"The city of El Monte has long championed its role in American expansion by hailing white “pioneers” as town heroes, with a horse-drawn wagon and the words “End of the Santa Fe Trail” appearing prominently on the city’s official seal. Drawing on Greater El Monte’s radical and multi-ethnic past, detailed input from more than one hundred community members, and conversations with Tongva Elder Gloria Arellanes, artist Daniel González and SEMAP created a peoples’ seal: a seal not for the city, but for all those who identity with the region and are inspired by El Monte’s history."

Linocut printed on cotton rag paper.
Signed and numbered limited edition.
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Paper Size: 11.125 x 12.5 in.
Image Size: 9 x 9 in.
2022