LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN 2025 Open Reception at MoMA PS1

On view in the 3rd Floor hallway of MoMA PS1
Thursday Jan 30, 2025 - Monday Feb 3, 2025
(12–6pm, open until 8pm on Saturday)

Reception: Saturday Feb 1, 3-5pm

On Saturday, February 1 from 3-5pm, Visual AIDS will hold an open reception to view over 200+ hand-made Valentine's cards lovingly made by members of our community, which will be mailed to women living with HIV across the world in time for Valentine's Day.

More about the project:

Visual AIDS is proud to partner with ongoing collaborator MoMA PS1 for our annual project LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN. The project features hundreds of heartfelt Valentine cards on handmade paper created by an intersecting group of artists, activists, and HIV-positive women.

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.

After the activation, the Valentines will be mailed around the world to HIV-positive women in time for Valentine’s Day. Women living with HIV often experience isolation and stigma and face specific challenges around relationships, motherhood, and healthcare. Since 2015, the project has distributed over 4,000 cards in order to fight stigma, create community, and empower women living with HIV.

Are you a woman or femme living with HIV who would like to receive a handmade valentine's card? Click here to request a card.

This program is a collaboration between Visual AIDS, the Fire Island Artist Residency, Dieu Donné, Positive Women's Network — USA, and The Well Project. We thank MoMA PS1 for hosting this activation as part of an ongoing partnership between Visual AIDS and the museum.

LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN is funded in part by a generous three year grant from ViiV Healthcare.