Events & Activities
JANUARY
- SciComm Excellence meeting with NPR editors and newsroom tour in Washington, D.C.
Jan. 11, 2024 - Meeting with White House OSTP (Office of Science and Technology Policy)
Jan. 12, 2024 - Cortada wins Excellence in Science Communication Award at National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in Washington, DC.
Jan. 12, 202 - Cortada unveils mural at Temple Beth Sholom in Miami Beach
Jan. 26, 2024 - Cortada delivers keynote at Netzero Roadmaps, Codes, and Standards in Cement & Concrete LATAM workshop
Jan. 31, 2024
FEBRUARY
- Miami-Dade Mayor launches “The Underwater: County Parks”
Feb. 2, 2024 - Cortada inducted into the Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) Hall of Fame
Feb. 7, 2024 - Cortada’s Endangered World Adopt-a-Species intervention addresses biodiversity loss at Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA
Feb. 17 – 19, 2024 | Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square,161 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970- Participatory Project | Letters to the Future
10 am–5 pm | Main Atrium
Write a message to someone living in the future! Based on an ongoing project by artist Xavier Cortada, this activity invites you to imagine the future generations of people and animals who will inherit the planet. Drop-In Art Making | Adopt-a-species Upcycling Clothing
1–3 pm Saturday, 11 am–3 pm Sunday | Create Space Studios
Bring in a well-worn piece of clothing and give it a new look with a print of artist Xavier Cortada’s animal drawings from the Endangered World Project.Drop-In Art Making | Adopt-a-Species Rock Painting
1–3 pm Saturday, 11 am–3 pm Sunday | Create Space Studios
Paint a rock with the coordinates of a threatened or endangered species and take it home as a reminder of our commitment to protect life on Earth.
- Participatory Project | Letters to the Future
- Cortada leads science-art panel presenting “The Underwater” at the Gulf of Mexico Conference in Tampa, FL
Feb. 20, 2024 - FHC Workshop: Underwater Florida (Tampa)
The Florida Humanities Council launches Underwater Florida, a series of engaged workshops across the state where Cortada helps community members understand and address their vulnerability to rising seas.
Feb. 21, 2024 | Tampa Preparatory School, 727 W Cass St, Tampa, FL - Orlando artist lecture
Feb. 23 – 24, 2024
MARCH
- Cortada leads lecture and performance at Yale Law School
March 5, 2024 - “The Underwater” exhibition at Moonlighter FabLab
March 8, 2024 - Cortada co-leads solutions-oriented art workshop at the Aspen Institute’s Future Leaders Climate Summit
March 10, 2024 - Cortada creates collaborative message mural at CIES 2024
March 10 – 14, 2024 - “Elevation Markers” exhibition opening at Pinecrest Gardens’ Hibiscus Gallery
March 16, 2024 - Cortada delivers keynote speech for the Environmental Law Institute
March 21, 2024
APRIL
- Cortada wins ‘Arts & Environment’ Award
April 3, 2024 - ‘The Underwater’ at the Sunrise Earth Day Festival
April 6, 2024 - Cortada Delivers the Kim and Judy Davis Dean’s Lecture in the Arts
April 8, 2024 - Florida Federation of Garden Clubs 100th Anniversary Keynote
April 11, 2024 - Jacksonville Beach Public Art Commission ‘Meet & Greet’
April 12, 2024 - TED2024 Highlights Cortada as Speaker Ambassador and Discovery Session Lead
April 15 – 19, 2024 - Cortada speaks at Perez Art Museum’s ‘Spirit in the Land’ Symposium
April 25, 2024 - Central County Climate Conversation
April 27, 2024
MAY
- Cortada hosts U.S. State Department International Visitors Leadership Program
May 3, 2024 - Creative Visioning: Imagining a Resilient Miami-Dade
May 11, 2024
JULY
- SciComm Writing Workshop at MIT
July 19 – 21, 2024 - UFS Arts Climate Justice Residency at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest
July 22 – August 2, 2024
AUGUST
- Welcoming UM Global Executive MBA Students
August 22, 2024
SEPTEMBER
- ‘Florida 2100 Podcast Launch’ at Nova Southeastern University
