Interview with Alexandra Juhasz, August 4, 2023
Pato Hebert is an artist, teacher, and organizer. His work probes the challenges and possibilities of interconnectedness. He works across a wide range of media including photography, sculpture, installation, text, design and performance. Hebert has worked in HIV initiatives with queer communities of color since 1994. These grassroots efforts at local and transnational levels engage social movements and community organizations to develop innovative approaches to HIV mobilization, programs and justice.
He is also a COVID-19 long hauler, living with the ongoing impacts of the coronavirus since March of 2020 and publicly addressing the pandemic through creativity and community building.