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itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.miamibeachfl.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AiPP2026-7-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Christina Pettersson, She Spoke for the Birds\" height=\"1024\" width=\"683\" title=\"Christina Pettersson, Li te pale pou zwazo yo\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Atis: Christina Pettersson<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Tit: Li te pale pou zwazo yo, 2026<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Mwayen: Vinil beton<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/WHjawT36Xhy8tbsm7\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Kote: Pak Marjory Stoneman Douglas<\/h3>\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<p>Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890-1998) authored &#8220;The Everglades: River of Grass&#8221; and spent most of her life advocating for Florida&#8217;s environment. Douglas, who also fought for civil rights and women&#8217;s suffrage, won the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the age of 105. She made her home in Coconut Grove and remained bold in her advocacy until her death at 108. As the founder of Friends of the Everglades, her legacy continues through the organization&#8217;s sustained efforts to protect &#8220;the only Everglades in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Birdwatching fueled Marjory&#8217;s passion for conservation. The mural, <em>Li te pale pou zwazo yo<\/em>, pa atis ak obs\u00e8vat\u00e8 zwazo Christina Pettersson, montre li repoze nan Everglades plen zwazo li te goumen pou pwoteje a.<\/p>\n<p>Travay la te posib grasa Majistra Vil Miami Beach ak Komisyon Vil la atrav\u00e8 Pwogram Atizay nan Espas Piblik, an kolaborasyon av\u00e8k Komisyon Miami Beach pou Fanm yo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kons\u00e8nan Christina Pettersson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Christina Pettersson was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and raised in Miami, Florida. She creates large-scale drawings, videos, installations, and collaborative performances that delve into Florida&#8217;s hidden histories and endangered ecosystems. Rooted in public engagement and cross-disciplinary collaboration, her practice invites audiences to connect more deeply with the landscapes and stories in their own backyards. Her work reflects a reverence for the wilderness of a bygone era and the haunting beauty of a world in decline.<\/p>\n<p>Pettersson se yon Bousdetid Fulbright epi li te resevwa plizy\u00e8 prim, tankou yon sibvansyon Knight Arts Challenge, yon sibvansyon Wavemaker, de prim Ellies Creator, ak twa bousdetid Florida Cultural Consortium. Travay li yo nan koleksyon P\u00e9rez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, Bass Museum of Art, Margulies Collection, ak Four Seasons Hotel.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<hr style=\"border: none; border-top: 2px solid #24abe2; height: 0;\">\nAtis: Christina Pettersson<br \/>\nTit: Li te pale pou zwazo yo, 2026<br \/>\nMwayen: Vinil beton<br \/>\nKote: Pak Marjory Stoneman Douglas<\/p>","protected":false},"author":373,"featured_media":399366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_searchwp_excluded":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1560,1559],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-399364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aipp-perm-art","category-tandc-web-section"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Christina Pettersson: She Spoke for the Birds - City of Miami Beach<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Art in Public Places is a City of Miami Beach program for curating and commissioning public art. 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