Now showing: AIDS Memorial Quilt
The much-anticipated exhibition of the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt begins today Monday, Oct. 22, at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Ten massive panels of this patchwork of sorrow and human hope are being shown in the Fine Arts Gallery of the Rita Tallent Picken Regional Center for Arts and Humanities but only through Nov. 4.
Part of the exhibition includes personal tributes by emeritus faculty to family members who died of AIDS. Retired Theatre Arts Professor Judith Tucker Snider created a quilt honoring her brother John Tucker. Judy Warren, wife of retired Theatre Arts Professor Skelley Warren, also created a panel for her brother Tommy Goodman.
Along with the quilt, UW-Parkside presents a series of exhibition-related programs throughout the quilt's time on campus.
"Our goal is to offer an array of educational and cultural programs, both on-campus and in the community, exploring the profound impact of AIDS on a local, national, and global scale," said UW-Parkside Gallery Director Patricia Briggs. "The quilt is the focal point and catalyst for programs that address AIDS' profound impact on education, healthcare, bioethics, political, religious, and our society."
These events are highlighted by four performances of the original play "Voices from the Quilt" and three performances of selections from the "AIDS Quilt Songbook." The complete events calendar is shown here with more information available on the university web site. The events are:
Oct. 22
"HIV/AIDS in College" with UW-Parkside Peer Health Educators, noon, Fine Arts Gallery
Oct. 24
"Naming Names: The Art of Memory and the Names Project AIDS Quilt," noon, Fine Arts Gallery
Oct. 26
"The AIDS Quilt Songbook" with the UW-Parkside Opera Workshop, noon, Fine Arts Gallery
Oct. 28
"The AIDS Quilt Songbook" with the UW-Parkside Opera Workshop, 7:30 p.m., Frances Bedford Concert Hall, The Rita
Oct 29
"Literature in the Plague Years: Confronting Silence with Words" with English Professor Carole Vopat, noon, Fine Arts Gallery, The Rita
Oct. 31
"Table Talk: HIV/AIDS in the LGBTQ Community" with the UW-Parkside LGBTQ Resource Center, noon, Fine Arts Gallery, The Rita
Nov. 2
Dean Yohnk's "Voices of the Quilt" FreshINK staged reading, 7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Gallery, The Rita
Nov. 3
Dean Yohnk's "Voices of the Quilt" FreshINK staged reading, 7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Gallery, The Rita
Nov. 4
Dean Yohnk's "Voices of the Quilt" FreshINK staged reading, 2 p.m., Fine Arts Gallery, The Rita
"The AIDS Quilt Songbook" with the UW-Parkside Opera Workshop, 3:30 p.m., Frances Bedford Concert Hall, The Rita
Dean Yohnk's "Voices of the Quilt" FreshINK staged reading, 7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Gallery, The Rita
Admission to all AIDS Memorial Quilt-related events is free.Publish date: 10/22/2012
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