Names Project acknowledgement and poster

Name/Title

Names Project acknowledgement and poster

Entry/Object ID

2020.32.01

Acquisition

Accession

2020.32

Source or Donor

Spencer, Chris Tracy 1943-2022

Acquisition Method

Donation

Archive Items Details

Title

Remembering Names certificate

Description

2020.32.03 Certificate of acknowledgement to Chris Spencer who paid $1,000 to have a block made made for his friend, Ken Peck. AIDS Memorial Quilt Display, Grand Traverse Area, August 7, 1991 Gregory M. Primeau - Fundraising Chairman Frame size: 15.5 x 12.5" A needle and thread is glued on double mat.

Date(s) of Creation

1991

Search Terms

Gay , LGBTQ+

Title

Remembering Names

Description

2020.32.01 "Remembering Names" a 1988 poster promoting the Names Project. Remembering the lives of people who died of AIDS The image on the poster is a self portrait of Elizabeth Layton, who is weeking as she stitches a yellow quilt. 22x30" framed in a gray wood frame with gray mat. 23.5 x 37.5 h The idea for the drawing came from the Names Project the gigantic quilt commentating the lives and death of people with AIDS

Date(s) of Creation

1988

Title

Ken Peck quilt block

Description

2020.32.02 Photo of a quilt block memorializing Ken Peck, Aug 7, 1991

Date(s) of Creation

1991

Location

Shelf

AC bay 15

Room

Art Conservation Room

Create Date

November 30, 2021

Update Date

September 11, 2024