“Stormé at Stonewall” Gallery Talk with LJ Roberts and Charlotte Ickes

National Portrait Gallery

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Join us for a conversation with LJ Roberts, the artist behind “Stormé at Stonewall,” and Charlotte Ickes, the National Portrait Gallery’s curator of time-based media art. “Stormé at Stonewall” is a light-box portrait of activist Stormé DeLarverie, who is said to have thrown the first brick at Stonewall—the uprising credited with launching the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement in 1969. Roberts created this unconventional portrait in response to DeLarverie’s absence in mainstream narratives about the history of the Stonewall rebellion.The Portrait Gallery strives to provide programs that are accessible to all visitors. If you have questions about the accessibility of this program, or if you would like to request real-time captioning (CART), sign language interpretation, or any other accommodations, please contact npgeducation@si.edu. Two weeks' advance notice is appreciated for requesting accommodations. Image Portrait: Stormé at Stonewall by LJ Roberts, 2019. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; purchase funded by Tommie L. Pegues and Donald A. Capoccia