When his partner, Kris Heck, passed away in 2001, Rick Henning of Warren got comfort from making a panel for the AIDS Memorial Quilt in the young man's name. Heck was only 37 years old when disease ...

Quilt Co-Founders Cleve Jones and Gert McMullin look at some of the original panels of the Quilt on display in San Francisco, June 11-12, 2022. (Credit AIDS Memorial Quilt) · globenewswire.com ...

Originally launched in San Francisco in 1987 to memorialise those who died of AIDS-related illnesses, the project was brought to Australia in 1988. It invited people to create panels roughly the size ...

My friend Will Meier and I thought glitter would do the trick. Our friend Chris Olds was a glitterish sort of guy. At least he had been, until his death of AIDS at the gallingly young age of 31, in ...

Students and staff sewed and decorated fabric sections of a panel for the AIDS Memorial Quilt, which is considered the largest community art project ever, on Tuesday afternoon. Gathering at the ...

Users can zoom in on different sections of the quilt or search for specific panels by inputting names and keywords. Courtesy of the National AIDS Memorial / NAMES Project When the AIDS Memorial Quilt ...

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The National AIDS Memorial is launching a 50-state AIDS Memorial Quilt Virtual Exhibition. The exhibition, timed in conjunction with World AIDS Day, which is Dec. 1, will go online Nov. 16.