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April 2020
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Plan(T) at the Miller School of Medicine Farmer’s Market for National Public Health Week
Plan(T) Home | About | Schools | Libraries | Farmer’s Market | Frost Science | Lincoln Road | Science Advisors | Press | Events National Public Health Week is scheduled for April 6th-12th with daily topics focusing on public health's biggest concerns. Thursday, April 9th is the day dedicated to Environmental Health. To celebrate this day, the UM Public Health Student Association has invited Cortada Projects to bring Plan(T) to the UM medical campus farmer's market.…
Find out more »Letters to the Future Q & A with vCIES Artist in Residence: Xavier Cortada
Letters to the Future Home | About | Participate | Letters Please join Xavier Cortada, the vCIES Artist-in-Residence, in creating a participatory “Letters to the Future” mural! Write your letter to the future and it will become a part of the collaborative mural he is creating with conference participants. The mural will be unveiled in Seattle at the CIES 2021 conference. -- Back to all 2020 Events
Find out more »POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19: University of Miami’s Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas Immigration Symposium
On April 16th, 2020 from 8:30am - 4:00pm, Xavier Cortada will be moderating panel during the University of Miami's Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas Immigration Symposium, “The End of Compassion: Children of Immigrants in the Age of Deportation.” The panel Cortada is moderating is titled "Dreamers: Children in the Land of the Free" and will include a discussion and performance piece with Dreamers, including Daniela Tintin Peña. As moderator, Cortada will also be discussing his previous…
Find out more »CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Earthsongs 2070 with Frost Symphonic Winds
Frost Symphonic Winds and Cortada Projects Thursday, April 16, 2020 7:30 PM Gusman Hall 7:30 - In This Broad Earth 7:36 - Xavier Cortada will address audience 5-10 minutes. "Plant for the Future 2070” Will explain how they are connected to something bigger than this audience. Picture of Miami 2070. Let them know about the flags. UM centric. Showcase students. Prepare people for Earthweek or Earth day. 7:45 - Earth Song 7:50 - Aaron Perrine introduces work 7:53 - Pale…
Find out more »CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: EcoCultura Fest
ECOCULTURA FEST WHERE ART MEETS ACTION AT HISTORIC VIRGINIA KEY BEACH PARK Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day at ECOCULTURA FEST, a free community festival for the whole family by MDC Live Arts featuring: Live performances Action-driven community dialogues Art activations Local music and food Interactive experiences Hands-on service opportunities and so much more. ECOCULTURA FEST will gather organizations and artists working for climate justice in South Florida for an all-day, action-driven, program of exciting events and activities for the community. Importantly, Cortada Projects…
Find out more »POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19: “Flying Solo: The Activist-Artist,” a play on Xavier Cortada
Cortada Projects invites you to "Flying Solo: The Activist-Artist," a play on Xavier Cortada and his social practice, on Saturday, April 18! The play is a collaborative work between Associate Professor of Florida International University (FIU) Phillip Church and Dr. Darrell Arnold from Miami-Dade College (MDC), funded by the Humanities Edge Collaborative Research Grant. It explores ethical and political reflections on art and how it impacts our self-understanding and ways of being in the world. — Back to all 2020 Events
Find out more »Pinecrest Gardens Earth Week Celebration
Longitudinal Installation: Celebrate Earth Day's 50th anniversary globally by using art to "connect" across 24 time zones. https://youtu.be/lLMyog7FcEM LONGITUDINAL INSTALLATION: Home | About | North Pole | South Pole | 24 Voices | Participate LONGITUDINAL INSTALLATION: Pinecrest Gardens artist-in-residence Xavier Cortada created the Longitudinal Installation at the South Pole (2007) and North Pole (2008) to help address environmental issues at every point in between. In the ritualistic art work, Cortada placed 24 shoes in a circle around each pole, each shoe serving as a proxy for a person…
Find out more »Earth Day 2020: Committing to the Next 50 Years!
Earth Day 2020: Committing to the Next 50 Years Videos | Participate | Letters https://youtu.be/Inl_2cmZW94 This year marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the launch of an environmental movement. We do so as we witness the Sixth Mass Extinction, a global pandemic, and the other consequences of the climate crisis we are enduring. Let's resolve to do better. Commit to doing something. Today. To protect life on our planet. Write a Letter to the Future in the form below. Let's…
Find out more »CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Mangrove in Every MDC Public School
Plan(T) Home | About | Schools | Libraries | Farmer’s Market | Frost Science | Lincoln Road | Science Advisors | Press | Events In honor of Earth Day, Cortada Projects planned to be sending a mangrove and customized elevation-marked flag to each and every public school in Miami-Dade County, making each school a part of our county-wide project, Plan(T). Due to COVID-19, this event has been postponed. Artist Xavier Cortada has planted a mangrove and flag outside of his studio in honor of the schools that did not get to receive their mangroves, promising that Cortada…
Find out more »POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19: “Flying Solo: The Activist-Artist,” a play on Xavier Cortada at MDC Live Arts Lab
Cortada Projects invites you to "Flying Solo: The Activist-Artist," a play on Xavier Cortada and his social practice, on Monday, April 21! The play is a collaborative work between Associate Professor of Florida International University (FIU) Phillip Church and Dr. Darrell Arnold from Miami-Dade College (MDC), funded by the Humanities Edge Collaborative Research Grant. It explores ethical and political reflections on art and how it impacts our self-understanding and ways of being in the world. -- Back to all 2020…
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