OPEN DOORS NYC is a collective of disabled artists, nursing home residents, advocates, and allies. We make art, perform, and host workshops, conversations, and events around gun violence prevention, community-building, and disability justice.
We were “safe” in our nursing home until the city decided to lock COVID-19 patients in with us. Their first mistake was thinking we don’t matter. Their second mistake was forgetting we are artists. Their third mistake was assuming we’d be quiet. Co-directed by one of our own, Fire Through Dry Grass documents our devastating year on lockdown fighting for our lives and our freedom.
Wheeling & Healing 2
Wheeling and Healing 2 is here! OPEN DOORS Reality Poets are back wheeling and healing through words of empowerment, wisdom, and perseverance. We invited nursing home residents, our neighbors on Roosevelt Island, mentors and friends to contribute their voices towards a message of resilience and hope.
Thank you to all who submitted poetry and joined us at our release party hosted at RIVAA Gallery on March 20th, 2025. Check out our social media for more venues and dates on the Wheeling & Healing 2 Book Tour!
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