NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt - wikipedia NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This article relies too much on references to primary sources. Please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources. ( March 2017 ) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( May 2008 ) The AIDS Quilt 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 2016. Contents 1 History and structure 1.1 Goal and achievement 2 Panel composition 2.1 Examples of panels 3 Recognition and influence 3.1 Projects inspired by NAMES 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links 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. The Quilt is a memorial to and celebration of the lives of people lost to the AIDS pandemic. 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, even though only about 20 % of the people lost to AIDS related causes are represented. The Quilt is still maintained and displayed by The NAMES Project Foundation. In observance of National HIV - Testing Day in June 2004 the 1,000 newest blocks were displayed by the Foundation on The Ellipse in Washington, D.C. The largest display of The Quilt since it was last displayed in its entirety in October 1996, the 1,000 blocks displayed consisted of every panel submitted at or after the 1996 display. In 1997, the NAMES Project headquarters moved from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., and in 2001 the quilt panels were moved from San Francisco to Atlanta, Georgia. The NAMES Project Foundation is now headquartered in Atlanta, and has 21 chapters in the United States and more than 40 affiliate organizations worldwide. The AIDS Memorial Quilt itself is also warehoused in Atlanta when not being displayed, and continues to grow, currently consisting of more than 48,000 individual memorial panels ( over 94,000 people ) and weighing an estimated 54 tons. Goal and achievement The goal of the Quilt is to bring awareness to how massive the AIDS pandemic really is, and to bring support and healing to those affected by it. Another goal is to raise funds for community based AIDS service organizations, to increase their funding for AIDS prevention and education. As of 1996, more than $1.7 million had already been raised, and the effort continues to this day. Panel composition Typically very personalized, individual quilt panels are created by the loved ones of someone who has died of AIDS - related causes. Each 3 ' by 6 ' panel is the size of a human grave and the panels are donated to The NAMES Project Foundation where they are grouped with other similar panels and assembled into 12 ' by 12 ' sections, called `` blocks ''. These blocks can be seen at local displays of The Quilt, typically containing 8 individual panels. Techniques used in making panels include patchwork, applique, embroidery, fabric painting, collage, spray paint and needlepoint, along with other methods. Items and materials included in the panels : Fabrics, e.g. lace, suede, leather, mink, taffeta, also Bubble Wrap and other kinds of plastic and even metal. Decorative items like pearls, quartz crystals, rhinestones, sequins, feathers, buttons. Clothing, e.g. jeans, T - shirts, gloves, boots, hats, uniforms, jackets, flip - flops. Items of a personal nature, such as human hair, cremation ashes, wedding rings, merit badges and other awards, car keys. Unusual items, e.g. stuffed animals, records, jockstraps, condoms, and bowling balls. Examples of panels Those who submit panels do not have to know the person, but they do have to feel some sort of connection with the individual that they want people to recognize. For example, to memorialize Queen lead - singer Freddie Mercury, there were many panels made, two of which were a solid white background with a blue and black guitar, and `` Freddy Mercury '' written down the sides in black, with the AIDS ribbon above his name, and a purple silk with `` Freddie Mercury, '' `` Queen, '' and `` 1946 -- 1991 '' in silver applique, along with two pictures of Mercury with Queen. Many panels were also made for the actor Rock Hudson, one of which consisted of a navy blue background with silver `` Rock Hudson '' and stars, above a rainbow with the word `` Hollywood ''. Other panels are made by loved ones and then attached to make one large block. Some are flamboyant and loud, whereas some are more muted and simple ; either way they all carry their own set of emotions. Recognition and influence The NAMES Project was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. The Quilt is the subject of the 1989 Peabody Award - and Academy Award - winning documentary film Common Threads : Stories from the Quilt, produced by Rob Epstein and Bill Couturié, and narrated by Dustin Hoffman. Songwriter Tom Brown wrote the song `` Jonathan Wesley Oliver, Jr. '' about the Quilt in 1988. In 1990 John Corigliano 's Symphony No. 1, inspired by The AIDS Memorial Quilt, premiered in New York. Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, a song cycle developed in the late 1980s with music by Janet Hood and lyrics and additional text by Bill Russell, features songs and monologues inspired by The Quilt. In 1992 The AIDS Quilt Songbook, a collection of new musical works about the devastation of AIDS compiled by Lyric baritone William Parker who solicited them from composers with whom he had previously worked. Washington D.C. 's Different Drummers ( DCDD ) and the Lesbian and Gay Chorus of Washington ( LGCW ) commissioned Quilt Panels from composer Robert Maggio in 2001. The NAMES Project was the basis for the musical Quilt, A Musical Celebration The AIDS Memorial Quilt was mentioned and shown during the years that General Hospital held their Nurses Ball ( 1994 -- 2001 ) raising money for AIDS research. And the character of Michael `` Stone '' Cates was celebrated with a quilt in 1996. In 2002 the NAMES Project Chicago Chapter was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame. Never to Be Forgotten is an award - winning 54 - minute video created by Karen Peper which documents the Quilt 's June, 1988 visit to Detroit, Michigan. This display was part of a 20 - city tour initiated immediately after the 1987 Washington, DC inaugural showing. The video begins with footage of the opening ceremony from the Washington DC display and then moves to coverage of the Detroit event. Included are the opening and closing ceremonies at Cobo Hall along with a look at the set up and take down of the display. Volunteers share their feelings about participating in the event and the viewer is given a close - up look at the individual panels. Dr. Peper also shot extensive footage of the Quilt 's visit to Columbus, OH ; Chicago, IL ; and the 1987, 1993, and 1996 Washington, D.C. showings. On Inside Amy Schumer, Schumer joked that comedian Mindy Kaling wore the quilt to an event during a skit mocking sizes in clothing stores. On Modern Family season 7 episode 1, Luke joked Haleys quilt was the saddest since the Aids Quilt. Projects inspired by NAMES The AIDS Memorial Quilt was the first of its kind as a continually growing monument created piecemeal by thousands of individuals, and today it constitutes the largest piece of community folk art in the world. It was seemingly inevitable that The Quilt be followed by a variety of memorials and awareness projects, both AIDS - related and otherwise, that have been inspired by and modeled after The AIDS Memorial Quilt and its caretaker The NAMES Project Foundation. Examples of these include : The K.I.A. Memorial Quilt, created to remember those U.S. Armed Forces members killed in the Iraq War. Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America a number of Quilt projects were created memorializing the victims. September 11 Quilts Memorial Exhibition United In Memory The World Trade Center Memorial Quilt America 's 9 - 11 Memorial Quilts Many other medical conditions also now have quilts, for example : Huntington 's disease Congenital heart disease Breast cancer There are also quilts for sub-sects of the AIDS Pandemic, including : Children North Californians Australians New Zealand `` Virtual '' AIDS Memorial Quilts have also been created : Project Stitch `` Digital Quilt '' Second Life AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts Southern AIDS Living Quilt Columbia University AIDS Memorial See also LGBT portal Art of the AIDS Crisis New York City AIDS Memorial References Jump up ^ `` History of the Quilt ''. The AIDS Memorial Quilt. Retrieved March 29, 2017. Jump up ^ Laderman, Gary ( 2003 ). Rest in Peace : A Cultural History of Death and the Funeral Home in Twentieth Century America. Oxford University Press. p. 198. ISBN 978 - 0195183559. Jump up ^ Hirshman, Linda ( 2012 ). `` Chapter 7 : ACT UP : Five Years That Shook the World ''. Victory : The Triumphant Gay Revolution. New York, New York : Harper. p. 212. ISBN 978 - 0 - 06 - 196550 - 0. As part of that project, in 1987, the NAMES Project took the quilt, then two thousand squares, to the National Mall in Washington, DC, and spread it out before the lawmakers they thought could make the United State government do something different. Jump up ^ `` AIDS quilt unfurled in Washington to commemorate victims ''. CNN. 1996 - 10 - 11. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 25. Jump up ^ `` AIDS Memorial Quilt returning to D.C. '' Washington Blade. 2012 - 06 - 06. Retrieved 2012 - 06 - 08. Jump up ^ `` The AIDS Memorial Quilt ''. Public Broadcasting Atlanta. February 23, 2009. Archived from the original on March 5, 2009. Jump up ^ Fernandez, Manny ( June 26, 2004 ). `` Unfurling Their Love and Loss ; ''. The Washington Post. pp. B01. Jump up ^ `` AIDS quilt moving to Atlanta from SF ''. Associated Press. 