Disability artist, writer, curator Riva Lehrer reads from her forthcoming memoir Golem Girl and discusses her work in disability portraiture

Followed by a UTA Libraries Special Collections open house for the Texas Disability History Collection (also on the sixth floor).

Talk abstract: “Golem Girl, a memoir, traces my childhood as the disabled daughter of a disabled mother.  Our story intersects with medical history in unexpected ways.  As I enter adulthood, I meet many foundational members of Disability Culture; they guide me through new understandings of queerness, impairment, and the complexity of identity. Readings drawn from the story of my childhood at a “special school” for the disabled and will include historical photographs and images of my work in portraiture.”

Refreshments will be provided, as will open captioning and ASL interpretation.  If you need a disability-related accommodation to fully participate in this event, please contact Disability Studies Minor Advisor Courtney McKinney at courtney.mckinney@uta.edu.

Co-sponsored by the Women’s Faculty and Staff Network, Disability Studies Minor, Department of Art + Art History, Department of History, School of Social Work, UTA Libraries Special Collections, and Women’s and Gender Studies Program.

For more information about the minor, please visit http://disabilitystudies.uta.edu or http://facebook.com/UTADisabilityStudiesMinor. For visitor parking information, see https://www.uta.edu/pats/parking/visitor-parking.php (the Maverick Garage at West and Fourth is the closest garage to the Central Library).