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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

   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 […]

Exploring the Environment & Art: STEAM Workshop at Frost Art Museum

Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum 10975 SW 17th St, Miami, FL

Division of Academics Visual and Performing Arts, Office of Academics and Transformation, Miami-Dade County Public Schools presents Exploring the Environment & Art: STEAM Workshop with Xavier Cortada, Artist-in-Residence, Florida International University, School of Environment, Arts and Society, College of Arts & Sciences/ College of Architecture + The Arts Location and Sponsor: Frost Art Museum , […]

2016 Miami Mini Maker Faire

National Young Arts Foundation 2100 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL

    Make a flag: Plant it next to a native tree at home and state, "I hereby reclaim this land for nature." Make a statement: The green flag makes people curious. Ask them to do the same. Make a difference: Rebuild ecosystems one yard at a time. with NATIVE FLAGS at 2016 Miami Mini Maker […]

Native Flags: 8th Annual Earth Day Celebration in every Miami-Dade public school

Miami Dade County Public Schools Miami

  On April 20th, 2017, MDCPS School Board Chair Larry Feldman helps Miami Sunset Senior High School students plant a live oak on their campus. Miami-Dade County Public Schools Celebrates Earth Day 2017 At its meeting of February 15, 2017 the School Board approved Board Item H-4 proffered by School Board Member Perla Tabares Hantman, endorsing […]

Platform 450: Curator and Artist Tour

Deering Estate 16701 SW 72nd Ave, Palmetto Bay

  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 […]

FLORIDA IS… solo show at “The Frank”

The Frank C. Otis Art Gallery and Exhibit Hall 601 City Center Way, Pembroke Pines, FL

Through May 19th at The Frank: Xavier Cortada, "Diatoms," 2017. You are cordially invited to Florida is... a solo show by Xavier Cortada at The Frank Frank C. Otis Art Gallery and Exhibit Hall Pembroke Pines City Center 601 City Center Way Pembroke Pines, FL 33156   Opening: March 29, 2018 Artist workshop: March 31, 2018 […]

Native Flags: 9th Annual Earth Day Celebration in every Miami-Dade County public school

Miami Dade County Public Schools Miami

On April 7th, 2010, students from Filer Middle School in Hialeah planted a sea grape (Coccoloba uvifera) and Native Flag on campus and adopted their own buttonwood and firebush trees/flags to plant at their homes. See www.nativeflags.org.  Miami-Dade County Public Schools Celebrates Earth Day 2018 At its meeting of February 21, 2018 the School Board approved […]

Celebrate Earth Day at Pinecrest Gardens’ Earth Day Festival

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

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 […]

Creative Pinellas and Arctic Cycle present “90N,” a solo exhibition of works created by Xavier Cortada at the North Pole in June 2008

Gallery at Creative Pinellas 12211 Walsingham Road, Largo, FL

  Creative Pinellas and Arctic Cycle present 90N: North Pole Installations by Xavier Cortada at Gallery at Creative Pinellas 12211 Walsingham Road Largo, FL 33778 Exhibit runs  June 29, 2018 through September 2, 2018     Ten years ago, Cortada’s ice breaker easily pushed through the then-thinning polar ice, surprising the crew at its early arrival in […]

Creative Pinellas presents “As the Arctic Melts …,” an artist’s talk by Xavier Cortada

Gallery at Creative Pinellas 12211 Walsingham Road, Largo, FL

      Creative Pinellas  presents As the Arctic Melts ... an artist's talk by Xavier Cortada on Thursday, July 19th, 2018 7:00 - 8:30 pm at Pinewood Cultural Center Auditorium 12211 Walsingham Road Largo, FL 33778       The lecture is presented in conjunction with the presentation of the artist's  90N: North Pole […]