Engaged Projects
Public Art Commissions
- Deerfield Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (Main Beach), Deerfield Beach, FL
- “Mangroves,” Liberty Square, Miami Dade Art in Public Places, Miami, FL
- “Wildflowers,” Liberty Square, Miami Dade Art in Public Places, Miami, FL
- “Native Trees,” Liberty Square, Miami Dade Art in Public Places, Miami, FL
Residencies
- 2017 – 2025: Pinecrest Gardens Artist-in-Residence (Artist’s Studio), Pinecrest, FL
- 2022 – present: Inaugural Artist-in-Residence, Office of the Mayor, Miami-Dade County, FL
Funded Research
- Co-Principal Investigator (along with UM Law Professor Jessica Owley, RSMAS Associate Professor Katharine Mach, Economics Assistant Professor Ian Wright, and Law Librarian Nicholas Mignanelli), “On the Move: Climate Migration and Retreat in South Florida, the Caribbean, and Beyond,” University of Miami U-LINK Phase 1 Grant
Publications
Painting Constitutional Law: Xavier Cortada’s Images of Constitutional Rights, Keiden, The Netherlands: Brill | Nijhoff, 2021.
Editors: M.C. Mirow and Howard M. Wasserman
Contributors are: Renée Ater, Mary Sue Backus, Kathleen A. Brady, Jenny E. Carroll, Erwin Chemerinsky, Xavier Cortada, Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, Leslie Kendrick, Corinna Barrett Lain, Paul Marcus, Linda C. McClain, M.C. Mirow, James E. Pfander, Laura S. Underkuffler, and Howard M. Wasserman.
Awards
- 2022 Creative Capital Award
- 2022 Grist 50 “Fixer”
Exhibitions
- Oolite Arts “Home + Away” Artists-in-Residence Exhibition, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
Feb. 17 – Mar. 25 - “Fire and Ice: Our Changing Landscape,” Wildling Museum exhibition, Solvang, CA.
Apr. 10, 2022 - “Underwater Gulf” at University of Miami Faculty Show
Oct. 5, 2022 – Nov. 10, 2022 - “Civility vs. Violence,” Miami New Media Festival, ArtToSaveLives Contemporary, Miami, FL
Oct. 8, 2022 – Oct. 29, 2022 - “Field Station: Art-Science in the White Mountains,” Museum of the White Mountains, Plymouth, NH
Nov. 19, 2022 – Feb. 11, 2023
- ‘Miami Mangrove Forest’ exhibition
Sept. 13, 2021 – Jun. 12, 2022 - ‘Flower Force’ exhibition
Nov. 1, 2021 – Mar. 30, 2022 - ‘Florida is… Nature’ exhibition
Jan. 13, 2022 – Jan. 8, 2023 - ‘Plan(T)’ exhibition
Apr. 11, 2022 – Jun. 12, 2022 - ‘Art of Diatoms’ exhibition
Sep. 11, 2022 – Jan. 8, 2023 - ‘The Markers: South Pole’ exhibition
Oct. 26, 2022 – Jan. 8, 2023 - ‘Underwater Florida’ exhibition
Mar. 23, 2023 – Jun. 2, 2023
Talks
- Using the Power of Art to Work Across Disciplines in Engaging Communities,
Tec de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
January. 16, 2023 - Underwater Gulf: How to use socially engaged art to help communities along the Gulf prepare for a future with rising seas, NSF-funded workshop: Convergent Sea Level Rise Adaptation for Urban and Rural Systems in the Gulf of Mexico
University of Miami Watsco Center, Coral Gables, FL
February 10, 2023 - Mobilizing Climate Constituencies through Socially Engaged Art, University of Miami Law Review Symposium
University of Miami Lakeside Village, Coral Gables, FL
Feb. 10, 2023 - Painting Constitutional Law: A Celebration of Xavier Cortada’s “May It Please the Court”,
Florida International University College of Law, Miami, FL
Feb. 16, 2023 - Earth Summit Learning Exhibition, Speaker
Innovative School of Temple Beth Sholom, Miami Beach, FL
March 1, 2023 - Miami Youth Climate Summit, Keynote Speaker
Ransom Everglades Middle School, Coconut Grove, Miami, FL
March 4, 2023 - Mobilizing the next generation of climate leaders through socially engaged art, The Aspen Institute Future Leaders Climate Summit
Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, FL
March 5, 2023 - Save the Planet Shop Talk III: “Empowering Community Wellbeing through Native Trees and Plants,” Public Art Exchange
Online
March 15, 2023
events
“The Underwater” project engagement every Sunday at the Pinecrest Gardens Hibiscus Gallery; 11am – 2pm
JANUARY
- Dedication of “Heron” and “Ibises” at Pinecrest Village Hall
Jan. 10, 2023 - “HELLO” at the 9th Annual International Conference on Educational Innovation
Jan. 16, 2023
FEBRUARY
- “The Underwater” & “HELLO” at the 2023 University of Miami Law Review Symposium, An Unequal Burden: Exploring Environmental Justice and the Climate Crisis
Feb. 10, 2023
MARCH
- “Plan(T)” & “HELLO” projects at Earth Summit Learning Exhibition, Innovative School of Temple Beth Sholom, Speaker
March 1, 2023