Positive Exposure

05/30/2026

Tomorrow from 2-5pm! https://positiveexposure.org/event/reflections-of-beauty-art-workshop-closing-party/

05/29/2026

In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we wanted to share clips from the Positive Exposure FRAME films, addressing the stigma of mental health challenges and the power of the arts to support healing, inspire new perspectives, and foster dignity and understanding. On our website, in the section labeled “Film Library”, you can find these films in their entirety and many other FRAME films.

These films were made in collaboration with Fountain House NYC, which works to transform mental illness recovery through community and advocacy. Fountain House Gallery and Studio supports the careers and creative visions of contemporary artists living with mental illness.

Made possible with generous support from Mother Cabrini Health Foundation.

Video Description:
A video of approximately 1 minute features shortened clips from our films made with Fountain House NYC. The subjects of the videos are seen curating art and preparing to perform. The last clip is a white screen that reads “Celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month” with four logos on the screen. The logos are Positive Exposure, Diplodocus Films, Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, and Fountain House Gallery and Studio.

05/27/2026

Yesterday, we were lucky to host two field trips in our gallery; a class from District 75, and Celina Leroy’s art students! The students did an art workshop inspired by Celina’s portrait series, Reflections of Beauty, which celebrates vascular birthmarks, cranial differences, and everything else that makes them unique. The students watched a film made by the artist highlighting interviews of the subjects in her portraits.

While Celina’s portraits are still up in our space, we are making the most of it.

Don’t miss the closing celebration and art workshop this Sunday, May 31 from 2:00-5:00pm!

📍 83 Maiden Lane
4th Floor, NYC

Video Description: A video of approximately 1 minute showcases the classes of students participating in an art workshop, led by Celina Leroy, one of the artists shown in our gallery currently, along with glimpses of Celina’s portraits hung up on the walls, and the students displaying their portraits next to their peers’.

05/26/2026

Submit your art by June 1 for a chance to be featured in our NYC gallery! This July, Positive Exposure will exhibit art made by you: individuals with a connection to rare disease.

Email [email protected] when your work is completed to receive instructions on how to send it in the mail.

DETAILS: https://positiveexposure.org/submit-your-art-for-rare-disease-showcase-at-pe-gallery

05/22/2026

Enjoy an art workshop focusing on self-identity and representation.Bring your friends, kids, & family. All are welcome!

SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2:00-5:00PM
83 Maiden Lane, 4th Floor, NYC

https://positiveexposure.org/event/reflections-of-beauty-art-workshop-closing-party

05/18/2026

TOMORROW, Tuesday the 19th from 5:30-7:30pm! Reimagine public spaces with neuro-inclusive and adaptive design. Join us for a publication launch, exhibition, conversation, and refreshments at 83 Maiden Lane!

05/15/2026

Art, storytelling, and visibility come together for a powerful night in celebration of Vascular Birthmark Awareness Day. 🎨

Join artist Celina Leroy for Reflections of Beauty, featuring portraits that honor individuality, identity, and lived experience.

🗓 Opening Night: Friday, May 15
🕔 5:00–8:00 PM
🎤 Video + poetry performances at 6:00 PM
📍 Positive Exposure
83 Maiden Lane, 4th Floor, NYC

05/15/2026

OPENING TOMORROW!

UNFILTERED SIGNAL explores neurodiversity through raw abstraction and fragmented figuration, transforming lived experience into visual language.

Scott Hovis II is an artist and activist whose abstract work is his way of making “beauty through pain.” Hovis lives with Tourette Syndrome, a condition of the nervous system. While it’s most known for symptoms causing involuntary word repetition, it can also cause twitches and ticks.

RSVP here! https://positiveexposure.org/event/unfiltered-signal-opening-reception

On view through June 16, 2026. Contact [email protected] to arrange a visit.

05/10/2026

UNFILTERED SIGNAL explores neurodiversity through raw abstraction and fragmented figuration, transforming lived experience into visual language.

Scott Hovis II is an artist and activist whose abstract work is his way of making “beauty through pain.” Hovis lives with Tourette Syndrome, a condition of the nervous system. While it’s most known for symptoms causing involuntary word repetition, it can also cause twitches and ticks.

RSVP here! https://positiveexposure.org/event/unfiltered-signal-opening-reception

On view through June 16, 2026. Contact [email protected] to arrange a visit.

05/09/2026

Celebrate Vascular Birthmark Awareness Day this Friday night!
RSVP: https://partiful.com/e/yNoc7kww4C04zTCVQ6Cb

PAINTINGS BY CELINA LEROY
APPAREL BY BIRTHMARK SOCIETY
POETRY READING BY SARAH DIAZ AND ANGELINA CHENG