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May 2024- Cortada named “Most Treasured Citizen” by WPLG 10 News ????️

Events highlight the arts' role in solving complex challenges & promoting social change LOCAL 10 NEWS RECOGNIZES CORTADA AS A "2024 MOST TREASURED CITIZEN" Xavier Cortada has been named a...

Posted by Xavier Cortada | July 8, 2020
Letter to the Future

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Posted by Xavier Cortada | April 10, 2020
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Posted by Xavier Cortada | April 10, 2020
Letters to the Future

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Posted by Xavier Cortada | January 20, 2020
June 21st, 2018- Pinecrest Gardens

Quotes from 8 FIU students who participated in the longitudinal Installation: 1. The environment, especially the coasts have had a great impact on me. The beauty and serenity and the...

Posted by Xavier Cortada | June 26, 2018
The Water Will Come

Main | < | 2017 | >TruthDigNovember 24, 2017Such unnerving news is pervasive, and Goodell writes with a gentle tone for so worrying a subject. Yet he states his cases convincingly. And while his...

Posted by Xavier Cortada | June 26, 2018
South Florida Artists Flourish at Local Art Festivals

Main | < | 2017 | >Miami Herald February 3, 2017“Regardless of where you are in your path toward cultural appreciation, these fairs provide an entry point for everyone,” says Xavier Cortada, an artist-in-residence at...

Posted by Xavier Cortada | June 26, 2018
‘Canes in the Capital

Main | < | 2018 | >University of MiamiJanuary 17, 2018The First Black Graduates Project has since grown, both in membership and mission. The Memorial Building tribute wall is, as Mincey-Mills calls it, the...

Posted by Xavier Cortada | June 26, 2018
This Art Basel Week 2017 Calendar Will Help You Decide What to See

Main | < | 2017 | >Miami HeraldNovember 30, 2017Cultural Marketplace at Pinecrest Gardens (Dec. 3 only). Weekly marketplace this week includes a pop-up exhibition by artist Xavier Cortada, and a new Stickworks installation by...

Posted by Xavier Cortada | January 12, 2018
We’re in the same boat

Xavier Cortada, "We're in the same boat", 60" x 192", mixed media on canvas, 2001.   "We're in the same boat" The mural is composed of four panels, facilitated and...

Posted by Xavier Cortada | September 2, 2017
San José : DO NOT OPEN until 2117

San José : DO NOT OPEN until 2117 MACLA Instagram screen capture: Xavier Cortada, “DO NOT OPEN/San Jose,” 2017   In “DO NOT OPEN,” I ask residents of San José...

Posted by Xavier Cortada | August 28, 2017
Marking “I have a dream”

Xavier Cortada, "The Markers, 1963," South Pole, 2007. On Aug. 28, 1963, this point (marked by the flag) on the moving ice sheet that blankets the South Pole stood at...

Posted by Xavier Cortada | August 26, 2017
His presence will be felt for many days to come…

We learned about Father Lerena's passing a month ago. Here is what I wrote... Fr. Francisco Pérez-Lerena, S.J. December 27, 1924 – July 25, 2017   Fr. Francisco Pérez-Lerena, S.J. lived on...

Posted by Xavier Cortada | August 24, 2017
They gave it a name and told us to take cover– under a mattress, in the bathroom…

Hurricane Andrew: August 24, 1992 25 years ago a hurricane came barreling into my hometown at 168 miles an hour. It came out of nowhere… 48 hours earlier, the Category...

Posted by Xavier Cortada | August 18, 2017
“Finally, the shriveled mangrove plant represents the demise of the Confederacy…”

In 2005, I was asked to create the 2006 Florida Heritage Month poster.  I was charged with depicting the 5 flags that flew over my home state since Europeans made...