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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. [2]
Cleve Jones. Cleve Jones (born October 11, 1954) is an American AIDS and LGBT rights activist. [1] He conceived the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, which has become, at 54 tons, the world's largest piece of community folk art as of 2020. In 1983 at the onset of the AIDS pandemic, Jones co-founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, which has ...
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 ...
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 ...
Widely regarded as the first symphony to deal with the subject, John Corigliano's Symphony No. 1 (written between 1988 and 1989 and first performed in 1990), was partly inspired by the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and its three movements are dedicated to a pianist, a music executive, and a cellist respectively, all friends and colleagues ...
The Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights was a large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C., on October 11, 1987. [1][2] Its success, size, scope, and historical importance have led to it being called, "The Great March". [3] It marked the first national coverage of ACT UP, with AIDS activists prominent in ...
The NAMES Project AIDS quilt, representing people who have died of AIDS, in front of the Washington Monument. Cleve Jones played a major role in the investigation of the riots, and had since become a prominent activist. He dropped out of school to work as a legislative consultant to California State Assembly Speakers Leo McCarthy and Willie Brown.
New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt. The New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt is part of the worldwide community movement to memorialise people who have died of AIDS or HIV-related illnesses. The Quilt concept originated in San Francisco in 1987 and is now known as the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. The intention of the Quilt concept was to ...