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LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN

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Since 2015, artists, activists and HIV-positive women have come together for LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN paper making workshops to show their love and support for women living with HIV. Hosted at Dieu Donné's paper making studios, the program produces hundreds of unique handmade paper Valentines cards that are mailed to women living with HIV around the world in time for Valentine's Day. These workshops are collaboratively produced with the Fire Island Artist Residency, Dieu Donné and the International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW).

LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN is an ongoing project established by Visual AIDS artist member Jessica Whitbread in 2013. “Why not do something nice for the women most forgotten about?” says Whitbread. “Taking the time to do something for someone else is really beneficial to society as a whole. Don’t underestimate the value in something as simple as sending a valentine to a stranger.”

LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN (LPW) is an international series of grassroots events that uses Valentines Day as a backdrop, creating a platform for individuals and communities to engage in public and private acts of love and caring for women living with HIV. Working from a place of strength, LPW focuses on the idea of interconnectedness, relationship building, loving oneself and loving ones' community.

LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN 2023 is funded in part by a generous three year grant from ViiV Healthcare’s Positive Action Risk to Reasons Initiative, with additional funding from DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS.


Related Events

LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN Valentine’s Day Dance Party
February 14, 2024
LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN 2023 Open Reception at MoMA PS1
February 4, 2023
LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN 2023 at MoMA PS1
February 2–February 5, 2023
LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN 2022 Activation at MoMA PS1
February 6, 2022
LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN 2021
February 1–February 14, 2021
LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN 2020 Valentine Pop-up Exhibition
January 31, 2020
LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN 2020 Valentine Making Workshops
January 14–January 15, 2020
LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN 2019 Pop-up Exhibition
February 1, 2019
LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN 2019 Valentine Making Workshops
January 28–January 29, 2019
LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN 2018 Pop-up Exhibition
February 1–February 4, 2018
LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN 2018 Valentine Making Workshops
January 24–January 25, 2018
LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN 2017 Pop-up Exhibition
January 26–January 29, 2017
LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN 2017 Valentine Making Workshops
January 18, 2017
LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN 2016 Workshops And Exhibition
January 19–February 3, 2016
LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN 2015 Valentine Making Workshop
January 23, 2015
Love Positive Women: Romance Starts at Home
February 15, 2013
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