The NAMES Project - Canada: History of the Quilt

The NAMES Project - Canada

How the Quilt Began...

In 1987, San Francisco gave birth to The NAMES Project, an organization to manage a collection of cloth panels designed as memorials to those who had died of AIDS. These very personal pieces were gathered in a permanent monument called The AIDS Memorial Quilt.

In 1989, portions of The AIDS Memorial Quilt went on tour through the United States and Canada. Several Canadian cities hosted displays, receiving hundreds of new Canadian panels. These panels remained in Canada to form the first sections of our own Canadian AIDS Memorial Quilt. These panels, along with new panels, are regularly displayed in large and small centres throughout Canada.
Canada is now one of more than 35 countries with an AIDS Memorial Quilt. At a recent international event, Canadian panels were displayed with more than 25,000 others from all over the world
The Canadian AIDS Memorial Quilt
The Canadian AIDS Memorial Quilt is made up of more than 600 three-foot by six-foot panels, each panel created in memory of someone who has died of AIDS. Eight panels are sewn together to form a single 12 foot square called a Section. More than 75 of these Sections form the Canadian Quilt. Each Section can be laid on the floor or hung for easy viewing.
The NAMES Project - Canada / Le projet des NOMS - Canada manages the Canadian AIDS Memorial Quilt, coordinates displays of the Quilt, hosts regional panel-making workshops and maintains the national memorial in Halifax.
We are a nationally incorporated, registered charitable organization that is recognized by the Canadian AIDS Society.

All rights reserved 1998-2001 The NAMES Project - Canada

	In 1987, San Francisco gave birth to The NAMES Project, an organization to manage a collection of cloth panels designed as memorials to those who had died of AIDS. These very personal pieces were gathered in a permanent monument called The AIDS Memorial Quilt. In 1989, portions of The AIDS Memorial Quilt went on tour through the United States and Canada. Several Canadian cities hosted displays, receiving hundreds of new Canadian panels. These panels remained in Canada to form the first sections of our own Canadian AIDS Memorial Quilt. These panels, along with new panels, are regularly displayed in large and small centres throughout Canada. Canada is now one of more than 35 countries with an AIDS Memorial Quilt. At a recent international event, Canadian panels were displayed with more than 25,000 others from all over the world The Canadian AIDS Memorial Quilt The Canadian AIDS Memorial Quilt is made up of more than 600 three-foot by six-foot panels, each panel created in memory of someone who has died of AIDS. Eight panels are sewn together to form a single 12 foot square called a Section. More than 75 of these Sections form the Canadian Quilt. Each Section can be laid on the floor or hung for easy viewing. The NAMES Project - Canada / Le projet des NOMS - Canada manages the Canadian AIDS Memorial Quilt, coordinates displays of the Quilt, hosts regional panel-making workshops and maintains the national memorial in Halifax. We are a nationally incorporated, registered charitable organization that is recognized by the Canadian AIDS Society.
	All rights reserved 1998-2001 The NAMES Project - Canada