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SUMMARY:
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nWhat’s your thing? Celebrating Our Shared Humanity features a series of photographs highlighting local children and adults living with autism\, shedding a positive light on these individuals and the unique passions they have. This exhibit is a collaboration with Precision Medicine in Autism (PRISMA) and includes participants from Rhode Island and Edmonton\, Canada. This exhibit is on display from  April 5th to April 30th in the museum’s rotating gallery and was created in partnership with Positive Exposure\, a global initiative by photographer Rick Guidotti\, known for celebrating human diversity. \n\nWhen: April 5\, 2024- April 30\, 2024 \nWhere: The Museum of Work & Culture (42 S. Main St.\, Woonsocket) \nNew Exhibit\, What’s your thing?\, Opening at Museum of Work and Culture \nNew Art Exhibit Showcases Positive Representations of Individuals Living with Autism \n(WOONSOCKET\, R.I.) – The Museum of Work and Culture\, a division of the Rhode Island Historical Society\, is excited to announce a new exhibit opening in its rotating gallery on Friday\, April 5th. \nPositive Exposure is a global initiative founded by photographer Rick Guidotti\, who seeks to turn his lens from the more traditional ideas of beauty\, to the beauty and richness of human diversity. Rick has spent more than twenty-five years collaborating with advocacy organizations to effect change in societal attitudes towards individuals living with genetic\, physical\, behavioral or intellectual differences by replacing dehumanizing representations with positive images. \n\n\nWhat’s your thing? is presented in collaboration with Precision Medicine in Autism (PRISMA) and features participants from Rhode Island and Edmonton\, Canada. PRISMA is a multidisciplinary effort based at the University of Alberta that seeks to understand the unique and diverse worlds of people on the autism spectrum and support their health through genomics across research\, clinical care\, education\, and community engagement. \nA family/friends reception is planned at the exhibit for \nSaturday\, April 20th from 2-4pm.   \nPlease RSVP with names of people planning to attend.  \n\n\n\n\n\nMuseum of Work and Culture\n42 South Main Street\nWoonsocket\, RI 02895\n\nsecond floor\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage Description: Postcard: Assorted portraits against a black background. \n\n\n\n\nThroughout our work we honor and celebrate each person’s uniqueness as we learn about their specific interests and passions\, their “things”\, which has now become the basis of our campaign #whatsyourthing. We all have our “things”; we invite you to reflect on your own interests and passions\, focusing on how the universality of the emotions that come up brings us all together beyond the constraints of any diagnoses. \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Henry & Juanita: Love & Purpose
DESCRIPTION:On View in the Gallery through Friday\, April 26. \nPlease contact events@positiveexposure.org or 212-420-1931 to make an appointment. Thank you!
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/henry-juanita-film-photography-memory/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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SUMMARY:Memoir Reading Open Rehearsal: Friday
DESCRIPTION:Two Open Rehearsals will precede the performed reading of Henry’s memoir\, entitled “I Win.” \nActors will rehearse the theatrical reading of Henry’s memoir. Viewers may observe and ask questions. Please RSVP at the Register button above! \nFriday\, April 12\, 2-5pm \n \n \n \n \n \nImage Descriptions:\nThe first image is a square with a deep teal background and an image of two people. At left\, a white man with long\, grey hair and glasses. At right\, a woman with light brown skin and long\, blue-green hair\, who leans her head on the man beside her. Accompanying this photo is the following text:  POSITIVE EXPOSURE GALLERY. HENRY & JUANITA: Film\, Photography\, Memory. Opening\, Performance\, and Q&A. Saturday\, April 13\, 6-8pm. Memoir Workshops: Friday\, April 12\, 2-5pm & Saturday\, April 13\, 12-5 pm. On View: April 12-27. Beneath this is the NYSCA logo.\nThe following four images are also squares with deep teal and/or white backgrounds\, and the following text:\nHenry & Juanita tells the story of three lives. The life of Henry\, the life of Juanita\, and the story of their lives together. Henry Szczepanski is a photographer and writer who is currently living at the Coler Rehab Hospital on Roosevelt Island. Juanita Mohammed Szczepanski was a mother\, a grandmother\, a filmmaker\, and an activist. Together they found love and purpose. They found peace and adventure. They built a legacy that we honor today.\nOpening Celebration: Saturday\, April 13\, 6-8pm. The launch will feature a performed reading of Henry’s memoir\, ” Win\,” and a Q8A with Henry. The reading will be held alongside an exhibit of Henry’s work as a photographer and writer\, as well as the work of his wife\, Juanita\, who was a filmmaker and an AIDS activist. Actors: Harvey Pacht\, Molly Kohl\, Kelly Deegan\, and two others.\nThe Memoir: The memoir is an adaptation of the life story of Henry Szczepanski\, a disabled man who lives in Coler Hospital on Roosevelt Island.\nOpen Rehearsals: Actors will rehearse the theatrical reading of an adaptation of Henry’s memoir. Open to the public. Friday\, April 12\, 2-5pm. Saturday\, April 13\, 12-5pm.\nMultimedia Exhibition: On View April 12-27. Contact 212-420-1931 or events@positiveexposure.org. 14 East 109th Street\, NYC\nHenry Szczepanski: My name is Henry Szczepanski\, I am 70 years old\, and I live in Coler Rehab Hospital on Roosevelt Island. I was born in Manhattan 1953 from immigrant parents. Growing up my parents installed in my a belief in the equality of people\, I want to see people walking around without fear\, I don’t want to see self-serving politicians. What is important in my life is family\, friends\, and the knowledge of self-discovery. My art is diverse\, always looking for different and interesting things and faces. I’ve been curious about the world.\nJuanita Mohammed Szczepanski: Juanita Mohammed Szczepanski (1957-2022) was a prolific AIDS activist videomaker. Her body of work investigates the intersections between overlooked and under-appreciated populations: women\, children\, people of color\, and the HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ communities. Her videos are intimate stories made in collaboration with her participants. In her final work\, a collaborative video made with Alexandra Juhasz\, Juanita tells of a discovery she made early on\, when she first started doing work around HIV/AIDS. ” had a specialty-I made people feel comfortable talking to me.” With a lovely smile and an open\, caring face\, Juanita did indeed have a special quality. When she began volunteering at the Multimedia Unit at GMHC\, she would talk about the people she’d met and the way their lives had been impacted by HIV /AIDS. She went on to tell their stories in her videos.
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