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SUMMARY:WOVEN TOGETHER: TOUCH Narrative Weaving Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Weaving as Narrative: Responding Through Color\, Texture & Form\nRSVP HERE\n\n\n\nWhat if you responded to a story with color and fiber instead of words? Join us for a hands-on workshop blending Narrative Medicine with free-form weaving. We’ll read a short piece together\, then you’ll respond on a handheld loom with a wide range of yarns and textures.\nGuided by a prompt\, you’ll have 20–30 minutes to create freely\, exploring an emotion\, memory\, or image\, and letting fiber become the language of response. We’ll close with time to reflect and optionally share what emerged.\n  \n \n  \nNarrative Medicine is an interdisciplinary practice that draws upon the humanities\, creative arts\, and clinical practice to deepen our capacity to listen\, observe\, reflect\, and understand the experiences of others.\nIntertwine Arts similarly recognizes the power of creative expression\, using free-form weaving to inspire creativity\, joy\, connection\, and self-confidence among people of all ages with disabilities and chronic illness.\nThis evening of weaving and reflection brings these practices together\, inviting participants to slow down\, pay attention\, and respond—not necessarily by finding the “right” answer\, but by noticing what arises.\nThis workshop is for participants with prior weaving experience (no advanced skill required). All materials provided.\n\n\n\n \nAbout Ria \n\n\n\nPrior to her full-time devotion to Intertwine Arts\, Ria was a pediatric nurse practitioner at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of NY Presbyterian\, Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC). Her focus was providing palliative and curative care for children with cancer and life-threatening hematological diseases. Throughout her career\, she has been an advocate for integrative therapies\, including interventions that promote healing. \nRia recognized that weaving could decrease stress and anxiety as well as enhance self-expression and coping skills. She established a weaving program\, which was adaptable to different developmental\, physical\, and emotional needs\, in the pediatric hematology/oncology clinic at CUMC. As an adjunct professor at Bank Street Graduate School of Education\, Ria shares her expertise with child life students. She also volunteers in the Arts in Medicine Studio\, in the Pediatric Neurology Clinic at CUMC. She is the co-founder and Board President of Intertwine Arts. \n \nAbout Liz \n\n\nLiz Matejka-Grossman has dedicated her career to advancing equity for under-resourced and marginalized communities through education. While teaching high school English and ESL in New York City public schools\, she created wraparound programs to support at-risk students and their families. She also established Literacy AmeriCorps in Palm Beach County as a project of the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County to combat high rates of illiteracy\, address the needs of young and adult learners\, and provide meaningful service and professional development opportunities for AmeriCorps members. \nThe birth of her first child in 1999\, who has the chromosomal anomaly 18q- syndrome\, catapulted Liz into accessibility education and deepened her lifelong commitment to inclusion. A professional dancer\, she trained at England’s Royal Ballet School before earning her BA from the University of Michigan and graduate degrees from Teachers College\, Columbia University\, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She later co-founded Sharing the Arts\, a nonprofit that enhances the lives of individuals with disabilities and diverse ways of being through inclusive performing arts opportunities.
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/woven-together-touch-narrative-weaving-workshop/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
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SUMMARY:Deaf Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:Click to Register \n🎉 NYC DEAF TOWN HALL IS BACK! 🤟🏾🗽\nCome together\, connect with community\, and make your voice and hands heard and seen!\nThe NYC Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD) is holding its first in-person Deaf Town Hall since 2019!\n📅 Wednesday\, September 16\, 2026\n⏰ 6:00 PM–7:30 PM\n📍 Positive Exposure — 4th Floor\n83 Maiden Lane\nNew York\, NY 10038\n🚕 ACCESS-A-RIDE\nDestination: 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY 10038\nTell your driver: Positive Exposure\, 83 Maiden Lane\, between William Street and Gold Street.\n🚇 SUBWAY\nFulton Street:\n2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • A • C • J • Z\nWall Street:\n2 • 3 • 4 • 5\nThe MOPD flyer lists both as about a 2-minute walk from the event.\n🚌 BUS\nM15 / M15-SBS along Water Street provides nearby service in the Financial District.\n🤟🏾 ASL PROVIDED\n💬 CART PROVIDED\n🍽️ FOOD PROVIDED\nNeed another accommodation? Requests are due by September 9.\n📹 Videophone: 646-396-5830\n🏙️ WHAT DO YOU WANT NYC TO HEAR?\nCome share your experiences\, concerns and priorities directly with MOPD. Topics will include:\n🏠 Public housing\n🤟🏾 Language access\n🚨 Public safety\n♿ Access and inclusion\n💡 Community challenges and solutions\n🎊 COME OUT. CONNECT. SPEAK UP. BE SEEN.\nBring your ideas\, your experiences and your community!\nNYC Deaf Town Hall — September 16! 🤟🏾🗽🎉\nOctavio Cuenca Maldonado Rick Guidotti Sean Gerlis\, ADAC\, DI Marina Fanshteyn\, MBA\n#CommunityEngagement #Deaf #BASL #ASL #CommunicationAccess  \n\n\n\nClick to Register\n\n\n\n\n\nPDF of Promo
