Photo: Mike Fernandez/Audubon
The Audubon Mural Project is a collaboration between the National Audubon Society and Gitler &_____ Gallery to create murals of climate-threatened birds throughout John James Audubon's old Harlem‐based neighborhood in New York City. The project is inspired by the legacy of the great American bird artist and pioneering ornithologist and is energized by Audubon’s groundbreaking report "Survival By Degrees." Audubon's scientists have found that climate change will threaten at least half of all North American birds with extinction, and that no bird will escape the impacts of climate-change-related hazards like increased wildfire and sea-level rise. The project commissions artists to paint murals to call attention to this problem, and it has been widely covered in the media, including The New York Times.
A special thanks to all of our donors thus far! To find out how you can help or be a sponsor, please email us at muralproject@audubon.org.
Want to take a tour of the Harlem murals? New York City Audubon has you covered. Visit 30 installations on a Sunday morning escapade, along with John James Audubon's final resting place. More details and registration here. You can also take a self-guided tour using our printable map. When in New York City, be sure to check out the New-York Historical Society's Birds of America gallery, which now features the mural project along with John James Audubon's original watercolors. And in Illinois, be sure to check out a spin-off project in Chicago's Rogers Park, featuring 13 climate-threatened birds that use habitats in that region, or the bird murals proliferating in Rockford thanks to the work of Sinnissippi Audubon.
If you are an artist and would like to participate in the New York project, please e-mail amp@gitlerand.com. Please understand that we receive a large amount of submissions, and not all e-mails can be answered.
Or if you'd like an Audubon mural in your own home, Gitler &_______ has printed a limited run of George Boorujy's stunning Gang of Warblers. You can also buy an archival print of one of the murals photographed by Gail Albert Halaban for a gallery exhibit on the Audubon Mural Project in New York. Proceeds from both sales benefit the Audubon Mural Project.
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Location: 101 Edgecombe Ave, New York, NY 10030
Location: Halletts Point, Queens, NY 11102
Location: 3740 Broadway, New York, NY 10032
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Location: 500 W. 135 Street, New York, NY 10031
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Location: J&G Wines and Liquors, 3803 Broadway, New York, NY 10032
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Location: 500 W. 138th Street, New York, NY 10031
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Location: New Happiness Chinese Restaurant, 3640 Broadway, New York, NY 10031
Location: 601 W. 162nd Street, New York, NY 10032
Location: 601 W. 149th Street, New York, NY 10031
Location: 3740 Broadway, New York, NY 10032
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Location: 560 W. 157th Street, New York, NY 10032
Location: Buena Vista Vision Center, 3777 Broadway, New York, NY 10031
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Location: Opulence Waxing Spa, 1724 Amsterdam, New York, NY 10032
Location: 601 W 149th Street, New York, NY, 10031
Location: Sexy Nails Inc., 3803 Broadway, New York, NY 10032
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Location: Apollo Pharmacy, 3569 Broadway (at 146th St.), New York, NY 10031
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Location: 601 West 149th Street, New York, NY 10031
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Location: 601 W. 161st Street, New York, NY 10032
Location: 1883, 1885, and 1887 Amsterdam, New York, NY 10032
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Location: Off 72nd Road on the bridle path, Queens, NY 11421
Location: 601 W. 162nd Street, New York, NY 10032
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Location: 3740 Broadway, New York, NY 10031
Location: 500 W 135th St New York, NY 10031
Location: Daliza Pharmacy, 3481 Broadway, New York, NY 10031
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Location: 3750 Broadway at W. 156th St., New York, NY 10032
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Location: Kim Tong Wireless, 1722 Amsterdam, New York, NY 10031
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Location: 601 W. 149th St., New York, NY 10031
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Location: 3740 Broadway, New York, NY 10032
Location: 3604 Broadway, New York, NY 10031 and 3610 Broadway, New York, NY 10031
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Location: Hamilton Discount Wine & Liquor, 3607 Broadway, New York, NY 10031
Location: 752 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY 10031
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Location: 130 Hamilton Place, New York, NY 10031
Location: 601 W. 162 St., New York, NY 10032
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Location: 3841 Hardware, 3841 Broadway, New York, NY 10032
Location: 564 W. 149th St., New York, NY 10031
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Location: Amsterdam Tobacco, 1614 Amsterdam, New York, NY 10031
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Location: 1805 Amsterdam Ave., New York NY 10031
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Photo: Camilla Cerea/Audubon
Your donations fund the artists and supplies needed to spread the word about birds and climate change.
Plus: How the Audubon Mural Project amounts to a new kind of birdwatching. Why the murals help people tune back in to the problem of climate change. Hear from artists and neighbors on the murals' impact. Find more press coverage here.
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