The House Is Small
March 11, 2008
The House is Small but the Welcome is Big explores the impact of HIV/AIDS as experienced through the eyes of women and children living in South Africa and Mozambique. The first phase of the project was completed in February 2006, in collaboration with the much–lauded Mothers2Mothers, when Venice Arts’ photographers traveled to Cape Town, South Africa to teach 15 HIV positive women, recent moms and moms-to-be, how to document their lives photographically. Working with Venice Arts’ photo mentors, these courageous women, many of whom had chosen to fight HIV stigma by “coming out” about their status and educating other pregnant women in the hopes of preventing mother-to-child transmission, created a powerful body of documentary photography that gives a human face to the continuing global AIDS crisis and, in particular, its impact on women and children. Read more
The House Is Small But The Welcome Is Big
March 17, 2008
Photography arts activists with the project The House is Small but the Welcome is Big discuss the experience of teaching photography to women affected by AIDS in Cape Town, South Africa. Read more
The Associated Press Features “The House Is Small” Project
June 10, 2008
By LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer, The Associated Press. Updated 10:12 a.m. PT, Tues., June. 10, 2008. LOS ANGELES – In one photograph, a group of boys in possession of a much-used soccer ball mug comically for the camera, arms and legs going every which way. Read more
UN Exhibition: The House Is Small But The Welcome Is Big
November 13, 2009
The House Is Small But The Welcome Is Big is on exhibit at the United Nations through December 11, 2009 before traveling to Colorado Springs, Colorado. This project is a Social Art Initiative of Venice Arts, with HIV + South African women and Mozambican children who have been orphaned by AIDS. Read more
