Posted by | March 17, 2020
Events

Plan(T) Installation at Miami School of LawMarch 3, 2020 Plan(T) Installation at Miami Herbert Business SchoolFeb. 7, 2020 Xavier Cortada’s Presentation to the Arbor Day FoundationJan. 29, 2020 MAMP Conference...

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Posted by | March 2, 2020
About

https://youtu.be/mDw1wfRH7KQ          The mangrove finds itself as the central aspect of many of artist Xavier Cortada’s socially-engaged art projects, most notably within Plan(T), a natural evolution of...

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Posted by | February 28, 2020
Frost Science

Since 2007, Xavier Cortada's Reclamation Project has been based at the Miami Science Museum, where an installation of 1,100 mangrove seedlings was on permanent exhibit. This eco-art project launched MUVE (Museum Volunteers for...

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Posted by | January 30, 2020
Xavier Cortada’s Presentation to the Arbor Day Foundation

    When speaking to the Arbor Day Foundation at Pinecrest Gardens on Wednesday, Jan. 29, artist Xavier Cortada introduced the basis of his practice, explaining the why to what...

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Posted by | November 25, 2019
Resources: Climate Change

CLIMATE CHANGE Climate change is a long-term change in the average weather patterns of a region. It is a naturally occurring phenomenon. The reason for the conversation on climate change...

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Posted by | July 20, 2019
Plan(T)

https://youtu.be/s1urYpkPenYSea levels are rising. Saltwater intrusion into our drinking water, septic tanks, landscape and agriculture is inevitable. Pinecrest Gardens-based environmental artist and University of Miami Professor of Practice Xavier Cortada wants...

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Posted by | August 18, 2017
“Finally, the shriveled mangrove plant represents the demise of the Confederacy…”

In 2005, I was asked to create the 2006 Florida Heritage Month poster.  I was charged with depicting the 5 flags that flew over my home state since Europeans made...

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