CURTIS PARK PLAZAS
MIAMI, FL
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In 2008, Miami-Dade Art in Public Places commissioned Xavier Cortada to create public artworks for the Curtis Park plazas. Created in a park near an old Seminole trading post on the Miami River in the neighborhood of Allapattah, one of the pieces recalls the alligators (allapattah) after which the place was named.
LOCATION
Curtis Park, Miami, FL1901 NW 24 Ave, Miami, 33125
COMMISSIONING AGENCY
City of Miami Art in Public Places
YEAR
2008
FEATURED WORKS
Plaza Azul
Xavier Cortada, “Plaza Azul,” hand-painted ceramic tile, 96″ x 192″‘ x 18″, Curtis Park, Miami, FL, 2008
Plaza Roja
Xavier Cortada, “Plaza Roja,” hand-painted ceramic and glass mosaic, 96″ x 96″ x 18″, Curtis Park, Miami, FL, 2008