Chicago Humanities Festival | [CC] [ASL] Golem Girl: Riva Lehrer in Conversation with David Mitchell @ChicagoHumanitiesFestival | Uploaded October 2020 | Updated October 2024, 14 hours ago.
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In Golem Girl, artist and writer Riva Lehrer recounts growing up with spina bifida, her introduction to Disability Culture, and how becoming a portrait artist transformed the way she viewed her body, her sexuality, and other measures of normal. Known for artwork that focuses on physical identity and the socially challenged body, Lehrer combines magnificent portraits with vivid, cinematic prose, and invites us to stretch ourselves toward a world where bodies flow between all possible forms of what it is to be human. Lehrer is joined in conversation by David Mitchell (Cloud Atlas and Utopia Avenue), who praises Golem Girl as an “unflinching social history of disability over the last six decades; and a hymn to life, love, family, and spirit”.
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For audience members who would like to listen with Audio Description, use the following link: youtu.be/XbAMYgeChEI
In Golem Girl, artist and writer Riva Lehrer recounts growing up with spina bifida, her introduction to Disability Culture, and how becoming a portrait artist transformed the way she viewed her body, her sexuality, and other measures of normal. Known for artwork that focuses on physical identity and the socially challenged body, Lehrer combines magnificent portraits with vivid, cinematic prose, and invites us to stretch ourselves toward a world where bodies flow between all possible forms of what it is to be human. Lehrer is joined in conversation by David Mitchell (Cloud Atlas and Utopia Avenue), who praises Golem Girl as an “unflinching social history of disability over the last six decades; and a hymn to life, love, family, and spirit”.
Donate now to support programs like this: chicagohumanities.org/donate
This week’s programs presented with the support of Fifth Third Bank.
Order the book Golem Girl : A Memoir online at Seminary Co-op: semcoop.com/golem-girl-memoir
Explore upcoming events: chicagohumanities.org
Connect on Twitter: twitter.com/ChiHumanities
Connect on Facebook: facebook.com/chicagohumanities
Connect on Instagram: instagram.com/chihumanities
![[CC] [ASL] Golem Girl: Riva Lehrer in Conversation with David Mitchell](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z36fW5Dnlhg/hqdefault.jpg "[CC] [ASL] Golem Girl: Riva Lehrer in Conversation with David Mitchell
For audience members who would like to listen with Audio Description, use the following link: https://youtu.be/XbAMYgeChEI
In Golem Girl, artist and writer Riva Lehrer recounts growing up with spina bifida, her introduction to Disability Culture, and how becoming a portrait artist transformed the way she viewed her body, her sexuality, and other measures of normal. Known for artwork that focuses on physical identity and the socially challenged body, Lehrer combines magnificent portraits with vivid, cinematic prose, and invites us to stretch ourselves toward a world where bodies flow between all possible forms of what it is to be human. Lehrer is joined in conversation by David Mitchell (Cloud Atlas and Utopia Avenue), who praises Golem Girl as an “unflinching social history of disability over the last six decades; and a hymn to life, love, family, and spirit”.
Donate now to support programs like this: https://www.chicagohumanities.org/donate/
This week’s programs presented with the support of Fifth Third Bank.
Order the book Golem Girl : A Memoir online at Seminary Co-op: https://www.semcoop.com/golem-girl-memoir
Explore upcoming events: https://www.chicagohumanities.org/
Connect on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ChiHumanities
Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicagohumanities/
Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chihumanities/")
