AIDS Memorial Quilt Exhibit at Live Oak

The AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on exhibit at the Bull Street Branch of Live Oak Public Libraries from April 16th through April 19th, 2009.

Established in 1987, The NAMES Project Foundation is the international organization that is the custodian of The AIDS Memorial Quilt. The AIDS Memorial Quilt began with a single panel created in San Francisco in 1987. Today, The Quilt is composed of more than 47,000 individual 3 x 6 foot panels, each one commemorating the life of someone who has died of AIDS. These panels come from every state in the nation, every corner of the globe and they have been sewn by hundreds of thousands of friends, lovers and family members into this epic memorial, the largest piece of ongoing community art in the world.

Exhibition Dates at the Bull Street Library:
The Quilt may be viewed April 16-19 during regular Library hours.

An opening reception will be held from 6-8 pm on April 16th. Todd Mauldin of Stand Out Youth, along with Youth from this organization, will speak.

A closing reception will be held from 2-4 pm on April 19th. Speaking at the closing reception will be journalist Tina A. Brown, author of Crooked Road Straight.

Union Mission’s JC Lewis Health Center is hosting sections of the internationally celebrated AIDS Memorial Quilt.

Funding is provided by the City of Savannah.

Photo of AIDS Memorial Quilt on Ellipse, Washington D.C., taken in 2004 by dbKing on Flickr (CC)