Current project: Installation of City Hall Park Bird Banners Project in lower Manhattan. A year long outside exhibition in the park on the fence along the path north of City Hall. An Art in the Park project for NYC Parks sponsored by Friends of City Hall Park and the City Hall Park Conservancy.

Opening events April 22 Earth Day Noon to 5pm and Saturday April 25 at 11am. By the chess tables near the Broadway and Warren Street entrance.

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March 21, 2026 – Bird Art Show at Coconut Coast Studios in Cruz Bay, St. John, Virgin Islands 5:30 – 8:30pm

March 2026 Aubrey Artworks show in Cruz Bay, St. John, Virgin Islands

December 6, 2025 – Virgin Islands Audubon Society bird table at the Bizarre Bazaar in Coral Bay, St. John – 10am -4pm.

October 4, 2025 – Tree walk at 11am plus and art projects 10am-3pm in City Hall Park for NYC City of Forest Day. Meet at the chess tables near the Broadway and Warren Street entrance across from 258 Broadway. Attendees get free copies of the Meeting Trees in City Hall Park book.

Scenes from the April 2025 gallery show at One Art Space in TribecaCelebrating City Hall Park Trees

Gail Karlsson

http://oneartspace.com

Featured Artists

Click on the arrow to hear a song by my niece Kristina Karlsson and Evan Montilla for the gallery show Celebrating City Hall Trees:

” I’m sitting on the steps of City Hall and I’m listening to the trees, asking what they’ve heard. Singing birds waking up the day from high up in the branches in the morning sun. Hundreds of feet march in unison, they’re crying for change, something to be done. Line of time, in the heart of a city tree……..Rings, rings, rings of years gone by…

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City Hall Park Tree Walk October 2024

Battery Park City Block Party September 2024

Battery Park event with NYC Bird Alliance (formerly NYC Audubon)

Governors Islands bird art/craft event with NYC Bird Alliance (formerly NYC Audubon)