The H.E.A.L. (Health Education AIDS Liaison) Benefit at ABC No Rio, took place on March 23, 24, and 25 in 1988. It was a three day marathon of art exhibition, performance, dance, spoken word, and included a yoga session, and a panel discussion.

Initiated by Gene Fedorko and collectively organized by:

Peter Cramer

Carl George

Brad Taylor

Jack Waters

Video documentation taped by Peter Cramer

(tape log identifying the participants to follow)

H.E.A.L. BENEFIT ARTIST LIST

Tom Chomont – experimental filmmaker

Diane Torr – performance artist

Richard Elovitch – performance artist/activist

Tony Pinotti – painter / musician (founder of the band Circle X, with Rick and David Letendre and Bruce Witsieppe)

George Osterman – Think he was a member of WatchFace but not certain.

Siobhan Meow – painter, animal activist

Rebecca Cole

Dan Froot – musician

George Moore – curator-at-large, writer

Tommie Saeli

Janis Caswell

Christopher Herzog – painter, musician

Dan Roberts – painter

Carl George – filmmaker, collagist, curator-at-large, member of Allied Productions and ABC No Rio.

Richard Heinsohn

Maria Maggenti – filmmaker, activist

Bruce Witsiepe – painter, musician, Circle X

Yong Soon Min – painter

Fred Kahl – painter, glass blower, sword swallower

Jill Moser – artist/cofounder Materials For The Arts

Don Boyle

Aline Mare – experimental filmmaker as Erotic Psyche with Bradley Eros, painter, collagist, Wiccan high priestess

Carol Maso

Jack Waters – dancer, choreographer, filmmaker, writer, founder of P.O.O.L., curator of ABC No Rio and Le Petit Versailles community garden and performance space, arts administrator

Barry Frier – musician, polyglot, fine art installer and framer

Tom Koken

Kate Lambert

Larry Brose – experimental filmmaker, writer

Tom Holdorf

Bill Fisch

David Coleman

Paul Fanfarillo

Gene Fedorko – co-curator, activist

Hapi Phace – drag performer, writer, actor, comic

International Chrysis – performer, star

Eric Goode – nightlife impresario

Ethyl Eichelberger – drag performer, musician, comic, wig master at the Metropolitan Opera

Brian Damage – painter, writer, activist

Miss Fit – drag performer, singer, comic

Harriet Hirschorn

Michael Herzog – actor, horologist

Bradley Eros – experimental filmmaker, Erotic Psyche with Aline Mare, curator, Wiccan high priest.

Jo Shane

Linda Earl – Director NYSCA VAP/Skowhegan

People Tree – band featuring drag artists Sister Dimension and Tabboo!

Gyu Abe – culinary artist, performer

Geoffrey Howell – painter

Vinnie Salas – performance artist, painter, curator

Thad Rutkowski

Peter Cramer – dancer, choreographer, founder of P.O.O.L., curator of ABC No Rio and Le Petit Versailles community garden and performance space.

Candy Jernigan

Mark Rosenthal

Eric Edwards

John Dugdale – photographer

Larry Bair

Lady Bunny – drag performer, DJ, comic, writer, activist

Jayne County – drag performer, musician / singer

Rene Cruz

Soup The Band

Samoa – performance artist, actor, painter, musician

Kembra Pfahler – performance artist, painter, writer, musician / singer

Erotic Psyche – experimental films and performance work by Aline Mare and Bradley Eros

Haoui Montaug – performance artist

Donald Woods

Alan Burns

Yolanda Serrano

Leslie Lowe – painter, actress, filmmaker

Valerie Caris – painter, performance artist, actress, activist

Patrick Moore – Writer -(Not sure if this was the same guy that became director of Estate Project for Artists with AIDS )

Richard Armijo – painter, poet, activist and founder of ABC No Rio, Colab and Embargo Books.

Stephen Tashjian – painter, drag performer aka Tabboo!, musician

Felix Gonzalez – Torres – semiotics, semantics and installation artist.

Penelope Wehrli – experimental filmmaker

Jim Hubbard – experimental filmmaker, co-founder of the Gay and Lesbian Experimental Film Festival

Hugh Steers – painter, performer

Richard Hoffman – painter, performer

P.O.O.L. – Jack Waters, Peter Cramer, Brian Taylor, Christa Gamper – performance group.

Sarah Schulman – writer, co-founder of the Gay and Lesbian Experimental Film Festival

Stefani Mar – painter, installation artist

Bill Schwartz – painter

Helen Oliver – painter, performer

Edgar Oliver – poet, writer, performer, actor

Brad Taylor – experimental filmmaker, performer, curator

Philly – painter, sculptor, performer, comedian

Patrice Lorenz – Painter and (ex. Girlfriend of Fred Kahl.)

Nancy Sullivan – painter, performer, cultural anthropologist

Menioux – painter, performer

Paul Smith – painter

Tessa Hughes-Freeland – experimental filmmaker, curator, writer

Jonathan Quinn – painter, performer

Arnie Zane – choreographer, dancer with Bill T. Jones

Barbara Hammer – experimental filmmaker, writer

Taylor Mead – performer, writer

Kirk Winston

Dean Cook

Lorraine Lamont – performer

Liz Dunn – director and producer, founder of One Night Stands at La Mama

Linda Matalon

Brad Melamed – painter

Marcus Leatherdale – photographer

Su Friedrich – experimental filmmaker, writer

Cassandra Stark – experimental filmmaker, actor

Raiken Leaves – painter

Jose Abete – art historian, theater director

L. Buddy Mailander

David Schmidlapp – painter, videographer

Doug Ferguson

Eddy Rollins – painter, designer

Julius Klein – painter, performer

Watchface – performers

Donald Miller – writer, musician – founder of Borbetomagus along with Don Dietrich and Jim Sauter

Kimberly Flynn – performance artist, actor, yoga teacher

Laurence Kopolovitch – performer, bibliophile

Sharon Gannon – musician founder of band Audio Leter, yoga teacher

David Life – performer, carpenter, yoga teacher, owner of Life Café

Reno – comedian

Eileen Myles – poet

Abigail Childs – experimental filmmaker

Dale Wittig – painter, part of Cheap Art.

Michael Stiller – Film Maker, Lighting designer

Neecy Twinan

Cliff Boone

Elizabeth Beers – actor

Bill Batson – Activist

Cookie Mueller – performer, actor, star

Judith Renlay – Dancer

Tim Dlugos – poet

Billy Koehler

Celia Farber

Bill T. Jones – Bill and Arnie did not perform at NO Rio - Performers on the actual day of event were from their company - Damian ?, Arthur Aviles and Sean Curran.

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