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East L.A. natives and Smithsonian Folkways recording artists Quetzal perform “Estoy Aqui” at the 2012 Festival.
Matthew Ramir, a student at the University of Illinois, reads two poems that he wrote about living with cerebral palsy.
Student poet Lily Diego reads one of her poems at the 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Joan Juster, panel maker and names reader coordinator, discusses the origins of The AIDS Memorial Quilt with Mike Smith, co-founder of The Names Project
“Gypsy Colours” was recorded as the encore on July 1, 2012, at the Justin S. Morrill Performing Arts Center stage on the National Mall.
The last time The AIDS Memorial Quilt was unfolded in its entirety was October 1996 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
The Ebony Hillbillies, an African American string band, perform at the Sounds of Monticello and the Blue Ridge concert, produced in partnership with the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Joanie Juster, Reader Coordinator for The NAMES Project Foundation, joined a Festival panel to discuss the first public displays of The AIDS Memorial Quilt in the 1980s.
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