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[Left] Book cover primarily in blues and reds, and it’s a detail of a larger piece of a blue self-portrait. In the full piece, you see an x-ray hanging from sort of a clothesline, and it’s an x-ray of my spine. And there are feathers falling around the x-ray. And I’m hidden, my head is hidden behind the x-ray, but you can see my body with my arms crossed in kind of a stoic, I guess, position. And for the book cover, we cropped so that it’s mainly part of that half of the x-ray and part of my body. So, it’s a close-up, but the entire image is inside the book. Below in large letters is the title of the book “Golem Girl: A Memoir,” and “Riva Lehrer.” [Right] Artist Riva Lehrer, an older white Jewish woman with white hair streaked with red. She is standing against a translucent glass window wearing a sleeveless v-neck black tank and pants. She has a silver necklace, dangly earrings, and glasses on. Her hands are collapsed in front of her torso. Photo credit: Nathan Keay

Posted December 9, 2020 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Q&A with Riva Lehrer

This pandemic has been difficult and frustrating for everyone and one bright spot of my year was sitting for a portrait by Riva Lehrer, a disabled artist I followed for … Continue Reading Q&A with Riva Lehrer

A short-statured woman with long brown curly hair and brown eyes stands in the middle of a white cube gallery space, smiling at the camera. She is wearing red lipstick to match the red and white scarf wrapped around her neck. On every wall of the gallery space hangs contemporary art that includes brightly-colored photographs of abstract shapes, a round wooden ring hanging from the ceiling, a black and white video installation of a sign language interpreter and a low-lying red lounge chair on a mat. The ceiling is exposed so all the beams, wiring and fan ducts are visible.

Posted November 1, 2020 Podcast

Ep 89: Museums

Posted March 8, 2020 Podcast

Ep 72: Disabled Curators

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/72_Ep_72_FINAL.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS Today’s episode is about curation with artist Anna Berry. Anna … Continue Reading Ep 72: Disabled Curators

[Left] Photo of Samuel Valdez, performing in his show And He Became Man. A Latino disabled man questions his manhood by looking back at his life recalling major events influencing him, asking, “What is a man”. [Right] Photo of Jason Dorwart, a white male about 40 years old with a long beard and greying hair looks at the camera. He wears a blue and red plaid shirt. Behind him is a mural silver, pink, and blue graffiti lettering.

Posted January 26, 2020 Podcast

Ep 69: Theatre

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/EP69_Final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS Today’s episode is all about theatre with Jason Dorwart and … Continue Reading Ep 69: Theatre

Posted January 12, 2020 Podcast

Ep 68: Accessibility

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Final_final_Ep_68.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS Today’s episode is about accessibility with Shannon Finnegan, a multidisciplinary … Continue Reading Ep 68: Accessibility

On the left, Alice Wong an Asian American woman wearing a black jacket and black scarf with little white daggers. She is wearing a mask over her nose attached to a gray tube which is connected to her ventilator. On the right is Jennifer Justice, young white woman with very light long blonde hair pulled back. She is wearing a heather gray scoopneck shirt. She is smiling at the camera.

Posted December 4, 2018 DVP Interviews

DVP Interview: Jennifer Justice and Alice Wong

Alice Wong interviewed Jennifer Justice for the Disability Visibility Project® at StoryCorps San Francisco on May 21, 2016. Jennifer shares her experiences learning about other disabled artists during art school and … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Jennifer Justice and Alice Wong