The Smithsonian American Art Museum talks about a preview of their exhibition !Printing the Revolution! organized by its curators E. Carmen Ramos and Claudia Zapata. This exhibition features many Chicanx/Latinx artists, like Rupert Garcia, Elizabeth Sisco, David Avalos, Juan Fuentes, and Linda Lucero, among others. This exhibition in the Smithsonian American Art Museum explores how early civil rights set a foundation for the graphic arts movement within the Latinx community; art which continues to thrive to this day.
Esther Hernandez is an artist who is also a part of the exhibition; she is largely known for her pivotal role in Chicana feminism. She specifically focuses on femininity in the queer community and does so because she felt that she was born in the movement. Esther was born and raised in a women-centered farmworker household, so she was surrounded by women and families who were involved with labor strikes as early as the 1930's. At an early age Esther was exposed to the United Farm Worker Union Movement because her father was one of the first in the neighborhood to take part. Therefore, she was always encouraged to be proud of who she was and to stand up for herself and her community. Her art is largely inspired and given meaning by her mom, family, and mujeres in her life, specifically because of their hard work and dedication to the community. Because of this, much of her art is driven by social justice and consciousness for the sake of progressing the pueblo!
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