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/deaf-town-hall/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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SUMMARY:Don't Look Away: Film Screening & Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker and a workshop about coming to terms with a facial difference. All are welcome!\nSynopsis: Born with a rare condition requiring over 50 cranial reconstructive surgeries\, 36-year-old Corey searches for normalcy\, love\, and acceptance in a swipe-left\, swipe-right world. The film explores how his looks affect his ability to live a “normal life” and challenges viewers to question who misses out when we reject those who look different. \nWatch the Trailer here. \nWhat’s next for the film: https://www.documentaries.org/films/dont-look-away/ \nAbout the filmmaker: Joseph V. Lingad started his career as a camera assistant on TV shows\, commercials\, and narrative films in 2008. He got his break in journalism in 2011 when he was hired as a videographer and editor by The Wall Street Journal. He worked with its sister companies\, MarketWatch and Barron’s\, as a video journalist for six years\, developing various news stories from income inequality to the student loan crisis to America’s epidemic of loneliness.  Joseph gravitates to stories about social and socioeconomic issues and corporate accountability. \nAfter over a decade working in a newsroom\, Joseph returned to school in 2022 to obtain a master’s in business and economics reporting\, specializing in documentary. While at school\, Joseph developed a short version of “Don’t Look Away” as his Capstone project under the guidance of award-winning filmmakers Yoruba Richen\, Judith Helfand\, Sabrina Gordon\, and others.Joseph is now working on his first feature-length documentary\, “Don’t Look Away\,” which includes his story of his struggle living with a facial difference. Unlike the short version\, the full-length documentary is about how a community helps each other come to terms with their facial difference in a society that is sometimes hostile to those who look different. He hopes to have a final cut by 2028.
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/dont-look-away-film-screening-workshop/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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SUMMARY:Highlight Your Difference: Photoshoot & Panel
DESCRIPTION:Highlight Your Difference™ Comes to Positive Exposure!\n\n\n\n\n\nHi everyone! It’s Paige Billiot\, founder of Flawless Affect Foundation\, and I’m so excited to be hosting another Highlight Your Difference™ photoshoot + community meetup\, and I want you to be part of it!\n\n\n\nWe’re looking for members of the visible-difference community who want to step in front of the camera\, creatively highlight what makes them unique\, and be part of a day celebrating our differences through photography\, art\, and community. This will be photographed by none other than Rick Guidotti.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter the photoshoot\, we’ll also be hosting an intimate Highlight Your Difference panel with advocates\, community members\, creatives\, and participants talking about representation\, confidence\, identity\, and what it means to see our differences as something worth highlighting.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Photoshoot + Meetup: 10 AM–2 PM\n Panel: 2:30–3:30 PM\n Community Gathering: 3:30–5 PM\n Positive Exposure\, NYC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou can join us for the photoshoot\, the panel\, or both! Participation is free\, but space is limited\, so make sure to RSVP.\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP for the Photoshoot | RSVP for the Panel\n\n\nI can’t wait to meet you\, photograph some incredible faces\, and highlight our differences together. \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/highlight-your-difference-photoshoot-panel/
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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SUMMARY:Woven Together Fashion Show
DESCRIPTION:RSVP here!\n \n\nA Celebration of Inclusive Fashion\, Creativity\, and Self-Expression\nJoin Intertwine Arts for a special evening celebrating creativity\, fashion\, and the incredible talent of artists\, designers\, and models in our community. \nThe Woven Together Fashion Show marks the closing celebration of the annual Woven Together Community Exhibition\, bringing fiber art from the gallery into motion through an inclusive runway experience featuring original garments\, wearable art\, and textile creations. \nThe runway will feature models with disabilities showcasing designs created to celebrate diverse bodies\, identities\, and ways of experiencing the world. The fashion show honors accessibility\, representation\, and the belief that everyone deserves to see themselves reflected in the arts. \nThe show will feature: \n\nOriginal wearable art created by Intertwine Arts program artists\nSpecial guest designers Lonely Worm Farm and Sugandha Gupta!\nGift Bags from Give Beauty Wings and comments by GBW Founder Xian Horn
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/woven-together-fashion-show/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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SUMMARY:Your Voice Matters: Creative Writing as Self-Advocacy
