Students will demonstrate an understanding of how artists use art for social change while creating their own artwork about a chosen social issue. What social issues affect you or speak to you. What social issues affect your community? What social issues would you want to raise awareness on? Keith Haring was openly gay at a time when most non-heterosexuals kept their sexual proclivities behind closed doors. Part of Haring's importance as an artist was how his art raised awareness of AIDS. Keith Haring died of complications from AIDS February 16, 1990. He lived a short, full life. His life as an activist and artist was very much a part of the time in which he lived. He will continue to live on through his prolific public art and drawings, as well as his generous Foundation.
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