tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189024.post112627968743147611..comments2023-09-10T07:34:26.310-07:00Comments on Buff's Tufftalk: Whatever Happened to the AIDS Memorial QUILT?buffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14220404369676535957noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189024.post-1138381649120427632006-01-27T09:07:00.000-08:002006-01-27T09:07:00.000-08:00Cleve Jones wants to be in the spotlight if you as...Cleve Jones wants to be in the spotlight if you ask me. I don't care for him. He tried a run for office and failed. He is keeping himself tied to the one thing that has given him an identity.Bobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15106079272572679269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189024.post-1126893809966784912005-09-16T11:03:00.000-07:002005-09-16T11:03:00.000-07:00An update:Names Memorial Quilt founder Cleve Jones...An update:<BR/><BR/>Names Memorial Quilt founder Cleve Jones reached a final legal settlement with the foundation this week. A section of the AIDS Memorial Quilt will be permanently housed and on display in San Francisco now.<BR/><BR/>Apparently, the legal dispute was over who owns the artwork and the quilt's design. The foundation was found to be the holder of the rights to the artwork in the quilt, but Jones was been found to be the designer. To settle the artistic dispute (which is the legal issue the law turned on), Jones gets part of the quilt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189024.post-1126552266886613612005-09-12T12:11:00.000-07:002005-09-12T12:11:00.000-07:00The AIDS Memorial Quilt is no longer shown in its ...The AIDS Memorial Quilt is no longer shown in its entirety due to its fragility. The last display of the entire quilt was in October 1996; it covered the entire National Mall in D.C.<BR/><BR/>The 1,000 newest blocks (those blocks received since October 1996) were displayed in their entirety on June 26, 2004, on The Ellipse in D.C.<BR/><BR/>Actually, the quilt keeps expanding. Panels are received every day. There are about 20 Quilt Chapters around the U.S. and another 40 or 50 overseas (I don't remember how many exactly).<BR/><BR/>The quilt itself is on display almost constantly, in bits and pieces around the world. Most chapters request blocks of the quilt to display because a local person's name is on that block.<BR/><BR/>The fight over the quilt occurred when the Names Foundation almost went bankrupt in 2002. Cleve Jones said the organization was not bankrupt, but the board disagreed and moved the Quilt to Atlanta. Jones' separation from the board and the Foundation included things like his being able to name board members until his death or desire to give up that right.<BR/><BR/>The same year, a number of AIDS quilt chapters got really angry with new restrictions on their ability to display "their" section of the quilt; rules on who pays for shipping the quilt panels; rules on who is a "legit" Foundation chapter; and how fast panels have to be submitted to the HQ in Atlanta.<BR/><BR/>Many chapters left the organization, and make and maintain their own AIDS quilts locally now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com