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Creative Pinellas presents “As the Arctic Melts …,” an artist’s talk by Xavier Cortada
July 19, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Creative Pinellas
presents
As the Arctic Melts …
an artist’s talk by
Xavier Cortada
on
Thursday, July 19th, 2018
7:00 – 8:30 pm
at
Pinewood Cultural Center Auditorium
12211 Walsingham Road
Largo, FL 33778
The lecture is presented in conjunction with the presentation of the artist’s
90N: North Pole Installations exhibition across the way at
Gallery Creative Pinellas
12211 Walsingham Road
Largo, FL 33778
Exhibition runs June 29, 2018 through September 2, 2018
Ten years ago, Cortada’s ice breaker easily pushed through the then-thinning polar ice, surprising the crew at its early arrival in the North Pole. Arctic warming has since continued melting sea ice at frightening speed: “Within two decades” stated the artist, “I will be able to repeat the journey on a sailboat, because scientists tell us the Arctic Ocean will be ice-free during summer. Global Climate Change will not just melt the Arctic, it will irrevocably change the world below.”
“I bring this exhibition to the people of Florida to draw the alarming connection between the Arctic and our peninsula,” said Cortada. “Melting ice will have catastrophic effects across our state and weaken the Gulf Stream. Arctic warming will lead to sea level rise, more coastal flooding, prolonged heatwaves, relentless rain, stalled tropical storms, extreme weather and more intense fire seasons.”
About the Artist
Xavier Cortada created art installations at the North Pole and South Pole to address environmental concerns at every point in between. He’s been commissioned to create art for CERN, the White House, the World Bank, Miami City Hall, Miami-Dade County Hall, Florida Botanical Gardens, Port Everglades, Florida’s Turnpike, the Museum of Florida History, the Frost Science Museum and Miami-Dade Children’s Courthouse. Locally, his work is in the permanent collection of the Frost Art Museum, PAMM and the NSU Art Museum of Ft. Lauderdale. Cortada has also developed numerous collaborative art projects globally, including peace murals in Cyprus and Northern Ireland, child welfare murals in Bolivia and Panama, AIDS murals in Geneva and South Africa, and eco-art projects in Taiwan and Holland. His studio is located in Pinecrest Gardens. For more information please visit www.cortada.com
About Creative Pinellas
At Creative Pinellas our mission is to facilitate a vibrant, integrated, collaborative and sustainable Pinellas County Arts Community and cultural destination. We strive to be the premier Local Arts Agency, recognized locally and globally for our contribution to arts and culture. We are focused on creating vibrant communities; supporting artists, arts organizations and the creative community; supporting economic development; showcasing Pinellas County as a cultural destination, and making arts and creative expression and experience available to all. As the County’s Local Arts Agency, Creative Pinellas and the programs we deliver are funded by the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners, Visit St Petersburg / Clearwater, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and by sales of the State of the Arts specialty license plate in Pinellas County.
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Details
- Date:
- July 19, 2018
- Time:
-
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
- Event Categories:
- 2018, Events
- Event Tags:
- 2018, 2018 events, 90n, 90s, antarctic, aqua, arctic, arctic ice, art, artists talk, climate, Cortada, dinner party, eco-art, ecology, endangered world, environment, exhibit, global climate change, ice, ice painting, lecture, longitudinal installation, National Science Foundation Antarctic Artists and Writers, native flags, North Pole, north pole dinner party, nsf, nyfa, Pinecrest Gardens, science, South Pole, STEAM, water, xavier cortada, xcortada
- Website:
- www.cortada.com/90n
Organizer
- Christopher Hubbard, Creative Pinellas Programs Manager
- Phone
- 727-582-2242
- christopher.hubbard@creativepinellas.org
- View Organizer Website
Venue
- Gallery at Creative Pinellas
-
12211 Walsingham Road
Largo, FL 33778 United States + Google Map - Phone
- 727-582-2242
- View Venue Website