calendar of events

 

december 2004

 


 
SACRED GROVE
Interpreting our Nature


works by
Lea Nickless
and Xavier Cortada
at
Xavier Cortada Studio
104 SW 9th Street, Street Level/East Side
Miami, FL

Opening reception:  
December 1, 2004, 6 -10 pm

sponsored by BACARDI, USA


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and access to map and directions

 

Cuban Monument to Freedom
For more information, please visit http://www.cubanmonument.org

Featuring Xavier Cortada's painting on the actual Russian Antonov-2 Colt airplane that brought a family from Cuba to the United States.  Surrounding the plane are 46 pieces of luggage numbered sequentially from 1959 to 2004, representing each year the Cuban community has been in exile.  Each piece will include letters from exiles describing what they left behind in Cuba and what they found when they arrived here.  
 

The Honorable Manny Diaz, Mayor of Miami
Royal Palm Communities
University of Miami Libraries Cuban Heritage Collection

and

Cuban Monument to Freedom, Inc

cordially invite you to see the

Painted Cuban Plane
and Freedom Luggage Installation


by
Xavier Cortada

at its new home
318  NW 23rd Street
Miami, FL

Opening reception:  
December 2, 2004 at 8 pm

For more information/press release:
click here.
 

 

 

MIAMI MANGROVE FOREST

by

Xavier Cortada

a volunteer-driven public art project and installation presented by the City of Miami and Hands on Miami
(for more information click here)

to be presented during


OMNIART: The Neighborhood as a Work of Art
a large scale urban intervention brought to you by the new MIART Foundation  to honor Art Basel Miami Beach 2004 (see
http://www.omniart-miami.com)

December 3, 2004 from 9pm - 2am
1325 NE 1st Avenue

(next to Performing Arts Center)
 


Presentation of Awards designed by Xavier Cortada at the
The National Council of Jewish Women - Greater Miami Section 2004 WOMEN OF VALOR AWARD Luncheon Key Biscayne Ritz Carlton. Key Biscayne, FL on December 2, 2004

 


2005

The Florida Division of Cultural Affairs presents

 


Mangroves

a solo show by
Xavier Cortada
in the

Florida Capitol
22nd Floor Gallery
Tallahassee, FL

April - May, 2005
 


 

 november 2004

Hands on Miami
presents
Miami Mangrove Forest
a volunteer-driven, large-scale
public art project designed by

Xavier Cortada
on
November 6, 2004
Miami, FL.

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 for more information

 

Mangroves
a solo exhibit by
Xavier Cortada
at
Arts for ACT Gallery
Ft. Myers, FL

Opening night: 
 
November 12, 2004 - 7pm

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American Cancer Society Florida Chapter's
Reaching Out to Cancer Kids

 COLLABORATIVE ART PIECES
to be created by ROCK CAMP kids and
Xavier Cortada

 November 19-12, 2004 in Orlando, Florida

 

october 2004

 

The Miami chapter of Amnesty International  presents the group show “Giving Torture a Face” on Thursday October 14, 2004 from 7:00 to 10:00 at 139 N.E. 39 Street p.m., during the Miami Design District’s “Gallery Walk” night.  For more click here.


 

Environmental Leadership Program
presents an
exhibit of Xavier Cortada's paintings at

Miami Nice:  A fundraiser that has
Nothing to do with the Elections

Tuesday, October 19th, 2004
6:30 pm until 8:30 pm
Key Biscayne Beach Club
685 Ocean Drive, Key Biscayne 

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Lectures and Presentations

Introductory Slide Presentation to MIU Students
Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami, FL
October 11, 2004, noon

Hispanic Heritage Celebration Slide Presentation
Lindsey Hopkins Adult Education, Miami, FL
October 13, 2004, 9:30 am

Hispanic Heritage Celebration Slide Presentation
Key Largo Elementary School, Key Largo, FL
October 13, 2004, 7:30 pm

Building the Miami Mangrove Forest Slide Presentation
Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami, FL
October 25, 2004, noon

 

 

 

september 2004

You are cordially invited to
XL

an exhibit of large-scale drawings by Miami artist
Xavier Cortada
as he celebrates his 40th birthday
(XL is the Roman Numeral for 40)

on
Friday
, September 17, 2004
from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.

in his studio located at
104 SW 9th Street,
Street-level East
side Suite

(
across from the Brickell Metrorail Station in Miami, FL;
for
directions visit http://www.cortada.com/map.htm)

 

Please click here to read
artist's statement

Please click here to see
gallery

 

Event co-sponsored by:
BACARDI, USA

 

 

Join Xavier Cortada
at
An Evening Among Artists
to benefit
Operation Smile
on
September 30, 2004
Fairchild Tropical Garden
Miami, FL.

