AIDS Healthcare Foundation presents Amigos y Amantes.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the US’ largest provider of HIV/AIDS healthcare, prevention and education and operator of free AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia, presents Amigos y Amantes (Friends and Lovers), an art exhibition and auction to benefit its free AIDS treatment clinics in Mexico — in Tijuana, Puerto Vallarta and soon to open in Cancun.

Showcasing the work of notable and emerging Latino artists, this lively celebration of Latino art and culture will take place on Saturday, February 10th from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Conference Room in downtown Los Angeles. Entrance is $25.00 and includes complimentary appetizers and no host bar. Tickets may be purchased at the door or online at http://www.aidshealth.org>. Entrance fee is applied to first bid. Among the over thirty Los Angeles-based artists who have generously donated work to be auctioned at this Valentine’s Day-themed event are well-known portrait painter, muralist and illustrator, Miguel Angel Reyes, multi-media artist Diane Gamboa, and painters Carlos Vargas, Tony de Carlo, Joey Terrill and Ana Landeros.

“With a mission to provide cutting-edge medicine and advocacy regardless of a person’s ability to pay, AIDS Healthcare Foundation is proud to partner with respected Mexican government and non-governmental organizations to bring free HIV/AIDS medical care and lifesaving anti-retroviral treatment to communities in need through our free AIDS treatment clinics in Mexico,” said Jessie Gruttadauria, AHF’s Director of Public Affairs U.S. and Latin America, who has spearheaded the Foundation’s projects in Mexico. “At AHF, we don’t accept the tale of two cities where a person with AIDS in Southern California may have whatever they need and the same person on the other side of the border in Mexico is not even receiving basic life-saving treatment. We would like to thank the artists involved in Amigos y Amantes for generously donating their finest artworks to raise funds to help ensure that all people living with HIV/AIDS have access to the care and services they need regardless of nationality or income level.”

For more information at http://www.AidsHealth.org>