Emma S. Ahmad

1 month ago | southwestcontemporary.com | Natalie Hegert |Emma S. Ahmad

At the Amon Carter in Fort Worth—known as “Cowtown”—the exhibition Cowboy made waves by reimagining the mythology surrounding the American cowboy. CowboySeptember 28, 2024–March 23, 2025Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort WorthThere is not a more quintessentially American archetype than that of the cowboy. The lore is both popular and beloved: the fated rivalry between “cowboys and Indians,” the wide-open plains, the rugged individualism.

Jan 16, 2025 | southwestcontemporary.com | Jordan Eddy |Emma S. Ahmad

Amid a triumphant New York triennial, Fort Worth-based curator María Elena Ortiz looks back at her diasporic storytelling efforts—and calls for a bigger Latinx curatorial web. FORT WORTH—Latinx people make up nearly 20% of the U.S. population and are the country’s fastest-growing ethnic group, accounting for 71% of the nation’s population growth. The Census Bureau that more than 25% of the American population will be Latinx by 2060. So what is the biggest challenge facing Latinx artists today?

Dec 31, 2024 | glasstire.com | Emma S. Ahmad

Ro2 Art in Dallas is currently hosting two solo exhibitions, Carmen Menza’s Patterns of Disturbance and Bernardo Vallarino’s Size Matters – The Golden Rule. The two exhibitions divide the gallery in half in a stark dichotomy, yet they work in dialogue with one another, each criticizing larger issues within the context of our current social and political climate. The shows opened just days before the 2024 U.S. presidential election, taking on new meanings with the victory of Donald Trump.

Oct 22, 2024 | glasstire.com | Emma S. Ahmad

At 8 years old, an unaccompanied Guadalupe Maravilla made the treacherous two-and-a-half month journey through Central America and across the U.S. border to escape El Salvador’s civil war and rejoin his family in America. Now, 40 years later, Maravilla works as a multidisciplinary artist and healer, whose practice revolves around his immigration journey and experience growing up undocumented.

Oct 14, 2024 | glasstire.com | Emma S. Ahmad

Within the numerous states and cities across the South, abortion access and reproductive rights are increasingly restricted, if not completely banned following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022. Maternal mortality rates continue to rise in the South as restrictions prevail. And as the 2024 US presidential election draws closer, reproductive freedom has taken center stage amidst our harsh political climate.