The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, often abbreviated to AIDS Memorial Quilt, is an enormous quilt made as a memorial to celebrate the lives of people who have died of AIDS-related causes. Weighing an estimated 54 tons, it is the largest piece of community folk art in the world as of 2010.
History and structure
The idea for the NAMES Project Memorial Quilt was conceived in 1985 by AIDS activist Cleve Jones during the candlelight march, in remembrance of the 1978 assassinations of San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. For the march, Jones had people write the names of loved ones that were lost to AIDS-related causes on signs that would be taped to the San Francisco Federal Building. All the signs taped to the building looked like an enormous patchwork quilt to Jones, and he was inspired. It officially started in 1987 in San Francisco by Jones, Mike Smith, and volunteers Joseph Durant, Jack Caster, Gert McMullin, Ron Cordova, Larkin Mayo and Gary Yuschalk. At that time many people who died of AIDS-related causes did not receive funerals, due to both the social stigma of AIDS felt by surviving family members and the outright refusal by many funeral homes and cemeteries to handle the deceased's remains. Lacking a memorial service or grave site, The Quilt was often the only opportunity survivors had to remember and celebrate their loved ones' lives. The first showing of The Quilt was 1987 on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The Quilt was last displayed in full on the Mall in Washington, D.C., in 1996, but it returned in July 2012 to coincide with the start of the XIX International AIDS Conference, 2012.
... Dulaney Valley MemorialGardens in honor of Memorial Day ... Sophia Chen, left, embraces her mother, Pam Chen as they view some of the 80 panels of the national AIDS Memorial Quilt on display through Dec.
People embrace while looking at panels of the AIDSMemorial Quilt that are displayed on the lawn at Robin Williams Meadow in San Francisco... an AIDS memorial quilt makes embroidery even more symbolic.
The current picks bring the registry to 900 films ...Stories from the Quilt” (1989). The Oscar-winning documentary on the NAMES ProjectAidsMemorial Quilt was a landmark telling of the devastation wrought by the disease ... Stories from the Quilt” (1989).
The current picks bring the registry to 900 films ...Stories from the Quilt” (1989). The Oscar-winning documentary on the NAMES ProjectAidsMemorial Quilt was a landmark telling of the devastation wrought by the disease ... Stories from the Quilt” (1989) ... .
The current picks bring the registry to 900 films ...Stories from the Quilt” (1989). The Oscar-winning documentary on the NAMES ProjectAidsMemorial Quilt was a landmark telling of the devastation wrought by the disease ... Stories from the Quilt” (1989).
The current picks bring the registry to 900 films ...Stories from the Quilt” (1989). The Oscar-winning documentary on the NAMES ProjectAidsMemorial Quilt was a landmark telling of the devastation wrought by the disease ... Stories from the Quilt” (1989).
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DANVILLE — The AIDS memorial quilt was displayed at Geisinger Medical Center on Tuesday, marking the first time the quilt has traveled to the region, organizers said.
I was deeply impressed with the large exhibit of AIDSMemorial Quilts now on display at the CapitolModern (Hawai‘i StateArt Museum). It is a moving memorial to celebrate the lives of people who have died of AIDS-related causes ... .
Parts of the AIDSMemorial Quilt were on display at Aragon High School for the week in honor of World AIDS Day Dec. 1, sharing powerful stories of activism, healing and remembrance ... .
The AIDSMemorial Quilt is overseen by the National AIDS Memorial ... According to the National AIDS Memorial, the last display of the entire AIDS Memorial Quilt was in October of 1996 when it covered the National Mall.
MetroHealth will mount an exhibit of panels from the AIDSMemorial Quilt December 2-19 ... of AIDS-related illnesses to stitch memories of their loved ones into panels that will become part of the Quilt.
Chicago Tribune
17 Dec 2024
Chicago Tribune
17 Dec 2024