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2006 calendar of events
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ART IN ANTARCTICA
 The Markers
will be on exhibit at the Miami Museum of Science and
Planetarium through December 11, 2006.
In January 2007, the artist will plant the
installation's flags in the South Pole.
Cortada is traveling to Antarctica through
his National Science Foundation Antarctic Artists and
Writers Program fellowship. |
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Xavier Cortada's
Absence of Place
to be exhibited in the
 MIAMI
ART MUSEUM
Miami In Transition
April 28 – October 29, 2006
Plaza Level Gallery
This
exhibition features local artists whose work has been
informed either directly or indirectly by Miami’s
ongoing metamorphosis. Selected by MAM curators, the
new works range from focused responses to
construction/demolition to more general
“psychogeographic” meditations on art and life amid an
environment in flux. Miami in Transition is the first
MAM exhibition dedicated entirely to Miami artists
since the highly successful, year long New Work series
in 2001.
The
exhibition is organized by Miami Art Museum and
curated by Assistant Director for Special
Projects/Curator Lorie Mertes and Curatorial Research
Assistant René Morales. The exhibition is supported by
MAM’s Annual Exhibition Fund.
about the Miami in
Transition
exhibit
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about
Absence of Place |
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A
WELL-KEPT SECRET: 40 YEARS OF COLLECTING
 Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Louise Nevelson, Claus
Oldenburg, Joseph Beuys, Jean DuBuffet, Keith Haring,
Alexander Calder, Christo,
David Hockney and others.
Centre Gallery
at the MDC Wolfson Campus
300 NE
Second Ave, Building 1(3rd floor), Miami, FL
Opening reception
on October 10, 7:00 PM
(exhibit runs thru November 10, 2006) |
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Mission
San Luis,
Tallahassee, FL
 Xavier Cortada's
Heron painting
will be presented to Mrs. Columba Bush, the First Lady
of Florida, on October 7, 2006, as part of
Florida's Hispanic Heritage Month
festivities.
Mission San Luis de
Apalachee dates from 1656. The western capital of the
Spanish Mission system in La Florida, it was one of
more than 100 mission settlements established in
Spanish Florida during the 16th and 17th centuries.
The painting will be on permanent display in the
Mission San
Luis
visitor's center.
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Lectures
and community outreach
On August 2,
2006 at 7pm, Xavier Cortada will unveil "Allapattah" mural
in the Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus Auditorium.
The 20-foot long mural was created with students from
three local high schools and will be permanently installed
in the City of Miami Allapattah NET Office. The collaborative
mural project was organized by the Office of Miami Mayor
Manny Diaz and the Mayor's Youth Council.
On August 24,
2006, Xavier Cortada will deliver a Keynote address and
unveil the official poster of the
9th Annual National Community Health Workers / Promotores
Conference
at the Hyatt
Regency Islandia in San Diego, California.
On Septmber
1-3, 2006, Xavier Cortada will create collaborative art
with kids at the American Cancer Society, Florida
Division's Families (Reaching Out to Cancer Kids) ROCK
Weekend
at Disney's Contemporary
Resort, Orlando, FL.
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April-July 2006
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Absence of Place: Views from Readers
Opening reception:
Monday,
June 5th, 6:00 -7:30 p.m. at the
Lobby of The Miami Herald, thru June
30th, 2006
This
installation is inspired by The Miami Herald reader’s response to
Absence of Place, an art piece by Xavier Cortada on exhibit at the
Miami
Art Museum (MAM) through October 29,
2006.
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Xavier Cortada & teens
to create the
"House of
Cards"
at the
Museum of Contemporary Art
(MOCA)
on May 13, 2006, Teen Day
1 -4 pm
click here for more |
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Xavier Cortada's
Absence of Place
to be exhibited in the
MIAMI
ART MUSEUM
Miami In Transition
April 28 – October 29, 2006
Plaza Level Gallery
This
exhibition features local artists whose work has been
informed either directly or indirectly by Miami’s
ongoing metamorphosis. Selected by MAM curators, the
new works range from focused responses to
construction/demolition to more general
“psychogeographic” meditations on art and life amid an
environment in flux. Miami in Transition is the first
MAM exhibition dedicated entirely to Miami artists
since the highly successful, year long New Work series
in 2001.
The
exhibition is organized by Miami Art Museum and
curated by Assistant Director for Special
Projects/Curator Lorie Mertes and Curatorial Research
Assistant René Morales. The exhibition is supported by
MAM’s Annual Exhibition Fund.
about the Miami in
Transition
exhibit
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about
Absence of Place |
January - March 2006
On March 18, 2006, Xavier Cortada will paint a
collaborative mural at the 2006
Global Gathering Music Festival, Bicentennial
Park, Miami, FL.
On February 27, 2006, Xavier Cortada will travel to
Washington, D.C. to receive the Child Welfare League of
America (CWLA)
2006 Champion of Children Award.
Mangroves,
a solo exhibit at the
Artel Gallery
located at
505 South
Adams Street
in Pensacola, FL (opening reception February 17, 2006).
Bath
House Cultural Center's
12th Annual EL CORAZON ART EXHIBITION (group show),
February 11-
March , 4, 2006, Dallas, Texas.
Martin Luther King
Day Celebration of Service:
Xavier Cortada led
Hands on Miami volunteers
in the painting of the
Color Field,
a pubic art project designed by the artist across
four city blocks under Miami's I-95 bridge (from SW 4th to
8th Street), January 14, 2006.
History of
Disabilities:
Xavier Cortada delivered
a lecture and Powerpoint presentation (featuring
Disability-focused art projects he's created) to
medical/graduate students and faculty, University of Miami
Miller School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry,
Mailman Center for Child Development, Miami, FL, January
13, 2006, noon.
Plural Miami, a
group show curated by Antonio Zaya
at the
World Arts Building
2214 N. Miami Avenue, Miami, FL.
For more info
click here
Art Miami hours:
Breakfast
Reception:
Friday, Jan 6, 2006, 9 AM - 12 PM
Opening Reception:
Saturday, Jan 7, 2006, 7 PM - 11 PM
Closing Reception: Saturday, Jan 14,
2006 7PM - 11PM
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