California quilt artist Jonathan Shannon created several works honoring those who died during the AIDS crisis. This quilt is dedicated to the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and features a photo image transfer of the group from 1993 stitched on its reverse. In the photo, as in Shannon’s design, the members wearing black represent those lost to HIV/AIDS. The singers in white represent the remaining living members of the original choir. Shannon depicts the group arm-in-arm in his haunting and beautiful commemoration.

Techniques: Machine pieced and quilted
Culture: American
Geographic Location: North and Central America, United States
Credit Line: Gift of Raymond Wayne Ross