A.I.R. Gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: A.I.R. Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Attie, Dotty, 1938-
label: Names
content: Boltz, Maude, 1939-2017
label: Names
content: Denes, Agnes
label: Names
content: Grigoriadis, Mary, 1942-
label: Names
content: Hammond, Harmony
label: Names
content: Spero, Nancy, 1926-2009
label: Names
content: Williams, Susan, 1938-2015
label: Names
content: Zucker, Barbara M., 1940-
topic: label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Feminism and art
label: Topic
content: Women arts administrators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 1979 and 1980 by representatives of A.I.R. Gallery.
creator: label: Creator
content: A.I.R. Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
setName: label: See more items in
content: A.I.R. Gallery records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The A.I.R. Gallery records measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1972 to 1979. The collection sheds light on the early years of the cooperative through gallery by-laws, artist biographies and resumes, the gallery's original building lease, notes from administrative meetings, an A.I.R. Gallery poster, writings on the gallery, exhibition records, and printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: A.I.R. Gallery (Artists in Residence Gallery, Inc.) was established in 1972 in New York City, as the first not-for-profit, artist-directed and maintained gallery for women artists in the United States. 

The concept for the gallery was first developed by Barbara Zucker and Susan Williams who, along with co-founders Dotty Attie, Maude Boltz, Mary Grigoriadis, and Nancy Spero, sought out 14 more female artists in New York to become members of the cooperative. The initial group included Rachel bas-Cohain, Judith Bernstein, Blythe Bohnen, Agnes Denes, Daria Dorosh, Loretta Dunkelman, Harmony Hammond, Laurace James, Nancy Kitchell, Louise Kramer, Anne Healy, Rosemary Mayer, Patsy Norvell, and Howardena Pindell. At the original meeting to form the gallery on March 17, 1972, artist Howardena Pindell suggested the name 'EYRE Gallery' for Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. The artists decided on 'A.I.R. Gallery', with A.I.R. shortened from "Artists in Residence".

The group incorporated A.I.R. Gallery as a not-for-profit organization. In addition to exhibitions installed and curated by its members, A.I.R. Gallery also held lectures and workshops, and developed a videotape program to highlight the work of its artists. In 1976, Nancy Shapiro coordinated the gallery's first international exhibition, Combative Acts, Profiles, and Voices, curated by French critic Aline Dallie and comprised entirely of French female artists.
function: label: Function
content: Artist-run galleries -- New York (State) -- New York
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972-1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.artiin
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection, the records are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and finding aid prepared by Christopher DeMairo in 2021. At the time of processing the collection title was updated from Artists in Residence Gallery, Inc. records to A.I.R. Gallery records.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The A.I.R. Gallery records measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1972 to 1979. The collection sheds light on the early years of the cooperative through gallery by-laws, artist biographies and resumes, the gallery's original building lease, notes from administrative meetings, an A.I.R. Gallery poster, writings on the gallery, exhibition records, and printed material.