[alliedbulk] HIV+ Artists "disinvited" from Framing AIDS

Sat Nov 28 11:48:48 CST 2009

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

This is to inform you that Peter Cramer & Jack Waters have been  
"disinvited"
by the QMAD curatorial team for the exhibition "FRAMING AIDS".

Comments can be left here http://www.queensmuseum.org/learning/partnership-gallery

Here is the chronological summary of events leading to our removal.

October 8th, 2009
Cramer and Waters were verbally invited by Hector Canonge, Director,  
QMAD to participate in the exhibition Framing AIDS to take place at  
the Queens Museum in December 2009.

  November 13th
Cramer and Waters met  with Ada Cintron, the curator of Framing AIDS  
2009 to discuss details.

November 16, 2009 7:59:49 PM EST
The curator emailed a confirmation to Cramer and Waters "...as  
participant artists of this year exhibition." Further confirmation of  
their participation appeared on the QMAD website shortly thereafter.  
The email requested photographs and bio information including Images  
of their installation. Two of the images taken by Cramer  then  
appeared on the Queens Museum website. The images were captioned  
"Framing AIDS".  Neither image credited the photographer, the artists,  
or the name of the work to be exhibited.

Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Jack Waters emailed the curator that "...it is problematic not to be  
appropriately credited."

Nov 14, 2009, at 5:30 PM
Hector Canonge, Director, QMAD emailed that "...the museum had to put  
something online... " and that he would "...request that changes be  
made on the museum website."

November 24, 2009 12:10:54 PM EST
Ten days later upon seeing the changes had not been addressed, Jack  
Waters again emailed the QMAD director with corrections.  The email  
was cc'd to the exhibition curator, and a staff member of the Queens  
Museum.

November 24, 2009 1:01:28 PM EST
Hector Canonge, Director, QMAD emailed that he would have the images   
"...removed completely so there are no more issues with the credits  
and information..." he added that he was "...very surprised that  
[ Waters] took the liberty to contact the museum directly..." Canonge  
added that his own "...mistake was to perhaps having kept the images  
and not have had them removed completely."

November 25, 2009 3:17:29 PM EST
Peter Cramer and Jack Waters received an email from Ada Cintron  
Curator of Framing AIDS 2009 stating that  "...due to your  
inappropriate attitude with me and/or QMAD as organization, I have to  
terminate your participation in Framing AIDS 2009...Please advise when  
you will be removing your materials..."

November 25th
The images were replaced on the Museum's calendar page with another  
artist's work with full credit for the replacement images, however as  
of November 26th in the QMA  Community Partnership Gallery page (http://www.queensmuseum.org/learning/partnership-gallery 
)  still had Cramer and Waters' uncredited images representing FRAMING  
AIDS 2009.

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