Sun 3/10 @ 3PM
Performance artist, art critic and AIDS activist Frank Green swashbuckled his way through the Cleveland art scene in the ’90s. The Parma Heights native decamped for New York City where he spent the ’80s embroiled in the city’s art scene.
Returning to Cleveland, he developed numerous performance pieces, many of which dealt with his HIV positive diagnosis. He resisted treatment, becoming a voice in the movement to discredit accepted ideas about HIV and AIDS, until he finally became sick in the late ’90s. Even while his health declined and he went into assisted living, he was a familiar figure at art openings and Beachland concerts.
Last month, the Tremont Art Walk featured a display of his work at the offices of Tremont West Inc. This afternoon friends, acquaintances and admirers pay tribute at a memorial event at the Beachland Ballroom. It’s free and all are welcome, whether they knew Frank or not, to learn about the impact he and his work had.
One Response to “Frank Green Memorial at the Beachland”
bob
ACTIVISTS lately have NOT done well…just had mr.Whiskey Island preserver who passed a few yrs ago…..NOT implying a conspiracy here… I wunder who number 3 is gonna be…