November 30, 2009

Medicine Wheel: World AIDS Day/A Day Without Art event

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Artist Michael Dowling presents the 18th annual Medicine Wheel Installation at the Cyclorama in the Boston Center for the Arts.  Medicine Wheel, a public art installation and vigil held annually at the BCA is the longest running Boston area World AIDS Day/A Day Without Art event.  Medicine Wheel provides a safe place to gather and reflect on the impact of the epidemic, while artists from all over Boston offer their gifts of music, dance and poetry.

Medicine Wheel is open to the public Mon. Nov. 23 to Dec. 2 from 9am to 5pm. Public is encouraged to attend the processional starting Nov 30 at 11:30pm from Eliot Norton Park and ending at Cyclorama with a 24-hour vigil that runs from midnight to midnight on Dec 1. (Nov. 25, 9am-12pm, closed Thanksgiving. Re-opens Fri. Nov. 27, 9am.

Volunteers Needed on Wednesday, December 2 from 5pm-9pm for strike and Thursday, December 3 from 9am-5pm for load out.

For questions call:  617-268-6700 or email Michael at mdowling {at} mwproductions.org or just come and lend a hand!

For more information on the Medicine Wheel installation visit  www.mwproductions.org or call 617-268-6700.

The AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts (AAC) has once again collaborated to support the Medicine Wheel installation. www.aac.org

The Medicine Wheel installation is a residency at the Boston Center for the Arts, Cyclorama.  539 Tremont St., Boston, MA 02116.  617-426-5000.  www.bcaonline.org

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