Can you still make a panel for the AIDS Quilt?
You may choose to create a panel privately as a personal memorial or you may choose to follow the traditions of old-fashioned quilting bees by including friends, family, and co-workers. That choice, like virtually everything else involved in making a panel, is completely up to you.
How many panels are there in the AIDS Quilt?
the quilt, 35 years later‍ Today, the AIDS Memorial Quilt is an epic 54-ton tapestry that includes nearly 50,000 panels dedicated to more than 110,000 individuals. It is the premiere symbol of the AIDS pandemic, a living memorial to a generation lost to AIDS and an important HIV prevention education tool.
How big is each panel on the AIDS names quilt?
Each panel is 3 feet (0.91 m) by 6 feet (1.8 m), approximately the size of the average grave; this connects the ideas of AIDS and death more closely. The Quilt is still maintained and displayed by The NAMES Project Foundation.
When was the last time the AIDS Quilt was displayed?
October 1996
In October 1996, the quilt was displayed in its entirety for the final time with 40,000 panels that covered the entire Mall and drew approximately 1.2 million visitors. The quilt continued to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS and gained national and international significance with each display on the National Mall.
What is the AIDS Memorial Quilt?
The AIDS Memorial Quilt is considered the largest community arts project in the world. Under the stewardship of the National AIDS Memorial, it has surpassed 50,000 individually sewn panels with more than 110,000 names stitched into its 54 tons of fabric.
What was the first quilt to be displayed on the mall?
Generous donors rapidly supplied sewing machines, equipment and other materials, and many volunteered tirelessly. On October 11, 1987, the Quilt was displayed for the first time on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., during the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
What is the quilt project?
With hundreds of thousands of people contributing their talents to making the memorial panels, and tens of thousands of volunteers to help display it, the Quilt is considered the largest community arts project in history.