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Visual AIDS continues our tradition of mailing valentines to women and femmes living with HIV on the occasion of LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN 2026.
Are you a woman/femme living with HIV who would like to receive a handmade card on Valentine’s Day as part of our LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN program?
To receive a handmade valentine, please click here and complete this form by January 30, 2026.
You can also email your name and mailing address to lovepositivewomen@visualaids.org.
For 2026 Visual AIDS collaborated with two artist members, J. Hartz and Alexander Robateau, to create special-edition valentines. These valentines, along with letters of love from our community, will be mailed around to women all over the world in time for February 14.
This year, we are asking recipients to share 1 or 2 personal interests or hobbies about yourself, as members of our community will write personalized letters. We will do our best to produce individual letters within our capacity. If you are ordering for a small group (less than 10) we can personalize the letters. If your group is larger than 10 people, tell us something about your organization so we can write to the collective.
Please note that the valentines are for women and femme-identified people living with HIV only. Thank you for respecting this.
Cards will be mailed out in early February so that they arrive by Valentine's Day, February 14. (International mailings may arrive later.) Respecting the privacy of recipients, envelopes will bear the recipient's address without additional information.
More about the project:
LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN is an international series of events that uses Valentine’s 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. LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN is an ongoing project established by Visual AIDS artist member Jessica Whitbread in 2013.
LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN is funded in part by a generous three-year grant from ViiV Healthcare.
About the artists:
J. Hartz is a painter, printmaker and mixed media artist currently residing in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Hartz received her MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA). She received her BFA from West Chester University of Pennsylvania (Summa Cum Laude) and attended the California College of the Arts in Oakland, California.
Alexander Robateau is a Belizean-born painter and decorative artist based in The Bronx. His painting work often centers on still lifes, portraiture, and murals. Withing the realm of decorative work, Robateau is skilled in faux finishes and wallpaper and fabric pattern designs.