Gay’s new position at the board’s helm represents a further step towards ensuring Performance Space New York’s capacity to put artists’ need for risk-taking and community first.

Earlier this year, the organization made strides in placing its artist-centric model at the very core of its institutional structure, bringing artists including Gay, Nicole Eisenman, as well 02020 cohort members Jonathan González and Jackson Polys onto the board and nearing a stated goal of building a board made up of at least 50% artists. Performance Space New York announces influential best-selling author, professor, editor, and public intellectual Roxane Gay as Board President.