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Twelve 12-foot-square panels from
the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on display at the University of
Wisconsin-Parkside until November 4.
The full quilt includes over 48,000
panels and commemorates lives lost to AIDS. The AIDS Memorial Quilt squares
were first created in 1987 to memorialize those who died of AIDS, and the quilt
has been added to steadily since that time. The quilt now stretches 1.3 million
square feet and weighs more than 54 tons, according to the Names Project
Foundation—the nonprofit organization that manages the quilt and, through
exhibiting its panels, has raised more than $4 million for AIDS service
organizations.
Parkside’s peer health educators, a
student group promoting health and wellness on campus, were allowed to create
two new quilt panels, which will travel with the quilt when it leaves. In
addition, staff at Parkside used the quilt’s visit as an opportunity to host
educational and cultural programming centered on the impact of AIDS on society.
A complete list of events is
available at www.uwp.edu/departments/art/gallery.cfm. The quilt is on
exhibition at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside’s Fine Arts Gallery in the
college’s Rita Tallent Picken Regional Center for Arts and Humanities at 900
Wood Road in Somers. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. on Mondays, noon to 6
p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, noon to 8 p.m. Thursdays, and noon to 4 p.m.
Saturdays. Gallery admission is free. Metered parking is available on weekdays
until 6 p.m., with free parking on weekends.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
TOGETHER WE REMAIN STRONG!
