# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Artist Talk | Riva Lehrer
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 07 Oct, 2026 at 05:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Riva Lehrer is an artist, writer and curator who focuses on the socially challenged body. She is best known for representations of people whose physical embodiment, sexuality, or gender identity have long been stigmatized.

Lehrer’s work has been seen in venues including the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian, Yale University, the United Nations, the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, the Arnot Museum, the DeCordova Museum, the Frye Museum, the Chicago Cultural Center, and the State of Illinois Museum.

Lehrer is on faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and instructor in the Medical Humanities Departments of Northwestern University.

Her memoir, Golem Girl, was published in 2020.

Lehrer's work is on display at the Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture and the UT Downtown Gallery as part of "Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm."

ASL interpretation will be available for this event.

These exhibitions and related programming are supported in part by a grant from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation and Tennessee Arts Commission’s Arts for All program. Co-sponsorship is provided by UT’s Denbo Center for Humanities and the Arts, the School of Art Programming Committee, and through a College of Arts and Sciences Haines-Morris Grant. Additional funding is provided by The Creative Motif Fund.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/knoxville/artist-talk-riva-lehrer/200030400187847
- **Event Categories**: art, it, literary-art, exhibitions, science-fair
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 14

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Knoxville
- **state**: TN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: McCarty Auditorium, Art + Architecture room 109 | 1715 Volunteer Blvd, Knoxville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37996
- **lat**: 35.95271
- **long**: -83.92937
- **full address**: McCarty Auditorium, Art + Architecture room 109 | 1715 Volunteer Blvd, Knoxville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37996

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Artist Talk | Riva Lehrer being held?
  - **A:** Artist Talk | Riva Lehrer takes place on Wed, 07 Oct, 2026 at 05:30 pm to Wed, 07 Oct, 2026 at 05:30 pm at McCarty Auditorium, Art + Architecture room 109 | 1715 Volunteer Blvd, Knoxville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37996.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Artist Talk | Riva Lehrer?
  - **A:** Artist Talk | Riva Lehrer is organized by Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Artist Talk | Riva Lehrer is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Knoxville, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Artist Talk | Riva Lehrer sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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