 

 

 

august 2004
 

ART IN THE DRUG COURT

Hon. Judge J. Rosinek
presents

Compartiendo

a long term exhibit by
Xavier Cortada

Opening reception August 25, 2004 at 5 p.m.
in the Miami-Dade County Drug Court

 

On August 18th, 2004, Xavier Cortada will deliver a Keynote address and unveil the official poster for the 7th Annual National Promotoras Conference in
Denver, CO.


june and july 2004
 

The Greater Miami Chapter of NCCJ presents the
ArtBridge Mural

an art-based community building project implemented at St. Francis Xavier Catholic School and Shennandoah Middle School though funding from the MetLife Foundation.
June 1, 2004

 



CASA
Tenth Anniversary Celebration
July 8, 2004

 

Guayabera... al aire libre
Silent Auction
July 21, 2004

 

 

 

may 2004
 

Unveiling of the History of Disabilities mural (part of the History Disability Art project) on May 7, 2007 at noon in the University of Miami School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics Mailman Center for Child Development,  Conference Room #3023, Miami, FL

 


¡CELEBRA LIBERTAD!

Featuring Xavier Cortada's painting on the actual Russian Antonov-2 Colt airplane that brought a family from Cuba to the United States.

Cortada will also present 45 pieces of luggage numbered sequentially from 1959 to 2004, representing each year the Cuban community has been in exile.  Each piece will include letters from exiles describing what they left behind in Cuba and what they found when they arrived here.

 Click here for more information.

Presented by:
 
The City of Miami
and
Leeds, Colby, Paris, Spence, Hoffman and Valori, P.A

Date:  
May 19, 2004
 (by invitation)

May 20 - 23, 2004
open to the public  

Location: 
Elizabeth Virrick Hangar
2600 South Bayshore Drive
Coconut Grove, Florida

info: 305-567-1200

 

 

Xavier Cortada will create the official Voices 2004 collaborative mural during the May 22- 25 conference in Washington, D.C.

 

Recent paintings by Xavier Cortada
on exhibit at the

Art Gallery at FGCU Library

Florida Gulf Coast University
10501 FGCU Blvd. South,
Fort Myers, FL 33965-6565

 
during
may 20, 2004  - june 11, 2004

artist's reception on may 27th, 2004
5:00 - 7:30 pm


 

Silent Auctions and
Charity Fundraisers:

Against the Law, May 20-21, 2004

Genesis Artists for AIDS, May 26, 2004

United Home Care, May 27, 2004

 

 

 


march and april 2004

march 1


May It Please the Court



a solo exhibit by

Xavier Cortada

in the rotunda of the

Florida Supreme Court

Tallahassee, FL

March 1 - July 15, 2004

Opening reception
 
March 1st at 3 pm

please click here to see
 virtual exhibit

Presented by the Florida Supreme Court,
Arts in the Court Committee
 


march 10

UNVEILING OF KIKIRIKI

Unveiling of Xavier Cortada's Kikiriki, a glass mosaic mural at Parrot Jungle Island's Petting Barn on March 10th at 5 pm.  (Mural donated by Bisazza.)

Reception to launch United Home Care's 30th Anniversary to follow at the Xavier Cortada Gallery in the Parrot Jungle Island Treetop Ballroom, Miami, FL

 

march 17

DISCOVER BISCAYNE BAY



Unveiling of the "Discover Biscayne Bay" mural inside the  Miami Children's Museum on Watson Island in Miami, FL on March 17, 2004 at 3:30 pm. 

The mural was commissioned by Citizen's for a Better South Florida, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), and the Discover Biscayne Bay Campaign as a gift to the museum's permanent collection.

 


march 18

Turning Pages: Celebrating South Florida Artist-Made Books

a group show including
Xavier Cortada

at

Bienes Center for the Literary Arts Broward County Main Library
Broward County, FL 

March 18 – May 8, 2004

 

april 3

IN EXILE, Echoes from Haiti and Cuba



Exhibit of Xavier Cortada's
We're in the Same Boat mural at the "IN EXILE, Echoes from Haiti and Cuba" program presented by the NOVA University Fischler Graduate School of Education and Human Services, Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Arts Program. The artist will speak at the program, scheduled for April 3, 2004, 7pm to 10 pm, at the Rose & Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL.  Tickets: $15.
 
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april 30

Bishop Verot Mural

Unveiling of Xavier Cortada's "Bishop Verot" glass mosaic mural followed by artist's slide presentation at Bishop Verot Catholic High School, 5598 Sunrise Dr., Ft. Myers, FL 33919 on April 30th, 2004.  For more information, please contact the school's Development Office, www.bvhs.org.  Tickets: $50.

 

january and february 2004
 

Turning Pages: Celebrating South Florida Artist-Made Books
a group show including Xavier Cortada at:

Arthur and Mata Jaffe Collection:                   
January 14 – February 29, 2004
Books as Aesthetic Objects
Florida Atlantic University
West Palm Beach, FL    

 

Sketching Spain-- Iberian Peninsula, January 2 - 14, 2003

 

Unveiling of "The Coexistence Mural"


The mural will be unveiled at the NCCJ Annual Gala Dinner, February 28, 2004, Miami, FL
Miami artist Xavier Cortada incorporated messages from  participants of two NCCJ Leadership Seminars, From Coexistence to Community and Artists Speak Out, to create this collaborative mural.  The seminars were part of the Coexistence Miami project.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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