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•Disabled Interdisciplinary Artist, Writer, Curator, and Educator
•Adjunct Faculty @art.at.cod and @elgincc
•MFA Studio Art, MA Disability Studies

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Photos of me with my show, Oracle ✨️

Photos by @1889__lover by @car.riegger

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6 months ago

“Constantly falling apart:” A conversation about object permanence with disabled artist Carly Riegger

Written by @eocieslik @whitehotmagazine

In this interview, Riegger discussed the importance of employing disabled art workers and artists while also avoiding essentializing disabled artists to their identities or seeing them as representatives for the disability community. Riegger also discussed how art created by disabled artists that explores disability often negotiates ephemerality in ways that disrupts the way museums and galleries promote permanence of their collection.

Riegger: "Material is really important to me, so a lot of the ways that I display things are very precarious and can just fall apart very easily, and to me, that’s speaking to a lot of chronically ill experiences. That directly clashes with museums in how they acquire and showcase art and so it’s been really interesting to imagine a new experience for a space where maybe things intentionally fall apart or are really pushing back against how we expect to see artwork."

LINK IN BIO by @car.riegger

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10 months ago

Wow! Detroit! NCECA! Thank you for coming to our show Outpour. I'm very excited for how the show turned out and how many people came to our reception.

Every time community comes together, we become stronger, we show up for each other, we celebrate each other. I'm looking forward to more organizing in the future! @artists.w.disabilities

NCECA was special to me this year as I grew up in Michigan going to Detroit as a kid and teen. It's amazing to see how it has transformed over the years. My family was also able to come see the work in person too!

Hoping to see everyone next year 🥰 taken in Detroit, Michigan by @car.riegger

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7 months ago

Very proud of the first assignments for my figure sculpting class!!!!!! Look at the details they got in them 🤩 We are moving on to full body figures next and I cannot be more excited for them.

@art.at.cod by @car.riegger

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17 days ago

Wanted to share the other beautiful studio I get to teach in this semester @elgincc @eccartanddesign ❤️ This is a saturday class combined ceramics 1 and 2! by @car.riegger

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a month ago

Lil update about my excitement for teaching at @art.at.cod 💚

We are on week 3 right now, so finally some momentum started in both classes. Life sculpting has been very fun so far and students are looking forward to collaborating with the others who are running a wood kiln in an alternative firings course! So excited to see how they all turn out 🥰

I also am teaching a saturday class at elgin community college that I will post soon. by @car.riegger

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I'm excited to share this class I am teaching at @art.at.cod! Share with Chicagoland people and join me for an awesome class.

ART1823
Clay Figure Sculpture

Introduction to sculpting the human form in clay with focus on anatomical structure. Emphasizes accurate representation of the undraped figure from direct observation. Exposure to historic and contemporary examples to launch individual interpretations through perception, concept, and expression.

We will have a live model for most classes! by @car.riegger

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3 months ago

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4 months ago

I am ecstatic to share that I will be joining College of DuPage as Adjunct Faculty in Ceramics! @art.at.cod

Now that I have graduated, I will be moving near Chicago, focusing on teaching sculpting the figure and building my disability-arts practice. The excitement and gratitude I feel to be moving for this is immeasurable.

I will be teaching ceramics 1 and figurative ceramic sculpture! I also will be looking to community arts spaces to teach figurative work to the Chicago community at large.

I am so thankful for my time at UW-Madison and excited for the next chapter. by @car.riegger

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5 months ago

I'm struggling to find the words for the ending of this program and the wonderful time I had a UW-Madison for the last 3 years.

Many thank yous are needed:
Able, Christina, Gerit, Faisal, Jill, Meg, Sami, Heather, many other grads, my family, and my loving partner.

Excited for the next steps ahead (to be announced soon), but I am so sad to be leaving my community in Madison ❤️❤️❤️ taken in Madison, Wisconsin by @car.riegger

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5 months ago

🎓🔥🎈CONGRATS to tonight’s graduating MFAs!!!! What a gift it has been to have such a deep bench of glass and honorary glass grads from Ceramics, Sculpture, and Photo over these last three years.

Matthew Everett @matthew_everett_artist is headed to Minneapolis to teach and continue his role as Cutler for the Grindstone Campaign. 🔪

Baran Ataei @baranataei will continue demonstrating to us all how to celebrate. 🚬

Car Riegger @carlyriegger is headed to Chicago to teach at College of DuPage. 🪴

Henry Burk @henrysburk will be pursuing art and teaching in Madison in the coming year. 🌈 by @car.riegger

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5 months ago

Foam pedestals with mirrorized glass vessels 🪞✨️

Within/Without
Mirrorized Glass, Foam
Glass Collaboration with Matthew Everett and Carolyn Spears
2026

I reflect on the history of encapsulating disabled bodies. Containing, stopping time, keeping them as a spectacle for able-bodied consumption. These glass vessels are mirrorized to only show the viewers reflection and a way to not let them see within. Vital organs with which we all need to live, these vessels reveal a deeper truth of the body, while only letting viewers to view so much. This boundary is a direct response to the Mutter Museum and the history of containing disabled bodies for collections and curiosities that has happened across the world.

ID: cylinder light yellow-ish foam pedestals holding mirrorized, shiny glass vessels on top. Each of the vessels is a different organ: stomach, heart, and lungs. The foam pedestals have a slight bend in them from the weight of the glass on top. The glass objects are each about 12 x 12 x 12 inches and the foam pedestals are 4 ft in height.

Photography by Nika McKagen

@uw_artdept @uwglass by @car.riegger

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