If you are interested, there is a free zoom lecture and slide show about the Audubon Mural Project, presented by the Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct. Scroll down to learn more and find out how to register.
ZOOM MEETING TOUR OF THE AUDUBON MURAL PROJECT, WITH LEIGH HALLINGBY
Wednesday, July 22 - 10:00 am to 11:30 am
Presenter:
Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct
This event is free and open to the public.
Please join us for this stimulating and engaging online program. The Audubon Mural Project Virtual Tour is one hour, with time for questions and answers at the end. We will see about 40 murals - significantly more than can be seen on an actual walking tour. This virtual tour affords the opportunity for a much broader audience to see and experience this amazing project. Each Zoom Tour can accommodate up to 100 people.
The Audubon Bird Mural Project is an impressive effort to create, in NYC, murals of over 300 North American birds. Most of the murals are in the Harlem neighborhoods of Hamilton Heights and Washington Heights, where John James Audubon lived the last ten years of his life. Since all of the birds painted are threatened by climate change, the Project is designed not only to display the birds’ beauty, but also to make us aware of the challenges that they face. Because the artists have license to represent the birds in any way that they choose, there is tremendous variation in the styles of painting. The 40 murals we will see range from lovely panels that fill in a former window to spectacular murals covering the entire side of a building.
To register, and for more information, please contact: Leigh Hallingby at lhallingby@gmail.com or 551-404-7514 (cell). Leigh will send you the Zoom link for the virtual tour.
Your guide, Leigh Hallingby: HarlemWalks.com