AIDS Memorial Quilt Opening Night Reception

Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt Exhibit Opening Reception The project began in the June 1987 when a small group gathered in San Francisco to document the lives they feared history would neglect. Their goal was to create a memorial for those who had died of AIDS, and to thereby help people understand the devastating impact of the disease. This meeting of devoted friends and lovers served as the foundation of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. Today the Quilt is a powerful visual reminder of the AIDS pandemic and consists of more than 48,000 individual 3-by-6-foot memorial panels — We honor all of those impacted by HIV/ AIDS by bringing 20 blocks of the Quilt panels to Asheville for a week of commemoration and awareness. Join us for the Opening Reception, which will include an induction ceremony for new Quilt panels, local speakers, a memorial candle lighting ceremony, and beautiful music by local group Pastyme. http://wncap.org/events/aids-memorial-quilt/