Submitted by: Sarah Brackett, sbrackett1@uca.edu on 10/21/2025
A portion of “The AIDS Memorial Quilt” will be on display in UCA’s Reynolds Performance Hall lobby from Oct. 6-31. As part of the exhibition, two 12’x12’ blocks honoring Arkansans lost to AIDS will be on view. The College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences will host an opening reception and remembrance tribute at the performance hall on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 1:40 p.m., featuring a poetry reading by Hot Springs Poet Laureate Kai Coggin and the unveiling of a new quilt panel by fashion designer and Project Runaway star Korto Momolu. The quilt appearance and both guests are part of the CAHSS Artists in Residence series.
The memorial project began in San Francisco in 1987 with a single handmade panel, and today has grown into a 54-ton tapestry comprising more than 50,000 individual panels – each measuring 3’x6’, the size of a standard coffin. Created by hundreds of thousands of friends, family members and loved ones, “The Quilt” stands as the largest ongoing community art project in the world. Each panel is a personal tribute, commemorating more than 110,000 individuals who have died from AIDS related illnesses.
https://uca.edu/cahss/artists-in-residence/
