xavier cortada has been commissioned to create art for the White House, the World Bank, Nike, HBO, the Global Health Council & the Miami Art Museum. profile: education | exhibits | community  |  professional honors & awards | proclamations |  photographs

community murals & projects Please visit honors & awards to learn about commissions and grant awards Xavier Cortada has worked with diverse community groups across four continents to create pro-social art projects.   Cortada, an attorney and community leader, combines his artistic talent with his concern for social and political issues. Among the topics he has explored through his work are community development, racism, violence, poverty, political freedom, AIDS, and Cuba. Featured Art Projects: calendar   |  murals  |  by topic  |  conferences Currently, Cortada is working on a host of comnmunity art projects.  Most recently, he traveled to South Africa, Northern Ireland, and Cyprus.   Please see calendar for an updated listing. Please click on dates above to see projects created during the past few years.  Other important projects are featured below: Hasta Cuando? (Philadelphia): A Mother's Day mural created jointly with youths and residents from a primarily Puerto Rican barrio in Northern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania MADD in the Capitol (Washington, D.C.): MADD National Youth Summit--a mural about underage drinking and driving collaboratively created with youth from the 435 Congressional Districts and dignitaries. Compartiendo con Bolivia (La Paz): A special art exhibit and mural creating project sponsored by Arts America, the United States Information Service, the Unites States Embassy in La Paz . Bridging the Gap (Geneva): a collaborative mural created by the participants of the United Nation's 12th World AIDS Conference in Geneva, during July 1998.   Master-Peace 2000 (Miami): Miami artist Xavier Cortada will be working with ten high schools during the 1999-2000 academic year to create ten murals commemorating the millennium's past ten centuries.  The Internet-based project utilizes the artist's WebStudio to create collaborative murals exploring lessons humanity has learned during the last 1000 years.