Google honors Uvalde victim, artist in annual contest - The Dallas Morning News

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Next to Alithia Ramirez’s name, printed in iridescent script on the side of her glittering purple casket, are two butterflies — and a paintbrush.

Alithia, 10, one of 21 people killed in the May 24 Robb Elementary School shooting, didn’t just dream of becoming an artist — she was one. Her drawings won schoolwide competitions. When President Joe Biden visited Uvalde, he took some with him, promising to display them in the White House. Weeks later, a mural featuring her own sketches went up just blocks from the town’s main square.

And earlier this year, she submitted a piece for the Doodle for Google national search, which encouraged students across five grade groups to create a design to be displayed above the search bar when people visit the site.

Applications opened in January and closed in March. Five finalists will be announced July 28.

This year’s theme was “What self care means to you.” Alithia drew a colorful scene of herself sitting on the couch with balls of yarn, her dog, Luna, curled up next to her. On the wall, “Google” is spelled out in various pieces of art, including one that says “Life is good.”

“I want the world to see my art and show the world what I can do,” Alithia wrote to accompany her submission. “I want people to be happy when they see my passion in art.”

In a written statement sent to The Dallas Morning News, Colette Garcia, a Google spokesperson, said the company is “committed to honoring those wishes and her legacy.” Google made Alithia’s contribution known with an “In Memoriam” page dedicated to her, “and all the victims of the Uvalde, TX tragedy.”

“Her story and art profoundly touched us, and we wanted to honor her family’s request to share her unique talents that were so tragically taken as a result of senseless violence,” the statement said. “Our deepest condolences go out to the family and friends of victims and to the community of Uvalde, Texas.”

Her mom, Ryan Ramirez, shared the news on Facebook.

“Babygirl was always looking forward for this,” Ramirez wrote. “Google did this for you Alithia, hope you love it.”

Alithia Ramirez was fatally shot Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

On July 9, Fort Worth artists Juan Velázquez and Sarah Ayala arrived in Uvalde to paint a large-scale mural of Alithia. An exterior wall of the Art Lab Contemporary Art Space, blocks from the Town Square, serves as the mural site, where Ayala illustrated the background, and Velázquez designed the portrait based on a photo of Alithia wearing a tie-dye shirt.

On the shirt, he replicated three characters Alithia herself drew.

“I had seen the news, and one of the kids caught my attention because she was an artist,” Velázquez said. “From one artist to another artist — that was in my head.”

“When I saw this beauty I just couldn’t believe her art and herself on a Uvalde building,” Ramirez said of the mural. “Alithia we’re on the road right now to making your dreams come true. We LOVE and MISS you. Soon we’ll be together and walk the clouds and talk about what the world did for you and how it (made) you feel.

“I love you Alithia.”

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