Jenny Schlenzka, executive artistic director of Performance Space New York, called Gay “someone who would rather make change than endlessly talk about making change.” Adding, “Her opinions are realistic and they’re sound: she wants a more equitable and accessible culture and sees how we can be part of creating this culture.” In a statement Gay said that, as board president, she intends to “continue supporting great experimental art,” ensuring that “a diversity of aesthetics is brought to Performance Space.” Gay also said she was committed to diversifying Performance Space’s supporters and “making sure we continue to ensure that it’s not only people with money who get to sit on the board and make decisions-because that’s not a reflection of our actual community.” She was first connected to the organization by her wife Debbie Millman, who is also a board member.
Gay has also been involved with Performance Space for a while, sitting on its board for a year and a half. Art That Stirs Creativity: Roxane Gay, Westside Gunn, Jónsi, and More on Work That Inspires Them