September 10, 2024 - ‘Xavier Cortada Day’ in Miami-Dade County
September 13, 2024 - Arthur L. Johnson Urban Perspectives Lecture
Wayne State University
September 18, 2024 - Arthur L. Johnson Urban Perspectives Lecture Series
Wayne State University
September 18, 2024
OCTOBER
- Cortada accepts University of Miami School of Law Daniel E. Murray Distinguished Service Award
October 25, 2024 - North Bay Village Unveils Underwater Elevation Sculpture
October 29, 2024
NOVEMBER
- Xavier Cortada’s Artwork Donated to Miami-Dade Art in Public Places Collection
November 2024 - Naples Garden Club Keynote Speech
November 4, 2024 - Cortada Joins Mayor Levine Cava in Welcoming Edouard Duval-Carrié as Miami-Dade’s Next Artist-in-Residence
November 6, 2024 - Student Engagement at Jewish Leadership Academy
November 8, 2024 - National Academy of Sciences Panel Discussion: Community Engagement & Climate Change
November 14, 2024 - “The Underwater” ceramic tile mural installed on Broward County Governmental Center Parking Garage
November 14, 2024 - Visit to NASA Headquarters – Exploring Collaboration Through Data and Art
November 15, 2024 - Florida Association of Nonprofits ‘Making Waves Through Excellence in Nonprofit Partnerships’ Award
November 16, 2024 - Princeton University: CMD Colloquium Series
November 21, 2024
DECEMBER
- “The Art of Leadership: Art Meets Sustainability” Event with Egon Zehnder
December 3, 2024 - Pope Francis Receives Cortada’s “ΙΧΘΥΣ (Ichthys)”
December 5, 2024 - Cortada Speaks at the IV National Meeting of Communication and Dissemination Professionals in Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation
December 12, 2024
Engaged Projects
Public Art Commissions
- “Water Columns,” Beach Drive and 2nd Street, Jacksonville Beach, FL
- “Floral River,” Transit Center and Parking Garage, Frankfort, KY
- “In Gear,” Fire Rescue Station 49, Palm Beach County, FL
Residencies
- 2017 – 2024: 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
- Practitioner perspectives on climate mobilities in South Florida
Katharine J Mach, Jennifer Niemann, Rosalind Donald, Jessica Owley, Nadia A Seeteram, A R Siders, Xavier I Cortada, Alex Nyburg, Adam Roberti, Ian A Wright
Oxford Open Climate Change, Volume 3, Issue 1, 2023, kgad015, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfclm/kgad015
Published: 04 December 2023
Awards
- Xavier Cortada Day, Miami-Dade County
- Florida Artists Hall of Fame, Florida Department of State
- ‘Arts & Environment’ Award, Miami-Dade County
- Most Treasured Citizen, WPLG Local 10 Don’t Trash Our Treasure
- Hall of Fame, Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS)
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Excellence in Science Communication Award
- Daniel E. Murray Distinguished Service Award, University of Miami School of Law
- 100 Latinos, Sachamama
Newsletters
- January – Artist joins Princeton as Research Fellow
- February – Peabody Essex Museum Debuts Eco-Art; #UnderwaterBroward Takes Off
- March – Yale Law School host’s artist’s lecture on climate action
- April – Presents at Harvard (watch lecture) & TED 2024 Discovery Session on art-driven climate action!
- May – Events highlight the arts’ role in solving complex challenges & promoting social change
- June -“The ” makes a splash in North Bay Village and Oak Grove Park
- July – Xavier Cortada: Climate Science Art is on view at the NAS through Dec. 31, 2024
- August – Cortada creates landmark public art piece in Jacksonville Beach
- September – PBS NewsHour features Cortada and his art
- October – National Academy of Sciences presents Cortada solo exhibition
- November – Miami-Dade Art in Public Places Acquires 39 Cortada Works
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
Featured Talks
- Creative Capital: Ecologies of Meaning in Art, Science & Technology Collaborations
Jan. 19, 2022 - Keynote address at the Florida Bar International Law Section conference
April 1, 2022 - Keynote Speaker, 2022 Ransom Everglades Climate Symposium, Coconut Grove, FL.
