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The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, often abbreviated to AIDS Memorial Quilt or AIDS Quilt, is a memorial to celebrate the lives of people who have died of AIDS-related causes. Weighing an estimated 54 tons, [ 1 ] it is the largest piece of community folk art in the world, as of 2020.
A patchwork quilt is a quilt in which the top layer may consist of pieces of fabric sewn together to form a design. [1] Originally, this was to make full use of leftover scraps of fabric, but now fabric is often bought specially for a specific design.
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt is a 1989 American documentary film that tells the story of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. [2] Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, with a musical score written and performed by Bobby McFerrin, the film focuses on several people who are represented by panels in the Quilt, combining personal reminiscences with archive footage of the subjects, along with ...
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will mark World AIDS Day on Sunday by debuting the AIDS Memorial Quilt at the White House. A red ribbon will also be displayed on the South Portico of ...
It's a living tribute to people who've died from HIV/AIDS — a disease that attacks the body's immune system. Newsy visited the quilt's home in San Leandro, California. Gert McMullin has mothered ...
Behind the Bidens, a giant red ribbon hung on the South Portico and the AIDS Memorial Quilt was placed across the South Lawn. The quilt now with 50,000 panels with 110,000 names and weighs 54 tons.
The AIDS Quilt Songbook is an ongoing collaborative song-cycle with subsequent additions responding to the stigma surrounding, ignorance of, and grief caused by the spread of HIV/AIDS, serving as a companion work to the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. While its original printed edition consists of 18 songs with texts and music by American ...
Jones conceived the idea of the AIDS Memorial Quilt at a candlelight memorial for Harvey Milk in 1985 and in 1987 created the first quilt panel in honor of his friend Marvin Feldman. [12] The AIDS Memorial Quilt has grown to become the world's largest community arts project, memorializing the lives of over 85,000 Americans killed by AIDS. [13]