A massive memorial AIDS quilt, sponsored by the San Francisco Names Project, was displayed April 12 and 13, 1988 in Golden Hall at San Diego’s Civic Center downtown as part of a national tour ...

Mike Smith co-founded the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt in 1987. Now living through his second pandemic, Smith is finding ways to help out amid COVID-19 -- and to inspire others to do the same.

There’s an opportunity to witness and contribute to history this weekend – by taking part in the “National AIDS Memorial ...

More than 48,000 individual 3-by-6-foot memorial panels — most commemorating the life of someone who has died of AIDS — have been sewn together by friends, lovers and family members.

The AIDS Memorial Quilt is the largest ongoing community arts project in the world. Founded in 1987, each block of the quilt measures 12 square feet and usually consists of eight panels sewn together.

If the whole idea of the AIDS Memorial Quilt seems like ancient history, it’s not just because of its diminished presence in the news. It’s because, despite the fact that there are 50,000 new ...

The AIDS Memorial Quilt is a national project that began in 1985 to raise awareness about the widespread ongoing impact of the AIDS epidemic.

Aids Memorial Quilt in Washington, D.C. Shaun Heasley/Getty McMullin has now made hundreds of panels — which, by design, measure the dimensions of a grave, 3 ft. by 6 ft. — more than anyone else.

Gert McMullin, one of the founders of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, has been using fabric from the historic quilt to create protective masks for essential workers during the COVID-19 ...

“With this set of new caretakers, we are confident that the legacy of The Quilt and The NAMES Project is secure.” The quilt will be on display at the National AIDS Memorial starting in 2020.