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In celebration of Earth Day, National Geographic has partnered with ABC Owned Television Stations (OTV) and local artists in four major cities to fashion murals centered on four themes: wildlife, the Amazon, forests and oceans. All of the murals have been inspired by photos from National Geographic’s archive.

The image featured above was painted here in NYC by Brooklyn-based muralist and illustrator Steffi Lynn. Several more images of environmentally-conscious murals that have surfaced this month in collaboration with National Geographic follow:

A close-up from the NYC mural — fashioned by Steffi Lynn — located at 573 Johnson Avenue in Bushwick, Brooklyn

Philadelphia-based muralist and multimedia artist Eurhi Jones in partnership with Mural Arts Philadelphia

Philadelphia-based Eurhi Jones with a close-up of her mural located at the Overbrook Environmental Education Center

The prolific Chicago-based self-taught street artist Sentrock at work

 A wide view of Sentrock and his mural located at ABC Chicago station’s building façade at 190 N State Street

 San Francisco-based illustrator and muralist Alice Lee in partnership with Paint the Void adds the final touches to her mural

Alice Lee with her completed mural, located at the intersection of Divisadero and Haight streets

Featured photos courtesy of National Geographic’s #NatGeoPlanetPossible project

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Featured above is the work of the prolific UK-based Snub23. Several more images from the diverse range of artworks that the aWall Mural Projects, founded and curated by Miami-based Registered Artist, recently brought to The Santa Clara Elementary School in Allapattah follow. All were captured by travel and street photographer Karin du Maire aka Street Art Nomad during the week of Miami’s Art Basel.

Los Angeles-based Drew Merritt and North Carolina-based Dustin Spagnola on bottom right

Dustin Spagnola, closer-up

Ohio-based Phybr 

Michigan-based Old Growth and — on bottom right — Chicago’s Sentrock

Sentrock, closer up

Local Miami artist Eric Karbeling in collaboration with Brooklyn-based Massimo Mongiardo, who painted the child on bottom left

Photos by Karin du Maire

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The exterior of Logan Square’s former Megamall, along with its adjoining parking lot, boasts over two dozen first rate murals. Pictured above is by Amuse 126, who curated the art that was painted on the soon-to-be demolished Megamall building. Here’s a sampling of art on the building and in its adjoining parking lot.

Rahmaan Statik

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Ceno 2

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Merlot 

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Melon James

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Werth

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Sentrock

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Photos by Tara Murray 

Note: Hailed in a range of media from the Huffington Post to the New York Times, our Street Art NYC App is now available for Android devices here.

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A predominantly Mexican neighborhood in Chicago’s West Side, Pilsen hosts an incredible range of public artworks. Following the train tracks along 16th Street, we came upon Mexican-themed murals alongside dozens of pieces by graffiti writers and street artists. Here are a few more images from this outdoor gallery, an initiative of the Chicago Urban Art Society:

Chicago native Max Sansing

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Belgian artist Roa

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The late Brooks Golden

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Chicago-based JC Rivera

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Chicago-based Joseph “Sentrock” Perez

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Chicago-based Ruben Aguirre  with neighborhood artist Miguel A. Del Real

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Chicago native Rodrigo Mireles aka RM Solo

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Chicago-based Rahmaan Statik

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Note: The first image features Montreal-based En Masse.

Photos: 1-3; 5-9 Sara C Mozeson; 4 Lois Stavsky

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