BelongingFaces of IDD in our community
Fifty portraits. Fifty stories. One invitation to see the people who have always been among us.
A project by Nina Pomeroy and Janeen Rubino-Brumm · ninapomeroy.com
Every face tells a story of belonging.
Belonging: Faces of IDD in Our Community is a fine art portrait exhibition featuring fifty individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Through intimate, dignified portraiture, the project sets aside the labels and invites our community to see, truly see, each person.
The completed exhibition opens at the Museum on Main in Pleasanton, California for nine weeks beginning November 2027. Each portrait is shown beside a small index card with the subject's name and a short personal note, so every visitor meets the person, not a diagnosis.
This is an artistic statement and a community investment in one. Your sponsorship funds the creation of fifty professional portraits and the exhibition that brings them to the public.
Align your name with what matters.
Founding sponsors of Belonging are part of a public museum exhibition that draws meaningful press and deep community goodwill. This work goes on the walls of the Museum on Main, and your name goes with it, from the opening reception through the close of the show.
About 1 in 6 children aged 3 to 17 in the United States have a developmental disability. Standing behind this project says something plainly about your organization: it sees, values and includes every member of the community. Source: CDC, Developmental Disability Basics. Figure covers developmental disabilities broadly among children. Verify wording before publishing, then delete this note.
Transparent investment in the work.
Your support funds everything it takes to bring fifty portraits from the studio to the museum wall. Nina contributes $5,000 in professional services toward the project.
Portrait creation
Professional sessions and finished images for fifty individuals.
Gallery prints
Fifty fine art metal prints with float mount, ready for the wall.
Marketing
Promotion, signage and press for the nine week exhibition.
A detailed budget is available on request and is reviewed as part of each sponsorship conversation.
Partner with us to bring this to life.
Founding sponsors fund the project together. Choose the position that fits, or reach out to talk it through. Every sponsorship is confirmed in a written agreement.
- Sole "Presented by" billing across the exhibition and all materials
- Logo on the exhibition entrance signage
- Top placement in all printed and digital promotion
- Featured recognition and reserved seats at the opening reception
- Named in press materials
- Logo on exhibition signage
- Recognition in printed and digital promotion
- Recognition and guest invitations at the opening reception
- Named in press materials
- Name on exhibition signage
- Recognition in printed and digital promotion
- Invitations to the opening reception
- Name on a shared sponsor listing at the exhibition
- Recognition in digital promotion
- An invitation to the opening reception
- Name on the community supporters listing at the exhibition
- An invitation to the opening reception
To discuss a position, reach out at ninapomeroy.com.
A clear path to November 2027.
Sponsorship confirmation is needed by December 1, 2026. Sessions begin once funding is confirmed. This lead time delivers fifty professionally photographed and printed portraits for the opening.
Nina Pomeroy is a portrait and headshot photographer with twenty six years behind the camera, first in New York and Connecticut and now from her studio in downtown Pleasanton, California. Her portraits put people at ease and let them come through as themselves.
This project is personal for Nina, shaped by people she loves in the IDD community.
Belonging grows from that. It follows her fine art projects My First Best Friend and Her Words, Her Light. Now she brings that portrait work to a community she already holds close.
Janeen Rubino-Brumm is the WorkAbility Specialist for the Pleasanton Unified School District, helping high school students with disabilities build employment skills. She has advocated for the IDD community for more than twenty years. For her it is personal. Her oldest son is developmentally disabled and lives in supported housing.
Janeen served nine years on the board of an IDD housing nonprofit, including a term as Board President. She now sits on its Advisory Council. A Pleasanton resident and graduate of Leadership Pleasanton, she has served on the city's Human Services Commission and stays active with the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce, currently on the Chamber Foundation Board.
The people at the center of this project.
Creative ownership stays with the artist. Nina Pomeroy retains full copyright of all photographs produced for this project. Sponsorship funds the creation and exhibition of the work. It does not transfer or license any ownership of the images. Use of project images by sponsors beyond the written agreement requires separate written authorization.
Dignity throughout. Every participant signs a model release for use of their images in the exhibition and related materials. Each person is treated with respect throughout, and their story is represented accurately and with their full consent.
Make your partnership part of the story from the beginning.
I would welcome a conversation to find the sponsorship level that fits your organization's community goals. The exhibition opens at the Museum on Main in November 2027. There is time to be part of it from the start.
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