Date:

Saturday, January 31, 2026 from 2:00pm–4:00pm

Price: Free

Type of event:

Visual AIDS Event

Location:

MoMA PS1
22-25 Jackson Ave
NY , 11101
United States

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Join Visual AIDS on the 3rd Floor of MoMA PS1
Saturday, January 31, 2-4pm

It's time for another year of LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN, the annual project that distributes hundreds of heartfelt valentines to women across the world living with HIV. This year, 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.

Are you interested in writing caring letters to a woman/women living with HIV? Visual AIDS invites you to our letter-writing party at MoMA PS1 to pen individualized letters to the 600+ recipients. Join us on January 31 at 2pm on the 3rd floor of MoMA PS1.

Are you a woman or femme living with HIV who would like to receive a valentine and letter? Click here to request one.

More about the project:

Visual AIDS is proud to partner with ongoing collaborator MoMA PS1 for our annual project LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN. We are also proud to partner with the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, who printed the edition of Alexander Robateau's valentines.

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 event, 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.

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.

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

Upcoming Event

Love Positive Women Valentine Letter Writing Party