Gallery Spotlight

“The total effect is that weavers who would otherwise be siloed off from one another can practice their craft in a purpose-built space, ensconced and empowered by the work of similarly marginalized bodyminds, in the company of friends and family, carers and community members, from across the range of somatopsychic existence.

WIWO is thus an exhibit that constellates people, creatives, energy, and ideas in ways that rarely exist in an ableist sky—at least as I’ve come to know it, especially in the periods of acute incapacity l’ve experienced myself.” – Pasquale Toscano, Assistant Professor of English at Vassar College.

In an era marked by global instability, austerity politics, and the erosion of social safety nets, disabled communities are often among the most impacted,” [writes co-curator Amanda Cachia, a specialist in disability arts activism]. By centering disabled artists and accessible making, the exhibition positions weaving as a form of everyday resistance, asserting disability not as a site of lack but as a generative force.” – Lin Qiging, a textile artist based in New York City.

POSITIVE EXPOSURE GALLERY

A Disability Socially Engaged Art Exhibition

January 23 – March 22, 2026

OPENING RECEPTION

Friday, January 23, 6-8pm

83 Maiden Lane, 4th Floor

Image Descriptions: Top left: Weavers smiling into the camera sitting at their looms. Colorful Woven pieces are in the background.

Right: People watching weavers at looms. Panel of 5 women, center person in light blue dress with mic , laughing. A weaver at the loom with person photographing them on cell phone. Botton left: A wall of  colorful woven pieces on display.