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April 2018
Comcast/Telemundo/NBCUniversal Project volunteers to paint FLOR500 mural at Sweetwater Elementary
FLOR500: main project page | 2018 Day of Service | 2018 Cabinet of Curiosities | Wildflowers for Sweetwater | FIU News Comcast/Telemundo/NBCUniversal Project: Volunteers to depict 500 Florida Wildflowers on FLOR500 mural painted as part of a STEAM Spree at Sweetwater Elementary Comcast, Telemundo, and NBCUniversal employees will be joined by community volunteers for a day of fun and service at a STEAM Spree for Sweetwater Elementary. On Comcast Cares Day, April 21, 2018, volunteers will plant, paint, and create projects reflective of…
Find out more »Celebrate Earth Day at Pinecrest Gardens’ Earth Day Festival
Join Xavier Cortada at the Pinecrest Gardens Earth Day Festival and participate in his environmental participatory art projects: Diatoms DIATOMS: Unveil the Diatom sculpture at 1 pm Diatoms are single-celled organisms that live in the water and harness the power of the sun to convert CO2 into oxygen. Its glass shell, all that remains from the diatom, is used by scientists today to see what was as they research environmental issues crucial to the city in the century to…
Find out more »Cortada’s Antarctic Ice Paintings featured during Waters Rising Concert at UM Frost School of Music
Waters Rising!: Concert | Invitation | Media Xavier Cortada, "Drygalski," (Antarctic Ice Painting), 2007. — Back to all 2018 Events
Find out more »Lowe Art Museum’s Evening of Art featuring the Palette Project
Palette Project: Artist's Statement | Invitation Lowe Art Museum's Evening of Art featuring the Palette Project Friday, April 27, 2018 7-11 pm This year’s Evening of Art (formerly the Director’s Circle) will continue to honor our Director’s Circle and Benefactor Members, who are invited as our special guests and will be voting on the Lowe’s next significant acquisition (options include works by Titus Kaphar, Richard Mosse, AdiNes, and Hank Willis Thomas ). In addition, this year’s event marks the launch of the Lowe’s…
Find out more »May 2018
{in water} exhibition at Pinecrest Gardens
Xavier Cortada, "{in water}: (P)," 12" x 16", archival ink on paper, signed, numbered, limited edition print / edition of 5, 2018.. "{in water}" a solo exhibition of works by Xavier Cortada at Hibiscus Gallery Pinecrest Gardens 11000 S. Red Road Pinecrest, FL 33156 Exhibit runs from May 3 through August 3rd, 2018 Summer Hours: In the gallery (main entrance): Weekends only Please call 305-669-6990 to see when the gallery is open to the public In the studio (cottage): Weekdays 11 am…
Find out more »Cortada to present FLOR500 at Sweetwater Elementary’s Cabinet of Curiosities Exhibition
FLOR500: main project page | 2018 Day of Service | 2018 Cabinet of Curiosities | Wildflowers for Sweetwater | FIU News FLOR500 is a participatory art, nature, and history project created by FIU artist-in-residence Xavier Cortada to commemorate Florida’s quincentennial in 2013. The project marks the importance of the moment when the history of our state changed forever and gives us a glimpse of what its landscape was like 500 years ago. 500 flowers A team of scientists selected the 500…
Find out more »Wildflowers for Sweetwater: All Sweetwater Elementary Students to receive FLOR500 wildflowers to plant at home
FLOR500: main project page | 2018 Day of Service | 2018 Cabinet of Curiosities | Wildflowers for Sweetwater | FIU News On May 30th, 2018 at 10am, artist Xavier Cortada will join Sweetwater Elementary principal Janet Olivera and art teacher Marlene Martinez in presenting wildflower plants to every one of the schools 700 students. The students will plant the wildflowers at home and care for them. The participatory eco-art project aims to engage students in prosocial actions…
Find out more »June 2018
Cortada to participate in Howlround’s Theatre in the Age of Climate Change Convening, Boston, MA
HowlRound, in partnership with Chantal Bilodeau (The Arctic Cycle), Elizabeth Doud (Climakaze Miami/Fundarte), and Roberta Levitow (Theater Without Borders) present the Theatre in the Age of Climate Change Convening livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Friday 8 June to Sunday 10 June 2018. The Theatre in the Age of Climate Change convening is one of four convenings selected as part of the HowlRound Challenge to advance the role of the arts as a catalyst for social change. This…
Find out more »Real-Time Data Visualizations: A 21st Century Confluence of Art, Music and Science at Ecological Research Sites at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest– White Mountains, NH
Real-Time Data Visualizations: A 21st Century Confluence of Art, Music and Science at Ecological Research Sites Hubbard Brook Water Visualization. See www.waterviz.org Hypotheses: Multi-sensory experiences such as those evoked by a new generation of data visualizations and sonifications will simultaneously engage the reasoning, visual and acoustical centers of the viewer’s brain, and make pattern and process in large ecological data sets easier to apprehend, providing a foundation for new discoveries. Neurobiological tools and theory can provide a mechanistic understanding for this…
Find out more »Artistree Gallery: “Water Paintings,” an exhibition of works created at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest by Xavier Cortada
"Water Paintings" an exhibition of works created at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest by Xavier Cortada at Artistree Gallery 2095 Pomfret Road South Pomfret, VT 05067 Closing reception: Saturday, July 14th, 5-7pm with Cuban inspired appetizers and drinks. Exhibit Dates: June 26th - July 14th This exhibit is part of Artistree's Cuban Cultural Festival on July 14th. Xavier Cortada's "Water Paintings" exhibition at Pinecrest Gardens in 2018. Xavier Cortada works with Hydrologist Mark Green to create "Water Paintings" at Hubbard…
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