“Deeds for AIRS”: Mutual Aid and Arts Institutions

Since March 2020, the daily context of the COVID-19 pandemic has intertwined with the movement against systemic racism and white supremacy and with the systemic fractures within our “democratic” political system. In this Kitchen Magazine piece, Rayna Holmes discusses the ways that art institutions like The Kitchen have been engaging with and supporting mutual aid initiatives in order to address the current needs of local communities, and she highlights Performance Space New York’s ongoing Deeds for AIRs fundraising campaign…