WGSS Spring Symposia Series Presents
Riva Lehrer
JARRED: Self Portrait in Formaldehyde
Time and location:
2pm at the Konover Auditorium
Dodd Center
Storrs Campus, University of Connecticut
Riva Lehrer is an American painter, writer, teacher, and speaker. She is currently the Curator for Cultural Programs at Access Living of Chicago and an auxiliary professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
She was born with spina bifida and her work focuses on people's physical identity as well as political themes, especially in regards to disability. In Chicago, she encountered the works of other artists, joined a disabled artist group, and began one of her best known series of paintings, Circle Stories. Her talk will focus on her experience encountering fetal specimens with spina bifida in jars at the Mutter Museum of medical curiosities. Through an in-depth look at various paintings and her thoughts about this encounter, this will be an excellent lecture on the relationship between medicine and disability studies.
For more information see http://www.rivalehrerart.com/
Accessibility: Ramp to building and contact WGSS or Laura Mauldin for an interpreter services request if needed.
For more information, contact: Laura Mauldin at laura.mauldin@uconn.edu