TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS
DISPLAYS PANELS FROM THE AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT
ALVIN AILEY, RUDOLF NUREYEV, ROBERT JOFFREY, ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE, KEITH HARING, & FREDDIE MERCURY

IN THE BASS CONCERT HALL LOBBY THROUGH NOVEMBER 1

Texas Performing Arts, in partnership with AIDS Services of Austin, is proud to display panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt honoring some of the greatest names associated with the arts, now through Monday, November 1 in the Bass Concert Hall Lobby.

Founded in 1987, The AIDS Memorial Quilt is a poignant memorial, a powerful tool for use in preventing new HIV infections, and the largest ongoing community arts project in the world. Virtually every one of the more than 40,000 colorful panels that make up the Quilt memorializes the life of a person lost to AIDS.

Panels displayed in Bass Concert Hall include Alvin Ailey, Rudolph Nureyev, Robert Joffrey, Robert Maplethorpe, Keith Haring, and Freddie Mercury.

The panels are on display in the Bass Concert Hall lobby through Monday, November 1 and can be viewed free of charge Monday through Friday, 11 AM – 2 PM. Bass Concert Hall is located at E. 23rd St. and Robert Dedman Dr. (TexasPerformingArts.org/visit/maps_directions). For more information on the Aids Memorial Quilt, please visit aidsquilt.org. For more information on AIDS Services of Austin, please visit asaustin.org.

PRESS CONTACT:
Gene Bartholomew 512.471.0632 gbartholomew@TexasPerformingArts.org

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