VSW will host an Opening Reception for Lola Flash's AIDS FLASHback, on display through October 27.

Lola Flash has been photographing for over thirty years with numerous exhibitions to date. She earned a BA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and a MA from the London College of Printing. AIDS FLASHback focuses on Flash's previous work as an activist. About the work she notes, "These selections are a reflection of the late 80s and early 90s, a time when the AIDS crisis was at its height in New York City. I was an activist and a member of ACT UP, as well as ART+ (an affinity group focusing on issues around brown people affected by AIDS). Some of the images are from ACT UP demonstrations in New York and Washington, DC. Others are photographs which speak to the sadness and loss of too many friends during that period, as well as the anger towards many of the institutions that silently watched us die."

[source: Visual Studies Workshop website, 2018-Sep-3]