DESCRIPTION:Join authors Amy Hansen and Josh Lockwood-Wewer\, along with publisher Kelly Hoopes\, for an interactive writing workshop that explores how creative writing and publishing can help people use their voices and tell their own stories.\nRSVP using the Register button above.\n\n\nStorytelling is a powerful form of self-advocacy. Sharing our own experiences\, perspectives\, ideas\, dreams and creativity is an important part of being seen\, understood and included.\nBut sometimes just getting started is the hardest part.\nHear how See Me and The Schoolyard Crisis: A Captain Peanut Adventure came to life\, learn about the authors’ experiences using storytelling to express themselves\, and then explore ways to begin telling a story of your own. Through guided writing activities and story starters\, everyone will have a chance to create and share something of their own.\nThe first 25 registrants will receive a signed copy of both books.\n  \n  \nAlt-Text: \nOn a black background are images of two book covers: one featuring an illustration of a young woman dancing in a field\, surrounded by flowers and a rainbow; the second showing a group of children gathered on the grass beside an elephant dressed as a superhero. \nThe text reads: Your Voice Matters: Creative Writing as Self-Advocacy\, Author Talk & Getting Started Workshop\, Saturday\, October 3\, 11am – 1pm\, 83 Maiden Lane\, 4th Floor\, NYC. \nThe second page includes photos of each of the below speakers\, along with their bios. \nAmy Hansen\, Author of See Me. Amy is a Positive Exposure Ambassador\, writer\, and performer whose first book\, See Me\, is a celebration of inclusion. Through her story told in verse\, Amy encourages readers to see the ability beyond differences\, join the celebration\, and recognize the humanity in every person. \nJosh Lockwood-Wewer\, Author of The Schoolyard Crisis: A Captain Peanut Adventure. Josh is a storyteller and artist with a unique talent for transforming his life experience into imaginative and heartwarming tales. His book features a peanut-loving elephant superhero and emphasizes the importance of working together\, expressing feelings\, and taking responsibility for our own actions. \nKelly Hoopes\, Publisher. Kelly is co-founder and President of Self-Determination Tech Alliance\, a non-profit organization dedicated to expanding access to digital tools\, workforce pathways\, and entrepreneurial opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities. A certified California Self-Determination Program independent facilitator\, Kelly works to expand opportunities and help people turn their goals\, ideas\, and voices into action.
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/your-voice-matters-creative-writing-as-self-advocacy/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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SUMMARY:The Next Leg of Tami Luchow's Dis Tour: Vision Quest
DESCRIPTION:On View: October 4 – November 1\, 2026\nContact events@positiveexposure.org to arrange a visit!\n\nRSVP for:\nOctober 8 HeartCharged Event\nOctober 15 Artist Talk & Celebration\nOctober 21 Breast Cancer Awareness Month Event\nNovember 1 Aging with Pizazz! Closing Event\n \nTami Luchow\, an emerging installation artist\, presents her much-anticipated next chapter\, or “next leg\,” following her debut at Westbeth Gallery in July 2025 here at Positive Exposure Gallery. Her interactive exhibit\, titled THE NEXT LEG OF THE DIS TOUR: VISION QUEST\, showcases a diverse range of mediums\, including video\, photography\, graphic design\, multimedia\, sculpture\, mobiles\, assemblage\, and interactive pieces. These elements are intricately woven with found objects related to the healthcare industry\, individuals with disabilities – both visible and invisible – and their families\, friends\, loved ones\, colleagues\, and caregivers. The exhibit challenges societal boundaries and fosters a profound sense of shared humanity.\nTHE NEXT LEG OF THE DIS TOUR\, a multi-layered and experiential series\, invites visitors to become an integral part of the artist’s circle. Luchow’s personal journey as a woman\, keynote speaker\, journalist\, author\, and artist\, along with her own experiences as someone born without her right leg is seamlessly integrated into the interactive installation. Her first book\, Poems for A Memory promotes her vision of community and belonging for all. She encourages everyone to share their own stories\, contributing to the ongoing project as it travels across the country and beyond. As Luchow passionately states\, “Dis is Life. Dis is you. Dis is me. Dis is us. DON’T DIS US\, JOIN US!”\n\nImage Description: On a blue-grey background is a close-up photograph of a woman holding a prosthetic leg in front of her face. She holds an intense gaze directly at the camera. Overlaid on her portrait is the title #DIS IS ART #DIS IS LIFE
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/the-next-leg-of-tami-luchows-dis-tour-vision-quest/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261004T133000
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SUMMARY:Disabled In Action: October 2026 Meeting
DESCRIPTION:DIA is a civil rights organization committed to ending discrimination against people with disabilities – all disabilities. We fight to eliminate the barriers that prevent us from enjoying full equality in American society. Founded in 1970\, DIA is a democratic\, not-for-profit\, tax-exempt\, all-volunteer membership organization. DIA consists primarily of and is directed by people with disabilities.\nNothing about us\, without us!\nUpcoming DIA Meetings at Positive Exposure Gallery\n\n\nSunday\, October 4\, 2026 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm\n\nAll are welcome. Positive Exposure is wheelchair accessible\, including the restrooms. If you need a reasonable accommodation such as American Sign Language interpretation or live captioning\, please email us at info@disabledinaction.org or call us at 646-504-4342 and leave a message with a callback number at least 10 days before the meeting. \nIf a meeting is cancelled due to inclement weather\, we will have a notice the night before on our phone. Please call DIA at 646-504-4342. \n\n\n Image description: DIA members and other activists are outside of a building in downtown Manhattan protesting for the right to add elevators for all public transit stops. They are holding signs that say “Stranded by Cuomo” and “Elevator FAIL.”