Apr. 13, 2022
See https://www.ransomeverglades.org/about/environmental-sustainability
Press
- Understanding climate mobilities: New study examines perspectives from South Florida practitioners
EurekAlert!
January 2, 2024 - Have a unique “Miami Voice”? It could end up as part of an art mural piece that captures the collective resolve that makes Miami
Islander Media Group, Inc
January 10, 2024 - Miami-Dade Artist-in-Residence increases awareness of sea level rise with art installation campaign at Miami-Dade Parks
Miami-Dade County
January 31, 2024 - Miami artist launches ‘community-led climate action campaign’
Local 10
February 2, 2024 - 2024 Cohort of Artist Residents in the Urban Field Station Collaborative Arts Program Announced
Urban Field Station Collaborative Arts Program
February 8, 2024 - Will the mangroves save Miami?
Mangrovia
March 2, 2024 - Broward County Fuses Art and Climate Activism With Free Community Event Featuring Eco Artist Xavier Cortada
Hoodline
April 20, 2024 - Rising Tides and Raising Awareness: Xavier Cortada and His Public Art Initiative ‘The Underwater’
The Harvard Crimson
April 23, 2024 - PRESS RELEASE: Secretary of State Cord Byrd Announces Florida Artists Hall of Fame Inductees
Florida Department of State
April 24, 2024 - Lynyrd Skynyrd, George Clinton, Roger Bansemer, Xavier Cortada in Florida Artists Hall of Fame
Tallahassee Democrat
April 24, 2024 - Honoring Don’t Trash Our Treasure’s 2024 Most Treasured Citizens
Local 10
April 24, 2024 - Planting Mangroves on Campus (Video)
Spot On Florida
April 26, 2024 - Triple alumnus and University professor seeks to inspire communities to action through art
News @ The U
May 10, 2024 - “The Underwater” Warns of Sea-Level Rise
Biscayne Times
June 28, 2024 - Cuban-American eco-artist’s work to be featured on new transit center
The State Journal
July 9, 2024 - Waterkeeper Alliance Appoints Sharif Jamil and Xavier Cortada to Board of Directors
Waterkeeper Alliance
July 10, 2024 - Sculpture being installed in Jacksonville Beach
Beaches Leader
August 1, 2024 - In the galleries: Floating through art focused on climate change
Washington Post
August 23, 2024 - Visiting eco-artist to speak at Paul Sawyier Public Library Sept. 3
The State Journal
August 30, 2024 - Xavier Cortada: Climate Science Art
Arte Al Dia
September 1, 2024 - Open house for new Frankfort Transit Center Thursday
The State Journal
September 10, 2024 - Art Meets Climate Change: A Conversation with Xavier Cortada
Daily Detroit
September 13, 2024 - Miami art project puts spotlight on threat of rising sea levels
PBS NewsHour
September 16, 2024 - Miami artist uses concrete slabs to bring attention to South Florida’s rising sea level
CBS News
September 30, 2024 - A Very Different Voice
Issues in Science and Technology
October 2024 - Xavier Cortada: Climate Science Art
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
October 2024 - DASER Climate Science Art HIGHLIGHTS, November 14, 2024
Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences
December 2024 - Utilizing Art to Reimagine Conversations on Climate
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
December 10, 2024 - Encuentro Nacional de Comunicación de la Ciencia reunirá a más de 150 expositores en Valparaíso
ADN Chile
December 11, 2024 - Xavier Cortada, artista ecológico: “Los científicos necesitan del arte para hacer frente al cambio climático”
El Pais
December 12, 2024 - El arte puede servir como herramienta para el cuidado ambiental y comprometer a las comunidades en la acción climática
El Mercurio
December 22, 2024 - Ends Dec. 31: Xavier Cortada’s Climate Science Art at the National Academy of Sciences
Washington City Paper
December 23, 2024