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Birmingham’s HIV and AIDS ‘Cover Up Quilts’ exhibition opened by activist Jonathan Blake

Catherine Muxworthy January 16, 2023

Inspired by the original NAMES memorial quilt which began in San Francisco in 1985, this project saw the creation of over 50 quilt panels designed to educate, destigmatise, and commemorate those lost to AIDS.

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Birmingham

Birmingham’s Cover-Up HIV Memorial Quilt to go on display

Catherine Muxworthy December 13, 2022

The Cover-Up Quilt Project is an Arts Council-funded community art project, led by Garry Jones, which features 40 quilt panels each of which signify a historic moment or memory – locally, nationally or internationally – in the 40 years since the first HIV diagnosis in the UK

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Birmingham unveils HIV & AIDS Memorial on World AIDS Day

Catherine Muxworthy December 2, 2022

On World AIDS Day – Thursday, December 1 – the Birmingham community came together in Hippodrome Square to witness the unveiling of the city’s HIV & AIDS Memorial sculpture, almost two years after the idea was born from artist Garry Jones.

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World AIDS Day Partnership: remembrance and solidarity

Gary Pargeter November 30, 2022

This year the Community World AIDS Day Partnership has again been working hard to bring together the annual Candlelight Vigil and Reading of Names of people locally who have died with HIV.

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