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/disabled-in-action-october-2026-meeting/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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SUMMARY:Tami Luchow's Dis Tour: Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month Event
DESCRIPTION:Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month Event\nTami Luchow and HeartCharged in Coversation\nThursday\, October 8\, 6:00-8:00pm\nYour heart and your soul will thank you when you join our featured artist\, writer and speaker\, Tami Luchow and HeartCharged Founders Hannah and Bethany for an informative and life affirming Q&A honoring Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month because DIS IS LIFE one heart beat at a time.\n 
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/tami-luchows-dis-tour-sudden-cardiac-arrest-awareness-month-event/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T190000
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SUMMARY:Pulse of Art- Mount Sinai Med student Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Exploring the intersection of art and medical history\nThe Pulse of Art program harnesses the power of art to hone observational skills\, enhance empathy\, illuminate the course of medical history\, and respect others’ perspectives in the face of ambiguity. \nPositive Exposure presentation\, illustrating the beauty of human diversity\, seeing beyond disease and beyond diagnosis. \nThe Pulse of Art is a program developed by Barry Coller\, MD and Bobbi Coller\, PhD that integrates the history of art with the history of medicine.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIncrease Observation Skills\nIncrease observation skills by focusing on works of art that offer rich visual information. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImprove Descriptive Skills\nImprove descriptive skills through verbal expression of the formal\, narrative\, and emotional elements of the art viewed. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEnhance Empathy\nEnhance empathy by examining the experience of illness and range of human conditions as expressed through the powerful and personal vision of artists. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProvide Historical Context\nRelate art to the cultural\, scientific\, and medical context of the age in which it was produced\, providing an awareness of the change in medical knowledge and therapies over time. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare a Variety of Interpretations\nRecognize the possibility of various interpretations and several equally valid readings of a single work of art. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuild Teamwork\nAnalyze by working in teams to gain insight into the meaning of a work of art\, a process akin to the way physicians and other health care professionals work as a team to optimize a patient’s care. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebsite for more info \n 
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/pulse-of-art-mount-sinai-med-student-lecture/
LOCATION:Mt Sinai\, NYC
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T100000
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SUMMARY:Long Island University Genetic Counseling Students at the Gallery
DESCRIPTION:MS Genetic Counseling Students tour gallery for a Positive Exposure presentation.\nThe mission of the LIU Post Genetic Counseling Graduate Program (GCGP) is to develop genetic counselors that have the knowledge\, skill and experience to succeed in all areas of the field by providing comprehensive training emphasizing the scientific\, clinical and psychosocial aspects of genetic counseling. As genetic testing becomes more available\, patients are gaining unprecedented access to information about the likelihood of diseases and medical conditions. There is increased demand for professionals who can accurately interpret genetic test results and inform individuals to take a proactive approach to their health. \n 
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/long-island-university-genetic-counseling-students-at-the-gallery/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T173000
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SUMMARY:Celebration & Artist Talk: The Next Leg of Tami Luchow's Dis Tour
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 15\, 5:30-8:30pm\nArtist Talk at 7:15pm\nOn View: October 4 – November 1\, 2026\nContact events@positiveexposure.org to arrange a visit!\nRSVP for the Celebration & Artist Talk using the Register button above.\n \nTami Luchow\, an emerging installation artist\, presents her much-anticipated next chapter\, or “next leg\,” following her debut at Westbeth Gallery in July 2025 here at Positive Exposure Gallery. Her interactive exhibit\, titled THE NEXT LEG OF THE DIS TOUR: VISION QUEST\, showcases a diverse range of mediums\, including video\, photography\, graphic design\, multimedia\, sculpture\, mobiles\, assemblage\, and interactive pieces. These elements are intricately woven with found objects related to the healthcare industry\, individuals with disabilities – both visible and invisible – and their families\, friends\, loved ones\, colleagues\, and caregivers. The exhibit challenges societal boundaries and fosters a profound sense of shared humanity.\nTHE NEXT LEG OF THE DIS TOUR\, a multi-layered and experiential series\, invites visitors to become an integral part of the artist’s circle. Luchow’s personal journey as a woman\, keynote speaker\, journalist\, author\, and artist\, along with her own experiences as someone born without her right leg is seamlessly integrated into the interactive installation. Her first book\, Poems for A Memory promotes her vision of community and belonging for all. She encourages everyone to share their own stories\, contributing to the ongoing project as it travels across the country and beyond. As Luchow passionately states\, “Dis is Life. Dis is you. Dis is me. Dis is us. DON’T DIS US\, JOIN US!”\n\nImage Description: On a black background is a photograph of a woman wearing black\, lying on a black background. Her arms and legs are outstretched. She has a prosthetic leg and is surrounded by two circles of prosthetic limbs. Beneath her is the title #DIS IS ART #DIS IS LIFE. 
