Native Flags: Earth Day Reforestation in Miami-Dade County Schools

Miami-Dade County Public Schools Every Elementary, Middle and High School (total 336), Miami, FL, United States

   Home | North Pole Video | Get Flag | Upload photo Follow Blog | Like Facebook| See Reclamation Project (MDCPS schools) | See Miami Beach Earth Day 2013 The Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science (Museum Volunteers for the Environment), Deering Estates and the FIU College of Architecture + The Artswill once again join their other community partners in implementing Native Flags, Xavier Cortada's participatory eco-art project, in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. For […]

Sweetwater Elementary to grow FLOR500 wildflowers in every student’s home

Sweetwater Elementary School 10655 SW 4th St, Sweetwater, FL, United States

FLOR500 | Sweetwater  Miami artist Xavier Cortada will lead Sweetwater Elementary School students in creating a participatory eco-art project in support of the pollinators.  Inspired by his FLOR500 project (www.flor500.com), kids at the school will plant wildflower seeds to grow in their classroom.  Each student will have a cup with their name on it.  Each student […]

Platform 450: Curator and Artist Tour

Deering Estate 16701 SW 72nd Ave, Palmetto Bay, United States

PLATFORM 450 The Deering Spring Contemporary exhibition PLATFORM 450 showcases site-specific works produced through a range of multidisciplinary art practices in virtual reality, 3-D modeling, and new media. Through data collection and investigation, this year’s presenting artists responded to the 450 acres of the Deering Estate. PLATFORM 450 OPENING Historic homes and grounds 3:30 pm […]

Cortada to serve as Palmer Trinity School Earth Week Distinguished Guest Speaker

Palmer Trinity School 8001 SW 184 Street,, Miami, United States

Florida International University CARTA and SEAS artist-in-residence Xavier Cortada will make a presentation to Palmer Trinity School students during Earth Week.  He will make the keynote presentation to the student body from 10:30 - 11:00 am and meet with students: 11:05 - 11:50 am.  The event is open only to the Palmer Trinity School family.   […]

Celebrate Earth Day at Pinecrest Gardens’ Earth Day Festival

Pinecrest Gardens | Hibiscus Gallery 11000 SW 57th Ave, Pinecrest, FL, United States

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 […]

Pinecrest Gardens Earth Week Celebration

Pinecrest Gardens 11100 Red Road, Pinecrest, FL, United States

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 […]

Earth Day 2020: Committing to the Next 50 Years!

Cortada Projects at Pinecrest Gardens 11000 Red Road, Pinecreest, FL, United States

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 […]