January 2025
Cortada Invited by Chilean Government to Speak on Global Challenges 🇨🇱
- Cortada Addresses Chile’s Congreso Futuro: Art, Science, and Climate Change
- Cortada Speaks at Chilean National Congress
- Welcome by Gabriel Boric, President of Chile
- Broward County Mayor Unveils Elevation Sculpture at Commission Chambers
- 2025 U.S. National Adaptation and Resilience Planning Strategy Features “The Underwater”
- Florida Wildflower Foundation Partnership Grows “Flower Force” Across the State
- Steven & Dorothea Green Critics’ Lecture Series Presents Xavier Cortada
- The Frank: Kentucky’s Creative Voice
- Broward Administrator Cepero Praises “The Underwater”
- Congreso Futuro invites Cortada on Scientific Expedition
- 30 Years Ago: Leadville Colorado “Hand in Hand” Mural (1995)
February 2025
New Cortada Public Art Marks Deep-Sea Reef Discovery 🦑
- “Water Columns” Unveiling Celebrates Blake Plateau on Xavier Cortada Day
- Cortada Inducted into Florida Artist Hall of Fame
- Cortada Joins Esteemed Ranks in Green Critics’ Lecture Series
- Cortada Inspires Gulf Coast Artists at National Academy of Sciences Event
- UM Law Hosts Cortada for Human Rights Clinic Lecture on Art & Advocacy
- Xavier Cortada, eco-artista, sobre la crisis climática: “La ciencia informa, pero el arte transforma”
- Climate Journal Publishes Research on Cortada’s ‘Plan(T)’ Eco-Art Projec
- 15 Years Ago Endangered World: Biscayne National Park (2010)
MARCH 2025
Science-art banners at Harvard inspire the next generation of scientists 🧬
- Harvard commissions Cortada science-art banners
- “Planting Pollinators” sculpture coming to Coral Gables
- The Ansin Foundation invests $50K in Cortada Foundation’s mission
- Cortada featured in ARTSPEAK interview series
- ‘The Underwater’ returns to Broward County Public Schools
- Cortada leads national biodiversity workshop
- Publication highlights Cortada’s engaged work
- LIVE@Frost Science | Xavier Cortada & Adam Roberti
- Public Art Spotlight: Diatom Fountain
- 5 Years Ago: Miami Corona Project (2020)
APRIL 2025
"Cortada Eco-Art Courtyard" launched in Hialeah on Earth Day 🌳
- ‘Cortada Eco-Art Courtyard’ opens as climate learning hub
- Cortada Foundation headlines talk at Frost Science Planetarium
- Cortada keynotes Tropical Audubon Society’s Annual Meeting
- Cortada Science Art Academy inspires young minds at Sunset Elementary
- Cortada leads national climate webinar
- The Underwater goes to New River Middle School
- NBC 6 South Florida features Cortada Foundation’s climate work
- UTD Foundation invests $45K in eco-art education
- Public Art Spotlight: Wading Birds
- 10 Years Ago: Florida is… Nature (2015)
MAY 2025
Cortada Speaks at National Ocean Justice Summit; Launches Student Scholarship at Miami High 🌊
- Cortada Featured at D.C.’s Leading Ocean Justice Gathering
- “The Underwater: Broward” Murals Completed Across 16 Schools
- Cortada Foundation Presents Inaugural Art & Service Scholarship
- Cortada Featured on Climate Shifted Podcast
- Upcoming: Community Climate Conversation in Ft. Lauderdale
- Public Art Spotlight: Sunburst Woodstorks
- 10 Years Ago: The Robert Rauschenberg Residency | 5 Actions to Stop Rising Seas (2015)
SUMMER 2025
Cortada Challenges Sports World to Lead on Climate; Releases Official Public Art Catalog 🏆
- Celebrate Cortada’s Birthday with the Launch of the Seahorse Society
- “The Underwater: Broward” Convenes Community Climate Conversation
- Cortada Challenges Incoming UM Med School Class to Be Voices for Truth
- Cortada Welcomes UM Global Executive MBA Cohort with his Artwork
- Americans for the Arts: Creative Partnerships for Climate Action
- Arts for Life! Scholarship Luncheon & Artist Symposium
- Cortada Foundation at Dear Everything
- The Smithsonian’s Art x Climate Gallery, by way of the Fifth National Climate Assessment, triumphs despite the circumstances
- 25 Years Ago: Listen to the Children of the Green Island; Breaking the Silence (XIII World AIDS Mural)
- 20 Years Ago: First Encounter: 1566; The Incorporators: 1896
September 2025
Cortada Unveils Seahorse Mural, Honors Matthew Shepard, Inspires Leaders
- “The Seahorse Society” Restoring the Bay, One Action at a Time
- ALERT: Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center
- “The Air Between Us” Honoring Matthew Shepard, Confronting Hate
- “From Rising Seas to Rising Leaders” Keynote at Leadership Miami
- “The Underwater” Surrounds Dear Everything at Miami Beach Bandshell
- Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo Honors Cortada During Hispanic Heritage Month
- Redefining Public Scholarship: Xavier Cortada’s Art as a New Model for Civic Dialogue and Climate Action
- 20 Years Ago: Music | 2005
October 2025
Cortada Completes Major Public Art Commission for Palm Beach Fire Station
- New Bas-relief Ceramic Murals Anchor Palm Beach County Fire Station 49
- Cortada Delivers Museum Lecture at the College of William & Mary
- Cortada Helps Shape Aspen Institute’s National Water Strategy
- Coastal Virginia Municipal Leaders Invite Cortada to Help Address Sea Level Rise
- Cortada to Students at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design:
“You Have Voice. Use It.” - 15 Years Ago: Genetic Sequence | 2010
December 2025
Happy Holidays ~ 2025 Year in Review 🌟
- January: Cortada Spoke at Chilean National Congress
- January: Broward County Mayor Unveiled Elevation Sculpture
- February: National Academies Gulf Coast Roundtable
- February: Florida Artists Hall of Fame Induction
- February: Water Columns | Jacksonville Beach
- February: Steven & Dorothea Green Critics’ Lecture Series
- March: The Underwater: Broward | Public Schools
- April: Cortada & Roberti Lectured at Frost Museum of Science
- April: Cortada Eco-Art Courtyard Launched in Hialeah
- June: Cortada Spoke at ‘Upwell: A Wave of Ocean Justice’
- June: Green Sports Alliance Summit Collaborative Mural & Speech
- July: 2nd Annual Community Climate Conversation
- August: Cortada Challenged Incoming UM Med School Class
- August: In Gear: Lifelines and Vital Signs | Palm Beach County
- September: Seahorse Society Mural | Key Biscayne
- September: The Air Between Us | Laramie, Wyoming
- October: Helped Shape Aspen Institute’s National Water Strategy
- October: College of William & Mary Muscarelle Museum Lecture
- December: Miami Art Week Panel Discussion
- December: Centennial Public Art Sculpture | Coral Gables