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/celebration-artist-talk-the-next-leg-of-tami-luchows-dis-tour/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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SUMMARY:Kansas Children's Service League: 50th Annual Governor’s Conference for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect
DESCRIPTION:Positive Exposure Photography\, exhibition and Keynote address. \nMission: To protect and promote the well-being of children. \nThree days of powerful keynote speakers\, practical workshops and networking with others who believe prevention works. \nKCSL works to create\, repair and restore healthy parent-child relationships\, which are the foundation of a strong family. This work fosters long-term positive impacts on all Kansans\, not just those we serve directly. Our work with children and families improves school readiness now so that graduation rates improve in the future.  We help families succeed now to be better parents and better employees.  We are creating a stronger\, more resilient and educated workforce for the future of Kansas.  This improves prosperity and success for all Kansas communities. \n50th Annual Governor’s Conference for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. This annual 3-day conference brings together child welfare professional\, early childhood education staff\, home visitors\, parents/caregivers and community health workers to learn innovative approaches to preventing children and families from experiencing abuse/neglect. \nThe 50th Annual Governor’s Conference brings together professionals and leaders from across Kansas who are committed to preventing child abuse and neglect. SAVE THE DATE for three days of powerful keynote speakers\, practical workshops and networking with others who believe prevention works. Be part of this historic event as we honor 50 years of progress and look ahead to the future of prevention. \n\nOct. 20: Pre-conference Institute Sessions\nOct. 21-22: Full conference
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/kansas-childrens-service-league-50th-annual-governors-conference-for-the-prevention-of-child-abuse-neglect/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Photography and Film
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SUMMARY:Tami Luchow's Dis Tour: Breast Cancer Awareness Month Event
DESCRIPTION:Breast Cancer Awareness Month Event\nWednesday\, October 21\, 6:30-8:30PM\nIn recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month\, join us for a discussion about women’s health and what it means to navigate life in today’s world. Our featured artist\, writer and speaker\, Tami Luchow\, will be joined by Dr. Galit Steinberg\, board-certified OB-GYN and founder of Younique Health\, and Dr. Maria Sokolina\, board-certified dentist by the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine.\n  \n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/tami-luchows-dis-tour-breast-cancer-awareness-month-event/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261023T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261023T200000
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: No One Rides Alone
DESCRIPTION:Tickets are FREE! Get yours here.\nDoors at 5pm; Screening at 6pm\nCan someone with Multifocal Motor Neuropathy (MMN) ride the route of the Tour de France? That’s what Clive Phillips and four fellow veterans set out to discover during the Tour de MMN 2025. Following the 1955 Tour de France route\, the team set out to see if they could ride in the wheel tracks of the first British Tour de France team.\nWould they overcome the challenges of the Alps\, Mont Ventoux and the Pyrenees?  Or would the impacts of this rare disease on Clive’s motor function and strength bring him and the team to a halt?\n \nFrom Making the Most of Now and the team at Silvereye films behind the award winning “One Day Ahead”. No One Rides Alone\, follows the team as they ride around France\, connect with the rare disease community and learn more about MMN and the impacts it and conditions like it have. \nFeaturing double Paralympic gold medalist Ben Watson and Italian para-triathlete Ilaria Brugnoli\, No One Rides Alone is a journey of discovery and an intimate portrait of how with team work\, positivity and a willingness to be vulnerable we can achieve the seemingly impossible. \nSet against the majesty of the French landscape and a remarkable historical achievement. No One Rides Alone tells an inspiring story that has lessons for us all whatever challenges we face. The film aims to raise awareness of MMN\, inspire the rare disease community and raise funds for MMN Research. \nAlt-Text: \nSILVER EYE FILMS\, MAKING THE MUST OF NOW Present NO ONE RIDES ALONE. Defying rare disease on the roads of the Tour de France. United States Film Tour\nWednesday 21 October – Boston\, MA: Modern Theatre\, Suffolk University\nFriday 23 October – New York\, NY: Positive Exposure Gallery\nTuesday 27 October – Philadelphia\, PA: Yellow Bicycle Theater\nWednesday 28 October – Philadelphia\, PA: Yellow Bicycle Theater\nMonday 2 November – San Francisco\, CA: Marina Theater\nWednesday 4 November – Los Angeles\, CA: Landmark Theatres Sunset\nScreenings followed by Q and A with Film Producer and featured rider Clive Phillips\nOfficial Selection: Holmlands Adventure Film Festival 2026 Sydney Lift-off Film Festival IZ Indie Film Festival 2026 FINISH LINE
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/film-screening-no-one-rides-alone/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T183000
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SUMMARY:Demystifying Disability: Celebration and Conversation with Author Emily Ladau and Xian Horn
DESCRIPTION:Join author and disability rights activist Emily Ladau for a joyful celebration of the disability community and the power of sharing our stories.\nFollowing the recent release of the updated edition of her acclaimed book\, Demystifying Disability: What to Know\, What to Say\, and How to be an Ally\, Emily will be in conversation with Xian Horn\, Founder of Give Beauty Wings\, to discuss how—in such tumultuous times—we can continue to meet people where they are in their journeys of learning about disability\, while also honoring our own needs for self-care. \nASL interpreting and CART will be provided. There will be light bites and beverages. \nCopies of the new edition of Emily’s book will be available for purchase at this event through Books on Call NYC and Emily will be doing a book signing following the conversation with Xian. \nShould you have any additional accessibility needs\, please don’t hesitate to reach out to events@positiveexposure.org\, and we will do our best to meet these needs! \nThis event is supported by Kalogon.\n\n\n \n \n\nAbout the Book:\n\nNow newly revised and expanded\, Demystifying Disability is an approachable guide that teaches you how to be a thoughtful\, informed ally to disabled people\, with actionable steps for creating a more accessible\, inclusive world.\n\nPeople with disabilities are the world’s largest minority\, an estimated 16 percent of the global population. But many of us—disabled and nondisabled alike—don’t know how to act toward\, what to say to\, or how to be an ally to the disability community. This friendly handbook provides guidance on important disability issues\, including:\n\n• How to appropriately think\, talk\, and ask about disability\n• Recognizing and avoiding ableism (discrimination toward disabled\npeople)\n• Practicing good disability etiquette\, with essential tips for navigating\na world impacted by COVID-19\n• Incorporating accessibility into your standard practice\, from everyday\ncommunication to planning special events\n• Disability identity\, culture\, and history from the 1900s to now\n• Identifying and speaking up about disability stereotypes in media\nAuthored by disability rights advocate\, speaker\, and writer Emily Ladau\, this practical primer includes a brand-new discussion guide and updated recommendations for further learning\, offering readers a welcoming place to understand disability as part of the human experience.
