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
Temple Beth Sholom celebrates its 80th anniversary with the unveiling of a hand-made ceramic mural the Ansin Family Foundation commissioned Cortada to create.
Jan. 26, 2024 | Temple Beth Sholom, 4144 Chase Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33140 - Cortada delivers keynote at Netzero Roadmaps, Codes, and Standards in Cement & Concrete LATAM workshop
Cortada delivers keynote at Netzero Roadmaps, Codes, and Standards: LATAM Cement & Concrete Industry Workshop
Jan. 31, 2024 | University of Miami School of Architecture, Coral Gables, FL
FEBRUARY
- Miami-Dade Mayor launches “The Underwater: County Parks”
Miami-Dade Mayor Levine Cava launches Miami-Dade artist-in-residence Xavier Cortada’s “The Underwater: County Parks,” an initiative placing sustainable concrete elevation sculptures in each of the county’s 287 parks.
Feb. 2, 2024 | Matheson Hammock Park - 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
The conference brings together coastal scientists and stakeholders in state and federal government, academia, non-profit, and private sectors to discuss current Gulf research and collaborate on new opportunities.
Feb. 20, 2024 | Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL - 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
Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs presents: “Using socially engaged art to work across disciplines and engage community in creative problem-solving,” a lecture by Xavier Cortada on Friday, February 23rd, followed by an onsite workshop he will facilitate for Orlando artists the following morning on Saturday, February 24th, 2024.
Feb. 23 – 24, 2024 | Orlando Science Center, 777 E. Princeton St. Orlando, Florida 32803
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
September
- Arthur L. Johnson Urban Perspectives lecture
September 24, 2024
October
- Green Critics’ Lecture
October 26, 2024
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 – 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
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 - 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