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Xavier Cortada,  convictim, 60" x 144", mixed media on canvas, 2001.

 

 


ArtCARE:

Outreach to Juveniles in Adult Jails


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read Artist's Statement by Xavier Cortada

 

The artist created the  "convictim" mural during Fall 2001 with the participation of juvenile offenders aged 14 - 18 incarcerated at Miami's Turner Guilford Knight Corrections Facility waiting to be tried or sentenced as adults. 

The mural was sponsored through of ArtCARE: Outreach to Juveniles Being Tried as Adults a project presented by Miami-Dade Art in Public Places and the Law Offices of Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender ( the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida), and sponsored by the Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs Council, the Department of Juvenile Justice, Weed and Seed,  BACARDI, USA, the East Little Havana Community Development Corporation, and www.cortada.com

 

 

 

 

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