The Reclamation Project is a participatory eco-art project by Miami artist Xavier Cortada. It explores our ability to coexist with the natural world by engaging participants in coastal and urban reforestation. See: www.ReclamationProject.net
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Saturday, November 14 at 9:30am - Mangrove Seedling Planting
Virginia Key Beach Park
Sunday, September 28 at 2:15pm - Mangrove Seedling Collection
Bear Cut Preserve
Sunday, August 24 at 8:50am
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As the Arctic sea ice melts, nations clamor to raise their flags over newly open waters to claim the natural resources that lie beneath them - oil, manganese, diamonds, fish - and to control shipping lanes. Meanwhile, rising sea levels threaten the world below.
On June 29th, 2008, Miami artist Xavier Cortada arrived ...at the North Pole and planted a green flag to "reclaim it for nature.”
Cortada created this NYFA sponsored artist project to engage people globally to help slow the polar thaw: Participants plant a native tree next to a green flag at home and ask their neighbors to do the same. (Visit www.nativeflags.org to participate.)
Reforestation reduces the greenhouse gases that cause global climate change.
During December 3-6, 2009, ecoartspace is presenting Native Flags at the Verge Art Fair in Miami Beach, Florida.
The Reclamation Project As part of the Verge Art Fair, there will also be a Reclamation Project installation of mangrove seedlings inside the lobby of the Catalina Hotel, 1732 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139 from December 3-6, 2009.
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In conjunction with ecoartspace, Miami-based artist Xavier Cortada will present a participatory artwork titled Native Flags and invites everyone attending the Verge Art Fair as well as the general public to collaborate in the creation of the work.
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San Francisco, California: On behalf of the San Carlos Charter Learning Center's 8th grade graduating class, I would like to thank you for the beautiful redwood tree.
I am including a photo of our graduates with the tree!
Many thanks!
Inga
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RECLAIM SOUTH BEACH:
SATURDAY, NOV 14th @ 10AM
www.reclamationproject.net
Lincoln RoadIn front of NWS Lincoln Theatre (at corner of Pennsylvania and Lincoln)Miami Beach,,Florida33139United States
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Please join us on November 14th at 10:00 am on Miami Beach as we engage Lincoln Road store owners in our eco-art effort. We will be meeting at the New World Symphony's Lincoln Theater on Pennsylvania and Lincoln Road (across from the Starbucks).
Volunte...ers will install the seedlings in water-filled plastic cups on the retail windows of Lincoln Road (a location where they would have naturally grown decades ago) and ask store owners to care for them for a couple of months before they are collected and planted on Biscayne Bay.
You can see images of some of the "adopted" seedlings hanging at storefronts the last couple of years by visiting:
http://www.reclamationproject.net/event/
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Also, to get a sense of the process, see our video at:
http://www.reclamationproject.net/?page=
I appreciate your enthusiasm for this important participatory art project aimed at creating new habitats above and below the waterline.
To RSVP or for more information, please contact our director Fernando Bretos at nandobretos@yahoo.com or (305)968-8457
Time:9:30AM Saturday, November 14th
Location:In front of NWS Lincoln Theatre (corner of Pennsylvania and Lincoln Road)
The Reclamation Project
Reclaim Lincoln Road
Please join us on November 14th at 9:30 am on Miami Beach as we engage Lincoln Road store owners in our eco-art effort. We will be meeting at the New World Symphony's Lincoln Theater on Pennsylvania and Lincoln Road (across from the Starbucks).Volunteers will install the seedlings in water-filled pl...astic cups on the retail windows of Lincoln Road (a location where they would have naturally grown decades ago) and ask store owners to care for them for a couple of months before they are collected and planted on Biscayne Bay.
www.reclamationproject.net
Lincoln RoadIn front of NWS Lincoln Theatre (at corner of Pennsylvania and Lincoln)Miami Beach,,Florida33139United States
See MoreThe Reclamation Project On October 13, 2009, Auburn University art students participate in the Reclamation Project, an ecoart intervention by Miami artist Xavier Cortada. More at www.reclamationproject.net
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The Reclamation Project Auburn University students participate in the Reclamation Project, October 14, 2009.
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Famed eco-artist Xavier Cortada will present the Reclamation Project for St. Lucie County, a unique participatory eco-art project aimed at rebuilding our native tree canopy one yard at a time. Native trees and plants will be for sale, along with eco-friendly mulches and fertilizers.
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“Water: Three States” is part of the annual Art in Agriculture series investigating topics in agriculture, food, the environment or natural resources, according to the exhibition’s Web site.The fall 2009 ...
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Photos of Reclamation Project participants who have reclaimed their yard for nature.
We use a happy 'green' or pixelated face to protect the privacy of individual participants.
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The Reclamation Project Reclamation Project volunteers collected mangrove propagules at Bear Cut Nature Preserve on Sunday, August 30, 2009, for use in the Project's installations during fall 2009. Special thanks to Véronique Koch for taking the photos.
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Art in Agriculture is an annual series through which artists and scientists examine a topic related to agriculture, food, the envionment or natural resources. The fall 2009 series is Water: Three States.