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/demystifying-disability-celebration-and-conversation-with-author-emily-ladau-and-xian-horn/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T193000
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SUMMARY:An Evening of Art and Community Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:An Evening of Art and Community Storytelling\nWith Artists Sal Marx and Tami Luchow\nJoin artists Tami Luchow and Sal Marx for a discussion about the non-existent roadmap we navigate as humans living with sometimes visible\, sometimes invisible differences\, diagnoses\, and disabilities. We will invite you to join us and share your story in creative ways. All bodies and minds are welcome\, regardless of whether you identify as a caregiver\, person with a disability\, family member\, or ally.\n\nSal Marx is a visual artist\, creative director\, and chronic illness patient advocate based in Brooklyn\, NY.  They have a M.S. in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University\, where they completed a multimedia capstone exploring the intersection between visual co-creation and disability justice. They studied Public Policy\, Psychology\, and Media Studies at Pomona College.  Recently\, they were a panelist at the Graphic Medicine Conference at Johns Hopkins\, speaking about visual projects within chronic illness communities. They have conducted qualitative research culminating in A Graphic Guide to Palliative Care at the Vienna General Hospital\, which is now being adapted for pediatric palliative care use at Akron Children’s Hospital. Sal’s work has been shown in the Lied Art Gallery\, the Royal Alberta Museum\, and has been published on various platforms including Intima\, A Journal of Narrative Medicine; Johns Hopkins University Press\, and WebMD.  Sal serves on the board of directors of Sick Futures Collective and the advocacy board of the Spondylitis Association of America. \nTami Luchow\, an emerging installation artist\, presents her much-anticipated next chapter\, or “next leg\,” following her debut at Westbeth Gallery in July 2025 here at Positive Exposure Gallery. Her interactive exhibit\, titled THE NEXT LEG OF THE DIS TOUR: VISION QUEST\, showcases a diverse range of mediums\, including video\, photography\, graphic design\, multimedia\, sculpture\, mobiles\, assemblage\, and interactive pieces. These elements are intricately woven with found objects related to the healthcare industry\, individuals with disabilities – both visible and invisible – and their families\, friends\, loved ones\, colleagues\, and caregivers. The exhibit challenges societal boundaries and fosters a profound sense of shared humanity.
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/storytelling-event-with-sal-marx-tami-luchow/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T170000
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SUMMARY:University at Buffalo\, School of Dental Medicine
DESCRIPTION:Buffalo Speaks: A  Story Collection of Individuals\, Families\, Friends and Caregivers \nAn amazing day photographing and interviewing people living with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and their families and friends in Buffalo. We will also gather caregiver perspectives to support development of provider education modules on oral health care. \nImages from our 2023 Collaboration!!!
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/a-day-at-university-of-buffalo-school-of-dental-medicine/
LOCATION:University at Buffalo\, School of Dental Medicine\, Buffalo\, New York
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Photography and Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261101T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261101T183000
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SUMMARY:Tami Luchow's Dis Tour: Aging with PIZAZZ!