2001 - 02 - 07. Retrieved 2016 - 04 - 07. Jump up ^ `` The AIDS Memorial Quilt ''. Retrieved 24 June 2012. Jump up ^ Ellis, Fay ( April 7, 1996 ). `` 32,000 Panels in Aids Quilt, 32,000 Victims ''. The New York Times. Retrieved February 23, 2009. Jump up ^ `` Freddy Mercury AIDS quilt panel ''. Flickr. Retrieved 23 February 2009. Jump up ^ `` Freddie Mercury AIDS Quilt panel ''. Flickr. Retrieved 23 February 2009. Jump up ^ `` Rock Hudson AIDS Quilt panel ''. Flickr. Retrieved 23 February 2009. Jump up ^ `` AIDS Quilt panel ''. Retrieved 25 February 2009. Jump up ^ Plant, Drew ( 2003 - 03 - 01 ). `` Songbird with a Mission ''. A&U Magazine. Archived from the original on 2007 - 12 - 04. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 26. Jump up ^ Rockwell, John ( 1990 - 03 - 18 ). `` Review / Music ; Contemporary Anguish In Corigliano Symphony ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 25. Jump up ^ Kozinn, Allan ( 1993 - 03 - 30 ). `` William Parker, Baritone, Dies ; Specialist in Art Songs Was 49 ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame ''. Archived from the original on 2015 - 10 - 17. Retrieved 2015 - 10 - 28. Jump up ^ McKinley, Jesse ( 2007 - 01 - 31 ). `` Fight Over Quilt Reflects Changing Times in Battle Against AIDS ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 25. Jump up ^ `` KIA Memorial Quilt - Dedicated to US Military Personnel Killed in Iraq ''. Archived from the original on 2008 - 02 - 29. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 25. Jump up ^ `` September 11 Quilts Home Page ''. September11quilts.org. 2001 - 09 - 11. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 29. Jump up ^ `` United in Memory ''. United in Memory. 2001 - 09 - 11. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 29. Jump up ^ `` 9 - 11 Memorial Quilt Project Home Page ''. Wtcquilt.com. 2011 - 05 - 27. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Americas 9 / 11 Memorial Quilts ''. 911memorialquilts.com. Archived from the original on July 28, 2016. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 29. Jump up ^ `` HD Memorial Quilts ''. Archived from the original on 2008 - 07 - 24. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Thechdquilt ''. Thechdquilt.homestead.com. 2017 - 02 - 14. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Breast Cancer Quilt ''. Prevention.com. Archived from the original on 2006 - 05 - 04. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Clinical Centers, Departments and Services Boston Children 's Hospital ''. Childrenshospital.org. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 29. Jump up ^ `` AIDS Panels of Remembrance, Stonewall Chico ''. Archived from the original on 2008 - 03 - 31. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Australian Aids Quilt ''. Archived from the original on 2009 - 10 - 30. Retrieved 2010 - 05 - 12. Jump up ^ `` The New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt ''. Aidsquilt.org.nz. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Project Stitch -- ''. Interactionart.org. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 29. Jump up ^ Vollmer, Sabine ( 2010 - 12 - 03 ). `` Visiting Second Life to see the 3D AIDS quilt `` Science in the Triangle ''. Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2010 - 12 - 10. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 29. Jump up ^ `` AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts : Virtual AIDS Quilt ''. Archived from the original on 2010 - 12 - 10. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Southern AIDS Living Quilt -- Women Joining Together Fighting HIV / AIDS in the South ''. Archived from the original on 2009 - 03 - 31. Retrieved March 29, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Memorial - Columbians Who Have Died From AIDS ''. Columbia.edu. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 29. Further reading New York Memorial Quilt records, 1988 ( 3 inches ) are house at the New York State Archives. Robert Garcia Papers, 1988 -- 1993 ( 9 cubic feet ) are housed at the Cornell University Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collection. Jim Graham Papers, 1973 -- 2006 ( 80.5 linear feet ) are housed at the George Washington University Libraries Special Collections Research Center. Vito Russo Papers, 1969 -- 1990 ( 21 linear feet ) are housed at the New York Public Library. Washington Blade Lou Chibbaro Senior Report files, 1980 -- 2000 ( 39 linear feet ) are housed at the George Washington University Libraries Special Collections Research Center. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to The AIDS Quilt. The NAMES Project Foundation AIDS Memorial Quilt website -- images of the quilt. 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Answer: a memorial to celebrate the lives of people who have died of AIDS-related causes