"Ill Artists' Effort to Insure That Art Survives AIDS"

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"Ill Artists' Effort to Insure That Art Survives AIDS"

Washington Post (12/27/92), P. 1
Collins, Glenn

Abstract: A New York City program helps artists deal with the painful question of the future of their works after they die. Kevin Oldham, an HIV-positive composer, said, "It seems to me that whether you stay alive or not seems to be the trivial part. It's your work itself that must have a life of its own. If I can make sure that my music will continue to have life, that seems to be the more important consideration." Oldham has received assistance from the Estate Project for Artists with AIDS, which is encouraging those in every artistic discipline to catalogue their works and prepare their estates. Alliance for the Arts, a nonprofit arts service and educational organization based in Manhattan, sponsors the project. Patrick Moore, the project director, said that while most people hesitate to make wills, several artists don't think about their estates until they are seriously ill. So far, the project has provided information to more than a thousand artists with AIDS, telling them to plan early while they are still well. In addition, it tells them to document and inventory works in their own or other's possession, to execute a will, and to designate capable and knowledgeable executors, trustees, and beneficiaries. The project was started in July 1991, and has disseminated 25,000 estate-planning brochures to artists' groups, AIDS service groups, and public libraries. The Estate Project refers artists to various information and legal resources, in addition to archives and service groups like Safe House, a Manhattan-based repository for the work of writers who have AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses.

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