Artists

This project was designed in July of 1999 for women living with HIV infection. STITCHES was the brain-child of Ms. Gerus-Darbison and her co-worker at the time, Candice Moench. Both these women were AIDS Educators and activists in the state of Michigan. For several years they wanted to create a project that combined art and life, as an interactive way to educate the community at large. Their wish was to find a way to preserve the stories of HIV positive women everywhere. So, the dolls in the STITCHES project are created by HIV positive women all over the country and then returned to us to become part of a continuing traveling exhibit and website. Not only does this project give women a safe place to voice their feelings about how HIV has affected their lives, but it’s also a gift that others can learn from.

Visual AIDS Contact:

Kathleen M. Gerus-Darbison

Director, STITCHES Doll Project

18012 Rose Ct.

Macomb, MI 48044

Phone: 1-866-554-2368

Email: hivdolls@comcast.net

On the web: www.stitchesdollproject.org