DESCRIPTION:Aging with PIZAZZ!\nSunday\, November 1\, 3:30-6:30pm\nAdd some spark to your life: Join sustainable designer and Advanced Style Film Star Debra Rapoport\, along with our featured artist\, writer and speaker\, Tami Luchow\, as they discuss aging with PIZAZZ. Staying true to Debra’s own mantra\, “Where there is creativity there are NO rules. Where there are NO rules\, there is NO fear!”\nAfter all\, DIS IS ART. DIS IS LIFE. DIS IS LONGEVITY.\n\n 
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/closing-event-the-next-leg-of-tami-luchows-dis-tour/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T170000
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SUMMARY:Beyond Access: Disability\, Intimacy & Sexual Health
DESCRIPTION:Beyond Access: A candid conversation about disability\, intimacy\, sexuality & sexual health\, and exploring what it means to feel fully seen.\n\n\n\n\nAccess asks whether someone can participate. But moving beyond access means asking deeper questions: What matters to people? What helps them feel empowered\, connected\, and fulfilled?\nRSVP Here\n\n\n \n\nSexuality is more than physical function or healthcare access. It is part of being human\, shaped by our bodies\, identities\, relationships\, and lived experiences. Everyone deserves the dignity\, autonomy\, and support to define a fulfilling intimate life on their own terms.\n\n\n\nBeyond Access begins with an open house featuring community organizations working at the intersection of disability\, healthcare\, and sexual health. Explore resources\, ask questions\, and connect with representatives from In This Body Project\, STEPS2\, and NYU Langone’s Initiative for Women with Disabilities. More information about each organization can be found below. \nThe afternoon continues with a moderated conversation featuring Maya Moore\, a model\, writer\, content creator\, and disability advocate. Through fashion\, beauty\, and storytelling\, Maya challenges stereotypes about disability and advocates for greater representation and inclusion. Together\, we’ll explore disability and sexuality\, intimacy and relationships\, sexual health\, and how our bodies and identities shape the ways we connect with ourselves and others. \nThrough lived experience\, candid questions\, and perspectives from the disability community\, we’ll explore what it means to move beyond access alone. Because true inclusion means recognizing that intimacy and sexuality are deeply connected to autonomy\, connection\, pleasure\, and the ability to participate fully in life. \nCome curious. Come ready to listen. And come ready to talk about the things we don’t talk about enough. \nAdmission is free. If you’d like to support the Forum’s ongoing work\, please consider making a donation of $10–$15: Donate to the Forum. \n\n  \n\nAlt-Text: THE FORUM ON FEMALE SEXUAL MEDICINE INVITES YOU TO BEYOND ACCESS: DISABILITY\, INTIMACY AND SEXUAL HEALTH. HOSTED AT POSITIVE EXPOSURE GALLERY. Saturday\, Nov 7 2026\, 2-5pm. 4th Floor\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY. A CONVERSATION WITH MAYA MOORE & ADITI MAHAJAN M.D.\, M.ED. PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS: CUNY\, SPH\, STEPS2: Socialization to Enrich Participation & Support Sexuality for Young People with I/DD. NYU Langone Health Initiative for Women with Disabilities. In This Body: A COLLECTION OF STORIES AND PHOTOS OF INTIMACY THROUGH THE DISABLED LENS.
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/beyond-access-disability-intimacy-sexual-health/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261111T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261111T200000
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SUMMARY:SAL MARX: CHRONIC IS FOREVER — Opening Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate Sal’s multimedia art exhibition!\nThe show features a collection of paintings\, drawings\, wire sculpture\, and more\, alongside a visual storytelling series created with chronic illness communities.\nYou will also be invited to engage with interactive\, participatory artwork.\nRSVP for the Opening Celebration above or contact events@positiveexposure.org to schedule a viewing. \n \nArtist Statement \nAs with many people who have ever been asked the question\, Please Rate Your Pain on a Scale of 1-10: I know deeply the frustration and inadequacy of expressing one’s body/mind through the languages of boxes and binaries by way of numbers and words.  My artwork explores how invisible experiences can be transformed through visual mediums\, especially amidst reductive ways of thinking: sick/healthy\, man/woman\, visible/invisible. My complementary practices in graphic medicine\, and gender and disability justice are deeply connected to an urgency in image-making\, and to allow for unseen experiences to be brought to life and wrestled with. \nI work across multimedia as both a practical and creative choice. As a person with chronic illness\, my access needs change daily: jumping from acrylic to oil paint\, to wire sculpture and typewritten text allows me to start and stop in a medium and on a timeline that my body dictates. Moreover\, the limited color palette I work in mirrors the limitations that language offers for subject matter about pain and gender expression. I build visual constraints into my practice to allow for the act of creation itself to become expansive and liberatory. \nMy collaborative work combines oral history\, visual world-building\, and narrative medicine practices of co-authorship. Above all\, I aim to center patient voices and translate lived experiences as a means to restore agency that is far-too commonly erased in the medical industrial complex. \nBio\nSAL MARX is a visual artist\, creative director\, and chronic illness patient advocate based in Brooklyn\, NY.  They have a M.S. in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University\, where they completed a multimedia capstone exploring the intersection between visual co-creation and disability justice. They studied Public Policy\, Psychology\, and Media Studies at Pomona College.  Recently\, they were a panelist at the Graphic Medicine Conference at Johns Hopkins\, speaking about visual projects within chronic illness communities. They have conducted qualitative research culminating in A Graphic Guide to Palliative Care at the Vienna General Hospital\, which is now being adapted for pediatric palliative care use at Akron Children’s Hospital. Sal’s work has been shown in the Lied Art Gallery\, the Royal Alberta Museum\, and has been published on various platforms including Intima\, A Journal of Narrative Medicine; Johns Hopkins University Press\, and WebMD.   \nSal serves on the board of directors of Sick Futures Collective and the advocacy board of the Spondylitis Association of America.\n  \nImage Description: Positive Exposure Gallery poster with the text “SAL MARX: CHRONIC IS FOREVER” and an image of art featuring two skeletons sitting on a blue bench. The background is black and red\, with a white crescent moon\, and the foreground is golden yellow. The skeletons are drawn in a semi-abstract way\, in thick grey\, white\, black\, yellow\, and red marks. Their hands are holding at the center of the blue bench.
