The Aids Quilt raises awareness of HIV/Aids and disease prevention.

The AIDS Memorial Quilt is on display in the Council Fire room in Davies. Sections of the quilt from the over 46,000 panels are shown to help bring awareness to AIDS and the lives that have been lost because of it

“The Quilt: AIDS Memorial” started on campus December 14, 2011. It is on display to honor victims of AIDS and to help raise awareness to protect yourself from the terrible disease. Edited by Matthew Campbell

UW-Eau Claire is host to 28 of more than 47,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt. The quilt, started in 1987, is the world’s largest ongoing community art project, according to its caretaker, the NAMES Project Foundation.

UWEC has the AIDS Memorial Quilt on display December 15, 2011. The Aids quilt has been on display around the country since 1987 with only 1,920. The quilt has now grown to over 47,000 panels and can never be displayed all at once. The quilt is meant to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS.

Photographer Jenny Talen
Editor Jonathon McDonnell

The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is displaying the largest community art project in the world on Dec. 14-16. People can view the quilt from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. each day in the Council Fire Room of Davies Center.

The AIDS Memorial Quilt is now on display at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire until Dec. 16. The quilt is available for viewing from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. each day in the Council Fire Room of Davies Center.

The largest community art project in the world, according to the NAMES Project Foundation, is displayed in the Council Fire Room Dec. 14-16. Edited by Jenny Talen.

The Council Fire Room in the Davies Center display 28 panels for the AIDS Memorial Quilt that opened Dec. 14 and ends Dec. 16. Edited by Camille Gerstenhaber

This week photographs were taken at a wide variety of campus and Eau Claire community events including the Hmong New Year, Women’s Concert Chorale, artists at the House of Rock and the Swap-o-Rama event. Edited by Jenny Talen