Where to See 46 Million Turkeys
In 2023
From April through November, we’ll have a table stocked with art supplies at the Portland Maine First Friday Art Walks. Everyone is invited to stop by our table to draw a turkey portrait for the collection!
Past Events and Exhibits
November 12, 2022 – American Vegan Center
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November 19, 2022 – Frinklepod Farm
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October 29, 2022 – Maine Animal Coalition VegFest
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May 22, 2022 – New England VegFest
November 24, 2021 – Vegans of New England ( VoNE), a co-partnered project of Compassion Arts Festival, New England Veg Fest and CompassionFest. 46 Million Turkeys was included in this live-streamed event focused on Gratitude in Action, for uplifting and connecting plant-based community, as well as exploring the work of redefining the traditional Thanksgiving ‘holiday’ and examining what it means. The event hosted an inspiring line-up of farm animal sanctuaries, cooking demos, interviews, and recipes from vegan kitchens and chefs, interviews, music, healing arts, advocates and artists sharing their work and stories of hope and inspiration for creating a narrative of healing and holistic nonviolence towards a more compassionate and just world for all.
October 27, 2019 – Compassion Speaks: Seeds of Reconciliation – Amazing Things Arts Center (160 Hollis Street Framingham, MA 01702). This event organized by Compassion Arts will focus on themes of healing our relationship with the life with which we share this planet through a new perspective on our narrative about animals. 46 Million Turkeys will have turkey portraits on display and attendees will have the opportunity to create a portrait to add to the collection. To learn more about what Compassion Arts does check out this link: http://www.compassionarts.org/about
November 9, 2019 – Peace Ridge Gentle Thanksgiving 
November 16, 2019 – Lovebirds. (450 US Route 1, Kittery, Maine) Coffee, vegan donuts and turkey portraits–doesn’t get any better than that!
November 3, 2019 – Maine Animal Coalition VegFest
November 2018 – Thanksliving event at Peace Ridge Sanctuary
August 25, 2018 – Rochester Pride 2018
June 2, 2018 – Maine Animal Coalition VegFest
Road Trip! In November 2017 – 46 Million Turkeys went on tour! We put the entire collection–millions and millions–of turkey portraits in a truck to create a mobile gallery. Our route took us to locations in:
New Hampshire – November 5, 2017 – Vaughan Mall Green, Portsmouth
Massachusetts – November 12, 2017 – Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge
New Jersey – November 18, 2017 – Hamilton Street, Brunswick
New York – November 19, 2017 – Dun-Well Doughnuts – New York City
November 3, 2017 – Portland Maine First Friday Art Walks. 46 Million Turkeys was outside of the Maine College of Art on Congress Street inviting everyone to make a turkey portrait to add to the collection.
October 29, 2017 – Peace Ridge Sanctuary Open House. Attendees met donkeys, chickens, cow, pigs and Napoleon the turkey. Everyone had an opportunity to make a turkey portrait.
October 21-22, 2017 – Boston Veg Food Fest 46 Million Turkeys was on exhibit and collecting turkey portrait from festival attendees. Thanks to everyone who made a portrait for the collection.
June 2017 – 46 Million Turkeys in collaboration with the Maine Animal Coalition tabled at the Portland Pride Festival and the Craft Brew Races. Lots of colorful turkey portraits were created by festival attendees.
November 2016 – 46 Million Turkeys in collaboration with the Maine Animal Coalition and Peace Ridge Sanctuary sponsored turkey portrait creation throughout the month of November. Over 800 one-of-kind portraits of turkeys were created during the Portland First Friday Art Walk on November 4th at the Maine Animal Coalition office (142 High Street, Suite 322, Portland, Maine).
October 22-23, 2016 – Boston Veg Food Fest
September 10, 2016
46 Million Turkeys joined Peace Ridge Sanctuary (http://www.peaceridgesanctuary.org/) at the Portland Maine GreenFest (http://www.portlandgreenfest.org/). We shared information on how animal agriculture contributes to water pollution, deforestation, climate change as well as why a vegan diet is an achievable solution to these critical issues. Attendees also had the opportunity to draw a turkey portrait.
June 4, 2016 – Maine Animal Coalition’s VegFest
November 6-26, 2015 – Fireseed Arts Gallery, Framingham, Massachusetts
June 6, 2015 – Maine Animal Coalition’s VegFest, Portland, Maine
November 20, 2014 – Evolve Restaurant in Tacoma Park, Washington D.C.
Thanks to The Pollination Project and VegFund for helping make this possible! And a huge thank you to Tanya Janish for organizing such a wonderful and successful event!
November 25-30, 2013
46 Million Turkeys was on view at the Harlow Gallery in Hallowell, Maine.
April 17, 2014
46 Million Turkeys was on view at a film screening of The Ghosts in Our Machine followed by a round table discussion at the University of Southern Maine.
June 7, 2014
Maine Animal Coalition’s Vegetarian Festival – participants stopped by the 46 Million Turkeys table to create a turkey. More than 100 new turkey images were added to the growing collection! Tofurky generously supplied coupons for their delicious products.
September 20, 2014
46 Million Turkeys was present at the children’s activity tent during the DC VegFest. Much appreciation to Tanya Janish for making this opportunity possible.
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