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/chronic-is-forever-opening-celebration/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T170000
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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Avra Wing — Stride: How I Walked Away from Trauma Toward Healing
DESCRIPTION:Stride: How I Walked Away from Trauma Toward Healing\nReading and Discussion with Avra Wing\n \nStride: How I Walked Away from Trauma Toward Healing\nA Memoir of Survival\, Love and Healing\nIn her powerful and moving memoir\, Stride: How I Walked Away from Trauma Toward Healing\, novelist Avra Wing tells the story of the moment her life was irrevocably altered—and the courageous journey that followed.\nOn a quiet day in Park Slope\, Brooklyn\, an out-of-control car jumped the curb and struck Wing as she strolled with her three-year-old son\, Eli. In a split second\, she shielded her child from harm\, saving his life. Wing’s own injuries\, however\, were catastrophic: her right leg required amputation above her knee\, and she spent weeks recovering at Bellevue Hospital and then months relearning how to walk at Rusk Institute.\nAt the time\, Wing was a rising literary voice. Her debut novel\, Angie\, had been adapted into a feature film starring Geena Davis and James Gandolfini. After the accident\, everything changed. In the early days of recovery\, she questioned whether she wanted to go on at all\, veering from despair to denial of her changed body. But she was sustained by the fierce love of her husband and their two sons\, and the community she found at Rusk Institute.\nIn Stride\, Wing writes with great honesty about trauma\, identity\, and the long path toward self- acceptance: “Right after my accident\,” she writes\, “I was not thinking about what it meant to be disabled. I was focused on being disfigured … I saw my injury as a manifestation of something interior that was ‘off\,’ wrong\, ugly—a feeling I have had since childhood.”\nYet Stride is also a story of strength passed across generations. Wing recalls her beloved grandmother\, who lost her sight to glaucoma yet lived with independence and dignity after emigrating from Belarus. As a child\, Wing never thought of her as limited: “She was proud\, intelligent\, capable\, caring . . . In fact\, when I was little\, I thought all grandmothers were blind.”\nIn Stride\, Wing shows how she struggled to parent her two young sons and the decision to adopt a child from China years later. Ultimately family love sustained her as did community and creativity.\nFor more than a decade\, Wing has led a writing workshop at Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York City\, where participants with a wide range of disabilities create expressive work each week. Through these connections—and through unexpected sources of joy\, like Zumba classes offered by NYU Langone Health’s Initiative for Women with Disabilities—she began to recognize her body not as broken\, but as capable of movement and expression. Stride is a testament to the human capacity to endure pain and find meaning after terrible loss.\n  \nAbout the Author \nAvra Wing is a novelist and teacher whose debut novel\, Angie\, was adapted into a feature film starring Geena Davis and James Gandolfini. She has led writing workshops for people with disabilities since 2009 and is a passionate advocate for creative expression as a path to healing. She has three adult children and lives with her husband and cats in Brooklyn. \n \nADVANCE PRAISE \n“Drawing on witness accounts\, police records\, and medical files in addition to Wing’s own memories\, this account of the accident\, the surgery\, and the recovery period is visceral and comprehensive. Psychiatric insights are also used to articulate the extended psychological trauma of losing a limb and Wing’s feelings of shame and disfigurement. The self-aware prose untangles months of denial without sentimentality.” —Michele Sharpe\, Foreword Reviews \n“Stride is a thoughtful and candid memoir that examines the aftermath of a sudden\, life-altering injury. Avra Wing resists a conventional ‘overcoming adversity’ narrative . . . Her reflections on embodiment\, identity\, and visibility are particularly compelling . . . a reflective and engaging read\, especially for those interested in the lived experience of illness and recovery.” —Dr. Rana Awdish\, bestselling author of In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope and the forthcoming After Shock. \n“Stride is . . . layered with hard-won insight\, grace\, and wisdom for the ages—and for the moments right in front of us. . . . Her voice is so engaging that you feel that if you met her\, you could pick up the conversation she has with herself and the reader and talk long into the night.” —Elizabeth Benedict\, author of Rewriting Illness: A View of My Own
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/book-talk-with-avra-wing-stride-how-i-walked-away-from-trauma-toward-healing/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270415T180000
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SUMMARY:Celebrating 30 Years of Positive Exposure!
DESCRIPTION:  \nImage Description: \nGraphic features three Positive Exposure portraits of individuals smiling at the camera. The text reads: “Save the date: April 15 2027. 30 years Positive Exposure. Positive Exposure Gallery. 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY 10038.”
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/celebrating-30-years-of-positive-exposure/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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