MESSAGE TO THE A.I.R. COMMUNITY

A.I.R. Gallery received notice last month that our 2025 National Endowment for the Arts grant has been terminated due to misalignment with the federal administration’s priorities. This means that A.I.R. will no longer receive the $30,000 we expected from the NEA this spring to support the debut solo exhibitions of the six talented artists participating this year in the A.I.R. Fellowship Program for Emerging Artists.

We need your support to overcome this considerable and immediate loss in federal funding. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the A.I.R. Fellowship Program. Every contribution makes a difference!

For over half a century, A.I.R. has challenged gender inequity and discrimination in both the arts and society at large. And no matter what the current powers that be might say, our mission to amplify the voices of underrepresented women and non-binary artists is more a priority now than ever.

We're all in this together. Let us not forget that community, collectivity, and culture hold power.

In the Press:

“A.I.R. Gallery Seeks Community’s Help After Losing $30K NEA Grant,” Hyperallergic, May 12, 2025.

“Arts Nonprofits Struggle Amid Federal Funding Cuts,” Artforum, May 15, 2025.

“All the Arts Organizations Impacted by NEA Funding Cuts,” artnet news, May 8, 2025.

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In Memory of Barbara Roux (1946–2025)

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of artist Barbara Roux.

A member of A.I.R. for over thirty years, Roux primarily dealt with issues of ecology in her work and was influenced by both conservation and natural history. She had eleven solo exhibitions at the gallery, including Fragile Area (1993), Society of Plants (2002), Growing Evidence (2013), and most recently Under Story (2021). Roux was proud of her decades of affiliation with A.I.R., first as a New York Member (1990–2009) and later as an Adjunct Member (2009–2025).

Roux's work has been featured in solo exhibitions at numerous institutions, including the Hofstra University Museum of Art, Queens College Art Center, the Lyman Allyn Art Museum, the Islip Art Museum, and the Heckscher Museum of Art, as well as in group shows in the United Kingdom, Korea, Romania, Argentina, Germany, and elsewhere.

Roux said her hope was that through her work people may become interested in the mysteries inherent in wild places. From interest, a desire to protect may follow.

To learn more about Roux's life and work, please visit www.barbararoux.com.

Located in DUMBO, Brooklyn, A.I.R. Gallery is a feminist, artist-directed, nonprofit arts organization and alternative exhibition space for women and non-binary artists. Founded in 1972, A.I.R. is the longest-running alternative space for women artists in the United States.

To learn more about our history, click here.