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46 Million Turkeys – A Thanksgiving Tradition for Almost a Decade
BY JESSE BIFULCO ON NOVEMBER 23, 2022

46 million turkeys. That’s how many turkeys finder.com (https://www.finder.com/american-thanksgiving-turkey-spend) expects Americans to eat this year, and this amount has stayed fairly consistent for almost a decade. In 2013, it was the same amount, which inspired the 46 Million Turkeys (https://46millionturkeys.com/) project. 46MT is an art collaboration started by Maine vegan artist Cheryl Miller to create a portrait for every single turkey that was raised and slaughtered for Thanksgiving.

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For Immediate Release
November 2022
Contact: Cheryl Miller
46millionturkeys@gmail.com

46 Million Portraits Showcase Turkeys as Individuals!

MAINE – 46 Million Turkeys is an ongoing community participatory art project. The project’s aim—with help from the community—is to create a collection of portraits honoring each one of the estimated 46 million turkeys who will be raise, killed and consumed on a single Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Most people’s experience with a turkey is a headless carcass on a plate. The 46 Million Turkeys Project is putting a face on these individual birds through portraiture.

Everyone is welcome to submit portraits—you do not have to be an “artist” to participate. Participants are encouraged to use recycled materials (but no animal products, e.g. feathers, sea shells, or leather please) and create portraits measuring 2” x 2” in any medium.

For guidelines, ideas, and a submission form: https://46millionturkeys.com/

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Images can be found on the project website: https://46millionturkeys.com/ and Instagram.com/46millionturkeys

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News Archives

Television

Interview with Amy Sinclair from New England Cable News (NECN.com) http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/_NECN__Maine_Artist_Celebrates_the_Turkey_in_Vegan-friendly_Way_NECN-252428211.html

WMTV 8 ABC http://www.wmtw.com/news/hallowell-gallery-shows-off-turkey-portraits/23191554

Publications/Blogs/Web

Maine Animal Coalition Newsletter

Clawtheory Post: http://www.clawtheory.com/paws-for-the-cause-46millionturkeys/

The Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/18/46-million-turkeys_n_6177978.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/18/46-million-turkeys_n_6177978.html?utm_hp_ref=green

Artnet News: http://news.artnet.com/in-brief/art-project-paints-thanksgiving-turkeys-as-friends-not-food-173932

The 46 Million Turkeys Project was feature in the 2013 Fall/Winter edition of United Poultry Concerns newsletter Poultry Press (http://www.upc-online.org/pp/winter2013/)

The Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ari-nessel/finding-the-goodness-in-everything_b_4235968.html

Kulturen (German online magazine):  http://kulturjournalismus.de/2013/12/die-ehre-des-truthahns/

Also in German: http://www.juliabeutling.de/wordpress2/wandelbild-zum-mitmachen-ein-herz-fuer-puten/

United Poultry Concerns: http://www.upc-online.org/turkeys/

The Maine Edge: http://www.themaineedge.com/buzz/happenings/maine-artist-hopes-to-fill-gallery-with-46-million-turkeys-this-thanksgiving

Boothbay Register: http://www.boothbayregister.com/article/thanksgiving-46-million-turkeys-harlow-gallery/20273

The Cryer: http://thecryeronline.com/currentnews/4230-46-million-turkeys-the-exhibition.html

Spirit of Change Magazine: http://www.spiritofchange.org/blog/46-million-turkeys

Our Hen House: http://www.ourhenhouse.org/2013/08/call-for-submissions-the-46-million-turkeys-project/

Main Street Vegan: http://mainstreetvegan.net/a-new-and-compassionate-thanksgiving-tradition-no-its-not-too-early/

Static Void Games: http://staticvoidgames.com/blog/viewEntry.jsp?entry=NovembersMotivator46MillionTurkeyProject

Radio

Maine Public Broadcasting Network: http://www.mpbn.net/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ViewItem/mid/5347/ItemId/31138/Default.aspx

Animal Voices (radio) “Tribute to Turkeys”: http://animalvoices.org/2013/10/layla-abdelrahim-tribute-to-turkeys/

http://animalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/shows/AnimalVoices_2013-10-11.mp3

All Things Vegan Radio: http://allthingsveganradio.org/2013/09/24/all-things-vegan-show-notes-sep-24-2013-mark-hawthorne-on-his-upcoming-book-bleating-hearts-and-nava-atlas-on-the-art-of-healthy-vegan-cooking/