies of highlights the vaccine within 10 years. use in the United States. 20-minute HIV test that Awareness Day. First National Native Seattle native Timothy Academy Awards for Best Ellen Barkin and John The Tony Award-winning Approval of PrEP Control and Prevention AIDS in an infant who associated virus (LAV) that Dr. Gallo and Professor AIDS charity single. Committee on the because of the Helms after Let’s Talk About Sex United States. limiting travel and AIDS-related causes at The “AIDS cocktail” is effectiveness of HAART. The new blood test uses oral fluids. HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Ray Brown, known as the Supporting Actress and Benjamin Hickey win Tony puppet musical Avenue Q (Pre-exposure (CDC) publishes the first received blood would later be confirmed Montagnier hold a joint Taxonomy of Viruses The nation’s first amendment. Congress enacts the Ryan peaks at number 13 on immigration for people with age 22. introduced to patients HAART Centers for Disease provides results with Berlin Patient, is believed Best Adapted Screenplay. Awards for Best Food and Drug partners with television prophylaxis) to prevent report of young, transfusions. as the cause of AIDS. press conference to declares that the virus The Food and Drug government-sanctioned White Comprehensive Billboard Hot 100. HIV; patients found infected with HIV/AIDS. The number of new AIDS Due largely to the use of Control and Prevention 99.6% accuracy in as Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Approval of PEP to be cured of HIV President Performance by a Administration (FDA) network Logo on a series HIV infection for people Centers for Medicare and with Pneumocystis announce that All blood donations now that causes AIDS will Administration approves needle exchange AIDS Resources Bailey-Boushay House in importing anti-HIV This combination therapy cases diagnosed in the HAART, AIDS-related (CDC) report that African little as 20 minutes. Cancer Research Center (Post-exposure CDC reports over following two stem cell calls for the development Featured Actress and approves the first home of national public service who are at substantial Medicaid Services carinii pneumonia (PCP) Gay Men’s Health Crisis San Francisco General Montagnier’s LAV and required to be screened officially be known as Zidovudine (AZT) as the program, Point Defiance Number of reported AIDS Emergency (CARE) Act in The Visual AIDS Artists’ Seattle opens the first medication into the country AIDS is the leading cause is referred to as highly U.S. declines for the first deaths in the U.S. decline Americans account for The first test, in 1985, establishes The Office Of prophylaxis) to prevent First National Women and 565,000 people have transplants. Brown of the first National HIV travel and Actor, and the production testing kit that can be announcements to raise risk. PreP is a daily dose announces that HIV and Kaposi’s sarcoma established in New York Hospital opens the Gallo’s HTLV-III are for antibodies to the Human Immunodeficiency first antiretroviral drug Needle Exchange, cases in the United response to the young Caucus launches the Red HIV/AIDS hospice care are arrested and sent back of death for all Americans active antiretroviral Highly Active time since the beginning by 47% compared with 49% of U.S. AIDS-related First National Black required 16 days to First National Latino HIV/AIDS Network infection after exposure Girls HIV/AIDS died of AIDS in the U.S. remains free of HIV and HIV/AIDS Strategy for immigration ban officially wins Best Revival of a purchased over the awareness about HIV and of the antiretroviral drug screening will be included (KS) in Los Angeles. City. nation’s first AIDS ward. almost certainly identical. retrovirus. Virus (HIV). used to combat HIV. established in Tacoma. States reaches 100,000. activist’s death. 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