Art in the Courtroom
presents

Compartiendo
“Sharing”

 a long term exhibit of paintings by

XAVIER CORTADA

 hosted by
The Honorable Judge Jeffrey Rosinek

in the
Miami-Dade County Drug Court
Richard E. Gerstein Justice building
1351 NW 12^th Street, Miami, FL 33125
 Courtroom 4-4

 opening reception on
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
at 5:00 pm

R.S.V.P. Tanya  (305) 548-5103

REFRESHMENTS

STARBUCKS COFFEE
 14795 South Dixie Hwy.
Eli Naassan, Manager

MUSIC

featuring
Sara Salek – Violin
accompanied by
Nelson Salek – Piano
Natasha Rodriguez – Viola

SPECIAL MENTION
for
beautifully framing
the art of Xavier Cortada
FRAME ART
96 SW 7^th Street, Miami, FL

MADD National Youth Summit Mural
Photo of multimedia on canvas mural, 1997

This exhibit also included a photo replica of a collaborative mural Xavier Cortada created during the MADD National Youth Summit–an educational mural about underage drinking and driving collaboratively created by youth from the 435 Congressional Districts. After its creation, the mural was unveiled at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., 1997. 

Miami artist Xavier Cortada loaned these 12 paintings and a photo replica of his 1997 MADD mural for a long-term exhibit in Judge Jeffrey Rosinek’s courtroom, the Miami-Dade County Drug Court. 

Several of these paintings address issues in drug prevention and treatment, and were first exhibited in Compartiendo con Bolivia: A special art exhibit and mural creating project sponsored by the United States Information Service, the United States Embassy in La Paz, and Banco Santa Cruz.  During his 1997 visit to Bolivia, the artist opened two solo exhibits and worked with recovering drug addicts and former street children in a Santa Cruz’s historical museum and La Paz’s most public plaza to create three 18-foot long, community-driven murals, October 1997.

The pieces exhibited in Bolivia were also exhibited in 1999 for Compartiendo con Panamá:  a project sponsored by La Cruz Blanca Panamena, Florida Volunteer Corps (FAVA/CA) and Regis House, September 3 -11, 1999, Panama City, Panama. The project included an art exhibit at the University of Panamá, a substance abuse conference in Panama City,  and a mural creation and art project in three Panamanian cities:  Colon, Chiriqui, and Panama City. 

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