27th Annual Visual AIDS: Postcards from the edge
"Heart To Heart" by Dean Haspiel
This is my third time participating in Visual AIDS: Postcards from the edge, which opened last night at the Berry Campbell Gallery in NYC.
What is Postcards from the Edge?
"Now in its 27th year, Postcards From the Edge is known within the art world as the most exciting and affordable way to add to a collection, offering a unique opportunity for buyers to acquire original, postcard-sized artwork for ONLY $100 EACH.
It’s a fun way of bringing a community of artists from across the globe together to support artists living with HIV and the legacies of those lost to AIDS by donating original, small scale works that are exhibited and sold at a partner gallery each year.
Offered on a first-come, first-served basis, each piece is exhibited anonymously, and the identity of the artist is revealed only after the work is purchased. With the playing field leveled, all participants can take home a piece by a famous artist, or one who's just making their debut in the art world. Join us-donate an artwork today and save the date for our sale in January 2025."
https://postcards.visualaids.org/
Big Ups to artist/curator, Carlos Gutierrez-Solana, for inviting me again. Other artists I know who participated are Inverna Lockpez, Calvin Reid, Jody Culkin, John Kelly, and Jocelyn Benford (among others). Here's a list of all 1500 of the 2025 contributing artists:
https://postcards.visualaids.org/pages/2025-artists
If still available, you can buy my piece, "Heart To Heart."
https://postcards.visualaids.org/products/postcard-0893
On my way home from Mexican dinner with Jen after the exhibition, I noticed actor Titus Welliver standing in front of the Chelsea Hotel with some friends and they started walking ahead of us. I called my mother who loves him on the TV show “Bosch” (I remember him from the TV show “Lost”) and she insisted I tell him that she loved him. I hesitated but mom yelled at me and I eventually yelled out his name and Titus turned around. I introduced myself, we shook hands, and I told him my mother loved him and that he had to talk to her. And they did. Titus told mom I was a good son. What a guy. Thanks, Titus, for your kind words and for talking to my mama!