events
JANUARY
- Palm Beach Fire Station Unveiling
January 29, 2026 - Everglades Coalition Keynote
January 30, 2026
FEBRUARY
- Speaking at the College of William and Mary
February 2, 2026 - “The Underwater: Broward” at West Broward High School
February 13, 2026
MARCH
- Speaking at SAVE: Designing our Future
March 3, 2026 - Speaking at Cocoplum Women’s Club
March 11, 2026 - FETA Water Fest
March 14, 2026 - BASS x Climate Museum Talk
March 19, 2026 - Miami Youth Climate Summit
March 21, 2026
APRIL
- “The Underwater: Broward” at Apollo Middle School
April 8, 2026 - Judging the Silver Knight Awards
April 15, 2026 - “Facing the Future” film premiere at the Museum of Discovery and Science
April 16, 2026 - Florida International University Seminar: Universities as Engines of Climate Awareness and Civic Engagement
April 17, 2026 - Launch of Tree Flags Project
April 17, 2026
MAY
- “The Underwater: Broward” at Silver Shores STEAM Academy
May 1, 2026 - “The Underwater: Broward” at Parkway Middle School
May 27, 2026
June
- Bringing The Underwater to Galveston Residents in an Underwater Homeowners Association Meeting
June 5, 2026 - Bringing The Underwater to Galveston’s “World Ocean Day”
June 6, 2026 - Facing the Future: South Florida Vs. Climate Change Screening at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School
June 9, 2026 - TED Democracy
June 13, 2026 - Cortada invited to the Klosters Forum in the Swiss Alps
June 16-19, 2026 - Screening of Facing the Future: South Florida Vs. Climate Change
June 17, 2026 - Flower Force: America 250 Firebush Giveaway
June 29, 2026
July
- Unveiling of Flower Force: America 250
July 1, 2026 - Dedication of Fruition mural at the grand opening of Whole Foods in Doral
July 2, 2026
August
- Harnessing the Power of Nature for Flood Protection & Community Resilience | Hialeah
August 27, 2026 - Harnessing the Power of Nature for Flood Protection & Community Resilience | El Portal
August 29, 2026 - Broward County Climate Conversation
August 31, 2026
September
- Documenting Justice: Sketches from the Urán Trial
September 10, 2026 - “The Underwater: Broward” at Driftwood Elementary School
September 10, 2026
Engaged Projects
Public Art Commissions
- Aqualume, Doral Marketplace, Doral, Florida
- Fruition, Doral Marketplace, Doral, Florida
- Flower Force: America 250, Kurv Doral, Doral, Florida
Residencies
- 2017 – 2025: Pinecrest Gardens Artist-in-Residence (Artist’s Studio), Pinecrest, FL
- Feb. 2, 2022 – Mar. 9, 2022: Oolite Arts’ Home + Away Residency at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass-Aspen, CO
- 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
- Patchy pedagogies: Networking place-based climate change education online. Karsgaard, C., Pretti, E., Silova, I., Goebel, J., & Cortada, X. (2026). The Journal of Environmental Education, 57(4), 326–339. https://doi.org/10.1080/00958964.2026.2674696
Awards
- 2025 Xavier Cortada Day, Jacksonville Beach, FL
Newsletters
- Spring General – Muscarelle Museum of Art Acquires Cortada’s “A-33” Antarctic Ice Painting
- June – Cortada Featured in WLRN’s Newest Climate Documentary
- July – Cortada Creates Living Monument for America’s 250th
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
- Everglades Coalition Keynote Speaker
January 30, 2026 - FIU Earth and Environment Seminar with Xavier Cortada
April 17, 2026
Press
- Event Lineup for Miami Climate Week 2026
West Orlando News
March 8, 2026 - Triple Cane works to raise awareness about sea-level rise
The Miami Hurricane
April 15, 2026 - Celebrate World Ocean Day in Galveston with art, music & ocean fun for free
Houston Life
May 18, 2026 - As an aspiring science communicator, I learned a lot from an “eco artist”
FIU News
May 19, 2026 - Facing the Future: South Florida vs. Climate Change Film Screening at the University of Miami
WLRN
June, 2026 - York Innovation Academy Unveils Mural Inspired By Nature
June 29, 2026 - York K-8 students in Hillsborough County create mural to inspire future generations
June 30, 2026 - Bridging art and advocacy: Xavier Cortada, B.A. ’86, M.P.A. ’91, J.D. ’91
August 20, 2026