Aids Awareness

The AIDS pandemic creates a constant strain on Ardmore’s artistic talent. Each time the disease claims a life at Ardmore, the community not only mourns the passing of a loved friend and colleague, but also the loss of artistic talent.

In reaction to this devastating disease, Ardmore’s Excellence Fund has taken a tri-fold approach: financial coverage of doctors’ fees, medication, and nutrition programming for its community, investment in AIDS education internally, and commitment to AIDS education through special AIDS awareness pieces and exhibitions. Below, we share some of the most powerful works in our AIDS collection, featuring powerful painting and prose by one of Ardmore’s most collectable artists, Wonderboy “Thokozolo” Nxumalo.

'Days of our lives'

Samango monkey platter inscribed:

'Days of our lives, days of smile, days of joy, days of love and peace. Aids is chasing people like a ghost in the night. Nobody knows whose got this disease Aids. We must watch this ghost Aids.'

'Can we talk about it'

Samango monkey platter inscribed:

'To talk about this disease (Aids) can let more people to know well about it. Our nation, it is very important to have one boyfriend or girlfriend, to using condoms, to use gloves when touching blood of someone. These are good ways of protecting your life Aids.'

'There is no rest'

A Samango monkey platter inscribed:

`It is not a joke to talk about Aids. We will never have the rest, if we do not look after our life. We are all believe that few years coming, Aids would be finished. This can happened if we are all using diffent (sic) ways of killing this disease. Keep your life saft (sic).

To view the Ardmore Positive Exhibition, click here