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Home Posts tagged "AIDS Memorial Quilt"
Dec
01

Silence = Death: The beginning of the epidemic

Silence = Death: The beginning of the epidemic

To mark World AIDS Day, Katherine Ott takes us back almost 40 years when all hell broke loose as people began to sicken and die from a mysterious and frightening disease that became a global pandemic. Continue reading Silence = Death: The beginning of the epidemic

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Dec
16

Creativity and Crisis: The Smithsonian AIDS Memorial Quilt Block

Creativity and Crisis: The Smithsonian AIDS Memorial Quilt Block

The Smithsonian community has created a block for the AIDS Memorial Quilt that honors our colleagues lost to this disease. It is on display in the Ripley Center through February. Continue reading Creativity and Crisis: The Smithsonian AIDS Memorial Quilt Block

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Apr
23

The AIDS Memorial Quilt will unfold at this year’s Folklife Festival

The AIDS Memorial Quilt will unfold at this year’s Folklife Festival

The AIDS Memorial Quilt will unfold at the Folklife Festival this summer and you can help curate what is displayed. Continue reading The AIDS Memorial Quilt will unfold at this year’s Folklife Festival

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Spotlight

Sidedoor: Cheech Marin Gets Artsy

In this episode of Sidedoor, Cheech Marin is our guide to the wildly creative and ingenious world of rasquachismo—the Chicano art of working with what you've got. Continue reading Sidedoor: Cheech Marin Gets Artsy

The Doctor is In

  • 2019 Ingenuity Award Nominations

    2019 Ingenuity Award Nominations

    The call for nominations is out for America's best and brightest. Continue reading 2019 Ingenuity Award Nominations

Volunteer Voices

  • You’re invited! Annual Docent Workshop

    The Smithsonian Institution Docent Exchange invites ALL Smithsonian docents to attend the annual SIDE Workshop. Continue reading You’re invited! Annual Docent Workshop

ICYMI

  • ICYMI: Highlights from the week that was Feb. 10 – 16, 2019

    We spent the week with a song in our hearts and soul food in our stomachs. All in all, not such a bad week! Continue reading ICYMI: Highlights from the week that was Feb. 10 – 16, 2019

This Day in SI History

  • Today in Smithsonian History: February 22, 1969

    February 22, 1969. The Portrait Gallery debuts an exhibition that honors the gallery's origins in the 19th-century publication “The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans.” Continue reading Today in Smithsonian History: February 22, 1969

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