I Stand with Emma

Lalo Alcaraz, I Stand with Emma, 2018, digital image, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2020.41, © 2018, Lalo Alcaraz
Lalo Alcaraz, I Stand with Emma, 2018, digital image, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2020.41, © 2018, Lalo Alcaraz

Artwork Details

Title
I Stand with Emma
Artist
Date
2018
Location
Not on view
Copyright
© 2018, Lalo Alcaraz
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Mediums Description
digital image
Classifications
Object Number
2020.41

Works by this artist (162 items)

Chiura Obata, El Capitán, 1931, color woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2000.76.24, © 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani
El Capitán
Date1931
color woodcut on paper
Not on view
Chiura Obata, Untitled (Magnolia in a Blue Round Vase), ca.1930s, ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Estate of Chiura Obata, 2020.74
Untitled (Magnolia in a Blue Round Vase)
Dateca.1930s
ink on paper
Not on view
Chiura Obata, Landslide, 1941, watercolor on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Estate of Chiura Obata, 2020.72.2
Landslide
Date1941
watercolor on paper
Not on view
Chiura Obata, Topaz, ca. 1942, pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Estate of Chiura Obata, 2020.72.5
Topaz
Dateca. 1942
pencil on paper
Not on view

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      Artist Lalo Alcaraz created the striking digital portrait I Stand with Emma of Emma González after watching the high school senior advocate for stronger gun control in an impassioned speech days after surviving the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

      Join Claudia Zapata, curatorial assistant for Latinx art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum for a closer look. Learn how <em>I Stand with Emma,</em> an artwork that was created and distributed within the digital sphere, honors the traditions of Chicanx artists while also embracing new digital landscapes for printmaking and celebrating a new generation of activists, "guiding us towards a better tomorrow."

      This video is part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's ongoing series American Art Moments. Join a SAAM expert and go beyond the artwork label to discover the untold stories and rich connections represented in some of the museum's most iconic artworks.

      Image: "L.A. Stands With Emma, Too"
      February 19, 2018
      Photograph by Robb Wilson
      Robb Wilson Flickr 
      CC BY-SA 2.0

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