HIV/AIDS Cartoon Exhibition
Drawing It Out - First International HIV/AIDS Cartoon Exhibition
International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region,
Government of Brazil and UNAIDS is proud to present the US premiere of Drawing IT Out: 1st
International HIV/AIDS Cartoon Exhibition in New York City.
The cartoons featured in Drawing It Out carry poignant and clever messages about HIV/AIDS;
they create an image of society in which laughter is a part of sexuality, and where as
global citizens, we take up the charge to care for one another.
The exhibition, a project of the Brazilian Ministry of Health/National HIV/AIDS Program and
the Memorial Institute for Graphic Arts was created to use the art of cartooning to address
HIV/AIDS issues in an international public forum. The exhibition is comprised of 300
cartoons created by graphic artists from 50 countries, including Afghanistan, Austria,
Belgium, Brazil, China, Croatia, Cuba, France, Israel, South Korea, Mexico, Peru, Russia,
Serbia/Montenegro, Spain, South Africa, Turkey, and Uruguay.
While overwhelming statistics and urgent public health messages can paint a grim picture,
there is a colorful and positive vision possible as well. This is an image of society in
which laughter is a part of sexuality, where economic circumstances do not determine one’s
health and where as global citizens, we take up the charge to care for one another.