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Exploring the Environment & Art: STEAM Workshop at Frost Art Museum
February 16, 2016 @ 8:30 am - 3:30 pm


Division of Academics Visual and Performing Arts, Office of Academics and Transformation,
Miami-Dade County Public Schools presents
Exploring the Environment & Art: STEAM Workshop
with
Xavier Cortada,
Artist-in-Residence, Florida International University,
School of Environment, Arts and Society, College of Arts & Sciences/
College of Architecture + The Arts
Location and Sponsor: Frost Art Museum, FIU, 10975 SW 17th Street, Miami, Fl. 33199
Parking: metered parking across the museum, Blue Garage ($8.00 flat fee)
Contact: Miriam Machado, Curator of Education, mmachado@fiu.edu
305.348.1808
SESSION FULL
(No more attendees, please)
AGENDA
8:30 am – 9:15 am Sign in/Registration/Introductions/Light breakfast
9:15 am – 10:15 am Xavier Cortada- An Art-Science Practice
10:30 am – 11:30 am STEAM Panel Discussion| FIU Arts and Science Faculty
Steam Panel Discussion/ FIU Arts and Science Faculty (moderated by Xavier Cortada)
- David Rifkind, FIU School of Architecture & Associate Dean of College of Arch + The Arts
- Tiffany Troxler, Ph.D., FIU Department of Biology & Director, Sea Level Solutions Center
- Kalai Mathee, M.D. , FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
- Pete Markowitz, Ph.D., FIU Department of Physics
Special Message from Nicholas J. Oehm, Jr., Education and Outreach Coordinator, Florida Coastal Everglades LTER.
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Lunch (lunch is on your own)
12:30 pm – 3:30 pm Native Flags: Make a flag, make a statement, make a difference (co-led by Kim Yantis-Strycharski who will explain the Native Flags curriculum/program at Deering Estate. (Documented by FIU Library’s Miguel Asencio). See www.cortadaprojects.org/archives/nativeflags
REFERENCES
Art in the Anthropocene, by Alan C. Braddock and Renée Ater. Source: American Art, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Fall 2014), p. cover2. Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Native Flags/Deering Curriculum
FIU SEAS/ Coastal Everglades/ FIU CARTA
Division of Academics Visual and Performing Arts, Office of Academics and Transformation, Miami-Dade County Public Schools
CPALMS is an online toolbox of resources and the State of Florida’s official source for standards.
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Details
- Date:
- February 16, 2016
- Time:
-
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
- Event Categories:
- 2016, Events
- Event Tags:
- 2016, 2016 events, art, CARTA, climate, David Rifkind, Deering Estate, eco-art, environment, fiu, FIU Library, Kalai Mathee, Kim Yantis-Strycharski, mdcps, Medicine, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miguel Asencio, native flags, nature, Nicholas J. Oehm, Pete Markowitz, Physics, science, sea level rise, SLSC, STEAM, Tiffany Troxler, xavier cortada, xcortada
Organizer
- Miriam Machado, Curator of Education
- Phone:
- 305.348.1808
- Email:
- mmachado@fiu.edu
Venue
- Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum
-
10975 SW 17th St
Miami, FL 33199 + Google Map - Phone:
- (305) 348-2890