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November 2020
“Pandemic | Miami Corona Project” Virtual Exhibition
Xavier Cortada Pandemic | Miami Corona Project The University of Miami Department of Art and Art History presents Pandemic | Miami Corona Project, a virtual exhibit by artist Xavier Cortada. Though the Wynwood Gallery remains closed to the general public due to the global health emergency, you can still enjoy our exhibitions virtually. Xavier Cortada’s “Pandemic | Miami Corona Project” will be exhibited virtually at the University of Miami Wynwood Gallery. In keeping with the reality of our times, the solo exhibition can…
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“Bridging the Gap” on exhibit at the Coral Gables museum
A Matter of Time: Examining Forty Years of AIDS while living through a pandemic April 2 – July 18, 2021 | Coral Gables Museum Curated by Shed Boren, PhD Clinical Assistant Professor Florida International UniversityLife-altering events are a matter of time. In the summer of 1981, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) published the first reports of five young gay men in Los Angeles with respiratory complications and other infectious diseases; two had already died. Later, the world would know…
Find out more »UM Earth Day 2021 Letters to the Future
To reflect on Earth Day 2021, University of Miami Professor of Practice Xavier Cortada invites you to write an open letter to a student in the University of Miami’s Class of 2121. Although these letters are written for people not yet born, our true audience is those breathing in the present and, based on their actions, capable of delivering a better future. Follow the instructions below to share your letter for others to read, contemplate, and act on. To learn…
Find out more »Native Flags at the Community Resilience Pod at Zoo Miami for Earth Day
Native Flags visits the "Community Resilience Pod" at Zoo Miami on Earth Day. On April 22nd, our team will provide programming in the 40-foot shipping container turned into a mobile space for Miami-Dade residents to explore solutions to local threats like extreme heat, sea-level rise, and pandemics. The program is presented by the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center in collaboration with Miami-Dade County's Office of Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces and Office of Resilience. Click here to learn more about Native Flags. ABOUT THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE POD Transformed…
Find out more »Stronger Together: Interprofessional & Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration
Main | About | Statement | Events | Media On April 23, FIU physicist Pete Markowitz and Cortada will discuss their collaboration in creating the five banners that marked the discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN in 2013. Back then, Cortada served as artist in residence at the FIU College of Architecture and the Arts, and Dr. Markowitz represented the University in the CERN collaboration. This talk will discuss interprofessional and cross-disciplinary collaborations. Art@CMS (2013) About Xavier Cortada and Pete Markowitz were…
Find out more »Plan(T) at RETHINK MB
The City of Miami Beach has created a community event series in Lummus Park called RETHINK MB. RETHINK MB (January 2021 through June 2021). Featuring engaging and refreshing activities to open the mind and invigorate the body, these free, family-friendly programs involves the curation of five events are driven by community leaders and trailblazers. RETHINK MB provides a platform, and a voice to authentically (re)think the way we live, play, create and experience life (resolution, discovery, reflection, movement, and transcendence). April…
Find out more »CIES Mural Unveiling
CIES Artist-in-Residence | Main | Antarctic Ice Paintings | Keynote Plenary | vCIES Letters to the Future Mural | Longitudinal Installation | Miami Corona Project Videos As the vCIES 2020 Artist-in-Residence, Xavier Cortada delivered a keynote plenary speech to conference attendees, engaging them online in a ritualistic performance addressing climate change, and asked them to participate in creating his “Letters to the Future” mural. The final mural will be displayed on the project page as soon as it is finished and will be unveiled during the…
Find out more »Painting Constitutional Law – An Author Discussion with the Association of American Law Schools
Date: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET Webinar Description: This panel will discuss the recent book “Painting Constitutional Law”, a collection of ten essays and accompanying paintings illustrating important Supreme Court Constitutional cases that concerned the State of Florida. Artist Xavier Cortada will discuss his motivation and inspiration for each of the paintings illustrating these cases, and leading Constitutional scholars will comment on the cases and their significance. Learning Objectives: Explore the connection between visual depiction and Constitutional cases…
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ArtCARE 21 exhibition
Xavier Cortada, convictim, 60″ x 144″, mixed media on canvas, 2001. Office of the Public Defender, 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Miami, FL Click here to download 2001 ArtCARE PDF Click here to learn more about ArtCARE (2001)
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