FIU College of Architecture + The Arts Artist-in-Residence Xavier Cortada will participate in the Green Drinks: Virginia Key at History Miami Museum. Attendees will be invited to participate in FLOR500 and plant a garden dedicated to one of 500 people who helped shape Florida’s future.

	11/6/2014
When:	Thursday, November 6th, 2014 6:30 pm
Where:	History Miami Museum History Miami Plaza 101 W Flagler St. Miami, Florida  33130 United States
Presenter:	MUVE and History Miami
Contact:	Chelle King, MUVE Social Action and Restoration Coordinator cking@frostscience.org 305-646-4243

 

FIU College of Architecture + The Arts Artist-in-Residence Xavier Cortada will participate in the Green Drinks: Virginia Key at History Miami Museum. Attendees will be invited to participate in FLOR500 and plant a garden dedicated to one of 500 people who helped shape Florida’s future.

After planting their garden, participants will upload the following to the www.FLOR500.com: an essay about why they are dedicating this garden, a portrait of the person they have selected, and pictures documenting the planting of the garden.

OVERVIEW:

For this project you will be part of statewide participatory art project that will involve researching information and images of an “important Floridian,” planting a public garden dedicated to that person, and then posting about that person and the garden you have created.

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PARTICIPANTS:

PROJECT STEP 1 – RESEARCH:

To begin the project, find an “Important Floridian” in the FLOR500 website — there you will find some information about that person.

• Research this person to find out more about her or him.

• Either find or make an image of the person that can be uploaded to the FLOR500 website. The image must have an accompanying credit line with any copyright information.

 

PROJECT STEP 2 – PLANT A GARDEN:

Based on your research, decide on a location to plant a public garden in honor of the person, then using the seeds provided at the event, plant the garden! The garden should be in a location that is publicly accessible—but make sure you get permission to plant it!

Guidelines for planting the seeds:

• Have permission!

• Bring at least 1 or 2 people to help plant and document the planting.

• Write an essay explaining why you are dedicating the garden to this “Important Floridian” in this place. Share this essay with the people who help you plant so they know about the person the garden is dedicated to!

• Post a sign, art object, link to web page you create, or use some other method to help people who see the garden know more about the person it is dedicated to, and the reason for the dedication as you describe it in your essay.

 

PROJECT STEP 3 – POST TO FLOR500

You will upload the following to the FLOR500 upload page:

• A portrait of the person you have chosen (with creditline)

• Pictures documenting the planting of the garden

• A picture of the art object or sign describing the dedication

• Make sure all your images are correctly oriented and not sideways before you upload them