FAQ

There is no cost to participate! Visual AIDS is proud to offer Day With(out) Art programming free of charge so that these videos can be seen as widely as possible. However, if your institution has a programming budget or a standard screening fee, we would greatly appreciate any contribution or donation. We would be happy to provide an invoice or tax deduction information as needed.

The total runtime of the program will be between 50 and 60 minutes.

No. Day With(out) Art is traditionally observed on December 1, World AIDS Day. However, we are happy to collaborate on screenings throughout the month of December.

All commissioned videos will be freely available to view and screen online starting the morning of December 1, World AIDS Day. We invite partnering institutions to plan screening events on November 30th, December 1st, or any other day in early December. Choose a date that will allow your screening to have maximum impact and attendance.

Screenings can happen anywhere that community can gather to view and discuss video, including theaters, classrooms, lobbies, outdoor screens, and living rooms. We ask that screening events be free and open to the public, if possible.

We are open to forms of online participation, but encourage you to consider how to make your online participation as impactful as possible. Because the videos will be shared publicly through our Vimeo page starting on December 1, we encourage institutions to develop additional programming to draw audiences to online programs. For example, inviting local community organizers, artists, or AIDS organizations to respond to the videos or lead an online discussion. Institutions may also embed the videos on their website or social media channels beginning December 1.

Yes! Video previews are available upon request. Please note that the video program may contain some nudity and/or depiction of some sexual acts.

To get a sense of past Day With(out) Art video programs, visit video.visualaids.org.

Because these are newly commissioned works, we will not be able to provide a preview link until later this year. We expect to have a preview of the full program this fall.

The resource guide is a printable booklet that provides more information about the issues raised by each video, including discussion questions and suggestions for further reading. You can see past resource guides here and here.

We ask that all of the videos are screened together, and the program will be provided as a single, continuous video file.

We encourage partners to host conversations that consider the resonances and differences between the content of the videos and your own community. Consider reaching out to local AIDS organizations and scholars who work around HIV/AIDS, public health, and social justice. We will also provide a printable resource guide that contains discussion questions that can provide a structure for these conversations. We can also help brainstorm potential participants who are connected to Visual AIDS.

Please reach out and we can connect you to others in your area who are interested!

All seven videos will be combined into one .MOV screening file with subtitles and shared via a digital download link later this year.

Quicktime ProRes 422 (Proxy) / 1920x1080 resolution / 48kHz sound

Additional formats may be available by request.

Given the international nature of this program, the videos will be produced in different languages. Visual AIDS will provide English and Spanish captions for the whole program. If you are interested in translating the videos into other languages, Visual AIDS can work with you to provide transcripts and a small honorarium.