Riverside City College Celebrates LGBTQIA2+ History Month and World AIDS Day with Art, Advocacy, and Education
Riverside City College (RCC) has marked LGBTQIA2+ History Month with powerful creative expressions by students in Dr. Bryan C. Keene’s Gender and Sexuality in Art History (AHS 17) course. These students curated an installation in the Rainbow Engagement Center (REC), located in MLK 304, showcasing artworks about identity and self-care. The installation includes paintings, collages, sculptures, mixed-media pieces, zines, and curated lists of readings, movies, and music.
This inspiring display remains open to the public, and RCC invites the community to visit and celebrate the creativity and advocacy of its talented students.
Save the Date: Day With(out) Art 2024 – “Red Reminds Me…”
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 | 9:30–11:00 a.m.
Hall of Fame, Riverside City College
RCC’s LGBTQIA2+ Association for Student Success and Equity (LASSE), the Department of Art and Art History, the Department of Theatre, and the Center for Social Justice and Civil Liberties are partnering with Visual AIDS to present Day With(out) Art 2024. The program, titled “Red Reminds Me…”, features seven new videos by international artists reflecting the complex emotional spectrum of living with HIV today.
Featured Artists:
- Gian Cruz (Philippines)
- Milko Delgado (Panama)
- Imani Harrington (USA)
- David Oscar Harvey (USA)
- Mariana Iacono and Juan De La Mar (Argentina/Colombia)
- Nixie (Belgium)
- Vasilios Papapitsios (USA)
Through diverse forms like parody, theater, irony, and horror, these videos expand the narrative surrounding HIV, addressing themes of grief, intimacy, kinship, and resilience. Inspired by the words of activist Stacy Jennings—“Red reminds me, red reminds me…to be free”—the program invites audiences to embrace a more nuanced understanding of living with HIV.
This event is part of RCC’s broader initiative to foster education and dialogue around LGBTQIA2+ history and health advocacy. It also connects to the College’s upcoming spring production of RENT (April 3-6, 2025), directed by Gary Krinke, and complementary installations curated by Dr. Bryan C. Keene and Humberto Reynoso.
RCC is committed to creating spaces for dialogue, creativity, and community building that reflect its values of inclusivity and equity.