Artists In Resistance (A.I.R.) NYC is a collective of disabled and chronically ill artists and organizers. Our goal is simple: support artists, performers and cultural workers in hosting COVID-safer, more accessible events in NYC.  

The pandemic is ongoing, and COVID continues to cause illness, disability, and death in our communities. Meanwhile, the public health response has been systematically dismantled. Our government, institutions, and workplaces have failed us, but we can protect each other. Illness need not be the price of living in community or participating in the arts. 

We’re joining a growing network of volunteer-run action groups offering concrete tools, community education, and harm reduction.  We can slow the spread of airborne infection in our city, and we know how to do it—together.