**Dedicated to continuing the legacy of the late HIV/AIDS, health, racial, and social justice art activist, Mary Bowman, these $5,000 awards support those who, through their art, are working toward and committed to making a difference in the fight against HIV/AIDS and/or advancing health, racial, and social justice.**

HIV/AIDS is a disease that intersects with social justice issues, such as discrimination, economic inequality, and human rights. Social justice initiatives can help fight HIV/AIDS by addressing these issues and improving access to healthcare. **Therefore, this award program is not exclusive to HIV/AIDS work and activism.**

  
**The Mary Bowman Arts in Activism Award**

To honor Mary’s legacy and support other accomplished young and emerging art activists (“artivists”) like her, the National AIDS Memorial created the Mary Bowman Arts in Activism Award. Student and non-student art activists are welcome to apply for this award. These $5,000 awards are intended to support young and emerging artivists (ages 27 and younger) each year who exemplify Mary’s passion for the arts as the vehicle for their own HIV/AIDS and/or health and social justice community activism and expression.

**Recipients of the Mary Bowman Arts in Activism Award use their art and activism to raise greater awareness about bigotry, stigma, and social justice around the issue of HIV/AIDS and/or the persisting health and social inequities that fuel the continued spread of the disease**.

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