Carly Riegger
(they/she)
Disabled Ceramic Artist & Activist
handmade figurative sculpture to promote conversations about disability
Disability shouldn't just be tolerated. It should be celebrated.
Andrew Gurza
IUS Annual Juried Student Exhibition 2021
Carly squatting next to their spine and yarn installation. The yarn bursts out from its connection to the spine. It webs out onto the wall next to it and the floor below. Carly is holding two papers of awards they got from the juried art show. Behind them is a second installation they made.
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All of the IUS Ceramics crew standing next to each other at the juried exhibition reception. There are seven people standing outside of the gallery and some are holding awards they won.
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Living with Chronic Pain Blog
I walked up with my cane to the register, ready to order. Just before I got there, an older man who was leaving the register pointed at my body and cane and said, "You gotta gimp?" I was so taken aback; I didn't know what to say. I didn't respond. He said again, "You gotta gimp? What happened?"
Carly Riegger
I Barely Got Here Today, 2020. Ceramic, Fabric, Wire.
ARTWORK PARTIALLY FUNDED BY THE TOLEDO ARTS COMMISSION MERIT AWARD 2020
Understanding disability and ableism is the work of every revolutionary, activist, and orgnaizer --of every human being.
Mia Mingus
