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Published: February 11, 2007
“Friends and Lovers”
Homoerotic art featured at auction held Saturday at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral to benefit AIDS clinics in Mexico
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation held an art exhibition and auction last night at the conference center of Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in Los Angeles to raise money for clinics it sponsors in Tijuana and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
A California Catholic Daily reader who saw a preview of the event on a Los Angeles television program alerted the newsaper via email regarding the event. "They showed some of the items, and it was really gross -- men hugging, tops bared, nude males back scenes," said the reader in the email.
The title for the event was “Amigos y Amantes” (Friends and Lovers).
“Showcasing the work of notable and emerging Latino artists, this lively celebration of Latino art and culture will take place on Saturday, February 10th from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Conference Room in downtown Los Angeles. Entrance is $25.00 and includes complimentary appetizers and no host bar,” said an AIDS Healthcare Foundation flyer promoting the event.
Among the artists whose works were on display were Joey Terrill and Miguel Angel Reyes. A biography on the AIDS Healthcare Foundation website has this to say of Terrill: “a man whose art and identity -- as a Latino, a gay man, a person living with HIV, an activist and an artist -- have always been closely connected. Several of Joey’s paintings, which often document his relationships with friends, lovers and family, will be up for auction as part of AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s art exhibition and fundraiser to benefit its free AIDS treatment clinics in Mexico.”
And, of Reyes, the website offers this insight: “Miguel counts as a primary influence his friendship with Morris Kight, gay civil rights pioneer and AIDS activist, whom many consider to be the founder of the West Coast gay rights movement. When they met, Morris was older than Miguel by more than forty years.
“When asked about his current projects, Miguel offers: ‘I’m working on a series of drawings of men grooming -- combing their hair, taking a shower, drying themselves. Simple, everyday actions.’ He adds with a laugh, ‘Naked, of course.’”
A highly-stylized piece of art by Reyes featured on the website pictures two shirtless, barefoot men facing each other with the caption, “In the Future, Everyone Will be Able to Play with Themselves.”
Altogether, more than 30 Los Angeles artists donated work to be auctioned at the event, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation said in the news release. A flyer accompanying the release displays some of the art to be auctioned – one is a painting of a heart with the rainbow colors of the “gay pride” movement boxed inside.
The AIDS Health Foundation, based in Los Angeles, “is the nation’s largest provider of HIV/AIDS medical care. It offers cutting-edge medicine and advocacy, regardless of ability to pay to more than 27,000 people in the United States, Africa, Central America and Asia,” says the foundation’s website. “Domestically, AHF operates 14 healthcare centers, 7 pharmacies, a disease management program in Florida serving the state’s HIV/AIDS Medicaid population (Positive Healthcare Florida) and the first capitated Medicaid managed care program for people with AIDS (Positive Healthcare California). AHF supports research and operated the successful and award-winning network of 22 Out of the Closet Thrift Stores throughout California.”
In 2005, the foundation opened its first clinic in Mexico in Tijuana. A year later it opened a clinic in Puerto Vallarta, and a third clinic is scheduled to begin operating this month in Cancun.
One section of the AIDS Foundation website is dedicated to condoms, featuring a packaged condom imprinted with the words, “Use Me.” The section provides information on, among other things, reasons to use a condom, how to get free condoms, “condoms do’s and don’ts,” and “which lube to use.”
Event sponsors encouraged participants of the auction: “Arrive before 6 to tour the Cathedral!”
Posted Sunday, February 11, 2007 9:03 AM By Praying 4LA Cardinal
Here are links to the artists websites. Disgusting. Pray for the Cardinal and for his flock.
http://www.miguelangelreyes.com/gallery_stat/index.html
http://www.tonydecarlo.com/html/adam_steve_eden.html
http://www.tonydecarlo.com/html/nudity.html
http://www.labsnow.com/
http://artscenecal.com/ArticlesFile/Archive/Articles2004/Articles0604/DGamboaA.html
The quote below is from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.
"Among the over thirty Los Angeles-based artists who have generously donated work to be auctioned at this Valentine’s Day-themed event are well-known portrait painter, muralist and illustrator, Miguel Angel Reyes, multi-media artist Diane Gamboa, and painters Carlos Vargas, Tony de Carlo, Joey Terrill and Ana Landeros."
http://www.aidshealth.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1#story
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Posted Monday, February 12, 2007 11:32 AM By Louise Meehan
Too bad the writer did not pursue the "other side." I did, and learned that Levy Restaurants holds the contract for booking events at the Cathedral Conference building. As of late last week, Levy was not aware of any exhibit.
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Posted Wednesday, February 14, 2007 4:21 PM By Steve
...but we have been told that AIDS is not a homesexual disease. So why are homosexuals everpresent at AIDS activities?
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Posted Wednesday, February 21, 2007 6:49 AM By puzzled in Indy
Does a Roman Catholic Bishop exist in or anywhere remotely near "the City of Angels"?
In the meantime, I will assume so and will be praying for increased perception, wisdom and courage on his part.
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Posted Sunday, August 12, 2007 9:43 PM By Rei Herleif
That Georgia's always on my mind Rei Herleif.
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Posted Sunday, August 24, 2008 4:29 PM By Phil
WHY is this allowed to take place? WHY is this idiot still an "archbishop"?? He should be excommunicated...he and all the other homosexual dissenters that are actively destroying the Church from within.
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