Cortada Science Art Academy at Pinecrest Gardens launches March 27th!
CORTADA SPEAKS TO ASPEN INSTITUTE FUTURE
LEADERS ABOUT ART, CLIMATE & MENTORSHIP
Xavier Cortada, Miami-Dade County’s inaugural artist-in-residence, was joined by Adam Roberti, the executive director of the Xavier Cortada Foundation, on March 5th in a conversation about the role of art in generating awareness and action around the climate crisis.
The Aspen Institute Future Leaders Climate Summit speakers discussed how to develop interdisciplinary partnerships and collaborations that rebuild ecosystems, spark climate conversations, and ultimately empower agents of change. They also talked about how intergenerational mentorships can create important opportunities for sharing knowledge, perspectives and inspiration.
Earlier that week, Cortada also delivered keynote speeches during the Miami Youth Climate Summit and Temple Beth Sholom’s Earth Summit.
CORTADA SCIENCE ART ACADEMY STARTS ON
MARCH 27TH AT PINECREST GARDENS
Give your child the tools they need to make a difference! Register them for the Cortada Science Art Academy at Pinecrest Gardens and empower them to create positive change in their community.
In our complex, ever-changing world, we need the next generation of leaders to be creative problem solvers, driven by empathy and guided by science. The Cortada Academy helps students better understand our world, develop leadership skills, and use art to protect the environment.
CORTADA LAUNCHES "UNDERWATER FLORIDA" AT
UM LAW REVIEW SYMPOSIUM
On February 10th, Cortada premiered his Underwater Florida project at the University of Miami’s 2023 Law Review Symposium, “An Unequal Burden: Environmental Justice and the Climate Crisis.“
Underwater Florida showcases how Cortada traveled to 54 coastal city halls and placed a sign at each, depicting their respective elevations above sea level. By doing this at the very place where city officials make decisions about municipal budgets, as well as land use, planning and zoning, the artist made visible the threat that sea level rise poses to each city’s future tax base.
Join us for “Art in the Gardens” on April 15th at Pinecrest Gardens for the opening of Underwater Florida.
XAVIER CORTADA FOUNDATION
The Xavier Cortada Foundation’s mission is to use socially engaged art to create meaningful and transformative experiences that educate, inspire, and mobilize communities to take collective action against our climate and ecological crises.