On the 2nd October the Audubon Society and Runstreet are hosting a 5k fun run through the streets of New York. The Audubon Murals Art Run will take participants on a journey to see the amazing Audubon Mural Project art in Harlem.
In 2014, Avi Gitler, a Manhattan art dealer, opened his gallery, Gitler & _____ in the Hamilton Heights neighbourhood in West Harlem. Not long after, he commissioned Boy Kong, a Florida street artist to paint a mural on one of the roll-down shutters on his block and the artist happened to choose a flamingo, to bring a taste of Florida to New York City.
Gitler was so taken with the artwork, that he decided to reference the neighbourhood’s history by creating a series of birds based on John James Audubon’s The Birds of America. Audubon, famous for his life-size ornithological illustrations, purchased an estate near the area in 1841 where he continued to paint till he died.
Location: Halletts Point, Queens, NY 11102
Location: 3458 Broadway, New York, NY 10032
Location: 601 W. 162nd Street, New York, NY 10032
Location: 3668 Broadway, New York, NY 10031
Location: 3920 Broadway, New York, NY 10032
Location: 3764 Broadway, New York, NY 10032
Location: 3663 Broadway, New York, NY 10031
Location: 500 West 175th Street, New York, NY 10033
Location: 3531 Broadway, New York, NY 10032
Location: 3631 Broadway, New York, NY 10031
Location: 1805 Amsterdam Ave., New York NY 10031
You can see more images of the bird murals and find out more about the project over on Aubudon’s website, and you can register for the run at Runstreet.
