The Risk Pictures: A conversation on Medical Care relationships

To commemorate Access Living’s latest art acquisition, The Risk Pictures: Dr. Stephanie Kielb, MD, we invite you to an evening conversation on the care relationships between medical providers and members of the disability community, featuring artist Riva Lehrer and Dr. Stephanie Kielb.

Speakers’ Biography:

Riva Lehrer is an award winning 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. Ms. Lehrer’s work has been seen in venues including the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian, Yale University, the United Nations, the Chicago Cultural Center, and the State of Illinois Museum. Her memoir, Golem Girl, was published by the One World imprint of Penguin/Random House in October 2020. Ms. Lehrer is an instructor in the Medical Humanities Departments of Northwestern University.

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Dr. Stephanie Kielb is a Professor in Urology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. She is a board-certified urologist who spent her career in medical education. She has mentored numerous medical students and residents with a particular focus on promoting women in medicine. Dr. Kielb was the director of the multi-disciplinary adult spina bifida clinic for 20 years- previously at Shirley Ryan Ability Lab (formerly the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago). Since 2012, Dr. Kielb has committed to global health. She is currently working to develop a urology residency educational exchange program with the Rwandan Urological Society and Ministry of Health including a female urology/urogynecology certificate program.

Access Information:

ASL and real time captioning will be provided.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Sandie Yi at or call 312-640-2187.

Sponsor Information:

This event is brought to you by the Arts and Culture Project at Access Living, an independent living center for people with disabilities and Shirley Ryan Abilities Lab. This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. The contents of this event were developed under a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grant number 90RTCP0005). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this event do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, or HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.”

Image description:

A vertical, grayscale charcoal drawing featuring a white woman in a sleeveless dress. Her hands outstretched gold threads in a net or web, which contains drawings, medical images like ultrasounds and x-rays, kidneys, letters from patients and other keepsakes and mementos. The clouds above the person are filled with printed texts. “Rain drops” are made with stitched threads.

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