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October 2005 - December 2005
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Plural Miami
group
show curated by Antonio Zaya
Opening reception on
Saturday, December 3, 2005
from 7pm to 11pm
World Arts Building
2214 N. Miami Avenue, Miami, FL
For more info
click here
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Color Field
Painting
December
3, 2005 (morning): Xavier Cortada will serve as Artistic Director of
several
Hands on
Miami Day
volunteer-driven mural projects, including Color
Field
where
hundreds of volunteers will join the artist in painting
the 149 columns holding up 1-95 from the edge of the Miami
River to S.W. 8th Street in solid colors. The artist
will also lead volunteers in the creation of murals
at Miami Senior High School and the Northern Bank of the
27th Avenue Bridge at the Miami River.
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 Mangroves
a solo
exhibit by Xavier Cortada
December 1, 2005
11a: opening of reclamation installation
Noon: lecture
Miami Dade College North Campus in the North Art Gallery,
11380 NW 27 Ave., Building 5000.
For more info
click on image.
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October
29 - November 26, 2005: Xavier Cortada to show work at
the La Calavera Art Exhibit.
The City of Dallas, Office of Cultural Affairs and The
Ice House Cultural Center present the group show
from October 29, through November 26, 2005 at The
Ice House Cultural Center in Oak Cliff (1004 W. Page
Street, Dallas, TX 75208).
October
26, 2005: Nuestra Cultura, a Hispanic Heritage
Month Presentation by Xavier Cortada to students at
Miami-Dade County Public School's Lindsey Hopkins Adult
Education Center, Miami, FL.
October
16, 2005: Xavier Cortada is to be honored at the
Theodore R. Gibson Memorial Fund Annual Dinner, J. W.
Marriott Hotel, 1109 Brickell Avenue, Miami, FL.
October 15, 2005:
Arts and the Community, a presentation by
Cuban-American artist Xavier Cortada to students in the
Masters in Interdisciplinary Education program at Nova
South Eastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
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Mangroves
a solo
exhibit by Xavier Cortada
Opening reception:
Friday,
October 14, 2005
7-9 p.m., at MDC’s North Campus in the North Gallery,
11380 NW 27 Avenue, Building 5000. For more info
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October 12, 2005: Announcement
of the Governor Jeb Bush's Hispanic Heritage Month
Essay Winner (Xavier Cortada served as one of three judges
for the Elementary School essays), Bongo's Cafe, Miami,
FL.
October 4, 17,
and 24, 2005: Xavier Cortada will work with
patients at the University of Miami Children's Cancer
Clinic to create a collaborative mural, Miami, FL.
July 2005 - September 2005
July
19, 2005: The Art of Acculturation, a
presentation by Cuban-American artist Xavier Cortada at
the Artel Art
Gallery (www.artelgallery.org), Pensacola, FL.
July 28, 2005: Unveiling
of City Hall Murals: "First
Encounter: 1566" and "The Incorporators: 1896," City of Miami, FL.
July 29-30, 2005:
Creation of Congressional
Hunger Center's "Hunger Exists Here"
collaborative mural, Washington,
D.C.
August
25, 2005:
Keynote address and unveiling the official poster
for the 8th Annual National Promotoras Conference
in Phoenix, AZ.
 September
2-4, 2005:
Creation of collaborative art with kids at the American
Cancer Society, Florida Division's Families ROCK
Weekend
at Disney's Yacht Club,
Orlando, FL.
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 Opening
Night:
September 24, 2005
This
year’s cover artwork was created especially for Festival
Miami 2005 by
Xavier
Cortada,
a renowned Miami artist and UM law school alumnus. The
stunning cover presents a bold and colorful blend of
musical instruments set adrift against playful waves
and deep blue sky.
For more
info,
click
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April
2005
- June 2005
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International
Arts Partnership Forum
 Co-hosted
by First Lady Columba Bush and Secretary of
State Glenda E. Hood, the forum's goal is to discuss
current successful models of international cultural
exchange projects and to create cultural exchanges among
the countries represented.
On June 7,
2005, attendees will come from Colombia, Mexico, Japan,
Washington, DC, Texas, Atlanta and from all over Florida.
Miami artist Xavier Cortada is to serve as one of
four forum panelists.
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April 22, 2005:
Unveiling of the "Protecting America's Children: A
national message mural" at CWLA's (Child Welfare League of
America)
Children's Memorial Flag Initiative,
a public awareness campaign to
direct attention to the tragedy of violent child deaths as
part of a national initiative to reduce child mortality.
Washington, D.C.
(Please click here
for more information)
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 Xavier
Cortada to create "Reach for the Stars" mural during
"S.T.A.R.S."
Conference, aimed at helping kids with
disabilities and their families, on April 9, 2005 in
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During Spring 2005 the
Road to Hope Tour will travel 5,636 miles to 25 colleges and universities to educate students
about HIV/AIDS. As part of this AIDS awareness
campaign, Miami artist Xavier Cortada will create a
national message mural
receiving input from students at each tour
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presents
Mangroves
a solo exhibit by
Xavier Cortada
in the
Capitol Gallery
22nd Floor, Florida Capitol
Tallahassee, FL
April 4 - June 3, 2005
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January 2005 - March 2005
 The
National Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
Association, Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) & Voices For
Children Foundation in collaboration with renowned
artist Xavier Cortada, has introduced an art
program to help build self esteem for children in
the foster care system. For more
information, click here. |
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Honorable Chairman Joe A. Martinez
Members of the Miami-Dade
Board of County
Commissioners
&
The Miami-Dade Community Relations Board
present the
unveiling of
Our Community
(is like a Mangrove Forest)
a site-specific mural by Miami artist
Xavier Cortada
on
January 6, 2005
at 12:00
noon
in the foyer of the
County Commission Chambers
111 NW 1st Street, 2nd Floor
Miami, FL 33128
For more
information please click here
http://www.cortada.com/2005/our-community.htm.
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City of Miami
and
Hands on Miami
present the
Miami Mangrove Forest
by
Xavier Cortada
a public art project created with the help of Hands on
Miami volunteers
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Special
project exhibit during
OMNIART 2:
The Neighborhood as a Work of Art
a
large scale urban intervention during Art Miami 2005
opening
January 7, 2005
from 10 p - 2a
1232 NE 2nd Avenue
(next
to the Performing Arts Center)
for more
information on the exhibit
click here) |
december 2004
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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.
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