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SUU´SHUNTER CONFERENCE CENTERTOFEATURE "PANELS FROM THE AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT"OCTOBER8-20, 2012Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: Created to commemoratethe lives lost to AIDS over the last decades, The AIDS Memorial Quilt serves asa political and social statement about the impact of this plague. As part of SUU´s Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery fallexhibition, EverythingIn Between: Art Quilts, Fabric Collage, and Embroidery, Panelsfrom The AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on exhibit from October 8-20,2012, in SUU´s Hunter Conference Center on the second floor. The Panels will beon view Monday through Saturday from 10amuntil 4:30pm; admission is free. Panels from The AIDS Memorial Quilt openson Monday, October 8th at 10:00pm with a reception from 1:00-3:00pm in the Whiting Room of the HunterConference Center.
In the late 1980s as theAIDS epidemic spread around the globe, a group of strangers assembled in a SanFrancisco storefront to document the lives lost to the disease. Their missionwas to create a memorial for those who had died of AIDS and to help peopleunderstand the devastating impact of the disease at all levels, and in allconstituencies, of society. These people served as the foundation of The NAMESProject AIDS Memorial Quilt. Today the Quilt is a powerful reminder of the AIDSpandemic. The actual Quilt consists of 48,000 individual 3-by-6 foot memorialpanels, most commemorating the life of someone who has died of AIDS, which havebeen sewn together by friends, family members and loved ones. On Tuesday,October 9th at noon aspecial Convocations will featurethe distinguished AIDS activist and co-founder of The NAMES Project AIDSMemorial Quilt, Cleve Jones. Hispresentation will be held in the GilbertGreat Hall in SUU´s Hunter Conference Center. An American AIDS and LGBT rights activist, Jones conceivedof The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt which became, at 54 tons, the world'slargest piece of community folk art as of 2009. In 1983, he co-founded the SanFrancisco AIDS Foundation which has grown into one of the largest and mostinfluential People with AIDS advocacy organizations in the United States. TheConvocation is free and open to the public, and will be followed bya reception for attendees.
Thursday, October 11th is National Coming Out Day and the Queer Straight Alliance of Southern Utah University will host a Coming Out Carnival from 4:00-6:00pm. The event celebrates theNational Day of recognition, acceptance and respect. Other SUU student clubswill also participate in the event. The Carnival is scheduled to be held on SUU´s Business Quad and it is free.
On Monday, October15th, there will be a screening of the Academy Award-winningdocumentary, Common Threads: Stories of the Quilt. Narrated by DustinHoffman, the film focuses on several people who are represented by panels inthe quilt. After the screening there will be a discussion of the film. Thescreening will place in Sharwan Smith Center Theater and will begin at 7pm. Thescreening is free and the public is invited to attend.This event is sponsoredby the SUU Student Association.
An insightful presentation, When Viruses Go Viral: TheBiology of Viruses, will be given by Dr. Jon Karpel, SUU Assistant Professor of Biology, on Tuesday, October 16th. This seminarwill explore viruses and their characteristics including HIV, West Nile andinfluenza. The presentation is scheduled to be held in SUU´s Education Building, room 104 and beginsat 5pm. The seminar is free and opento the public.
The final eventscheduled will be Remembrance: A Tribute, scheduled for Wednesday, October 17th. Through dramatic readings,songs and personal recollections, this tribute centers on the people who wehave lost to AIDS, represented by the Quilt, personal reminiscences or selectedfrom theatre pieces or literature. Beginning at 7pm, the tribute will be held in the Hunter Conference Center´s Whiting Room. The event is free and opento the public. Southern Utah University´sBraithwaite Fine Arts Gallery invites the community to bear witness to Panelsfrom The AIDS Memorial Quilts. For more information about the SUU's Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery or to sign up for the mailinglist, please call the gallery at (435) 586-5432, or visit the gallery websiteat www.edu/pva/artgallery. ABOUT THE COLLEGE
The Southern Utah University College ofPerforming and Visual Arts is comprised of nationally accrediteddepartments of Art and Design, Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, as well as agraduate program in Arts Administration and the new Center for ShakespeareStudies. The College offers 16 different degree areas, including liberal artsBachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees; professional Bachelor ofMusic and Bachelor of Fine Arts in art and theatre degrees; and a Master of FineArts in Arts Administration degree. More than 60 full- and part-time facultyand staff are engaged in teaching and mentoring over 550 majors in the College.Over 1100 students enroll each year in over 195 arts classes on the SUU campus.The College presents 100 performances, lectures, presentations, and exhibitionseach year. The College´s affiliate organizations include the Braithwaite FineArts Gallery, American Folk Ballet, Utah Shakespeare Festival, and the SUUBallroom Dance Company. For more information about the College of Performingand Visual Arts, contact the Office of the Dean at (435) 865-8561, or by e-mailat cpvamktg@suu.edu.
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