Lalo Alcaraz’s “I Stand with Emma” – American Art Moments

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 “I Stand with Emma,” 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

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