Artists Plan to Cover Brooklyn Construction Fence in 850 Feet of Murals

Mike Perry, the Crown Heights artist behind Broad City’s illustrated opening sequence, has inked another deal — this one, with developer Greenland Forest City Partners.

Perry is now the ”artist-in-chief” of a new art project at the developer’s 22-acre construction site in Prospect Heights.

When it’s finished, the development, called Pacific Park Brooklyn, will add 6,430 housing units and 250,000 square feet of retail space onto the Barclays Center complex. But for the time being, it’s become the aesthetic bane of Dean Street.

“It’s massive; it’s almost daunting to look at,” Perry tells the New York Times, referring to the construction fence running along Dean between Vanderbilt and Carlton.

So, with financial support from Greenland Forest City Partners, Perry and nine other artists plan to stage a daylong fence-painting event on August 15. Each will cover a 10-foot-by-40-foot stretch of the fence with their work.

The developer will also host a block party that day for everyone who comes to watch. According to a presser on the event, activities will include:

• Complimentary scoops of Ample Hills Creamery ice cream sponsored by TerraCRG
• A Do-It-Yourself Photo Booth run by Dean Street Studios
• A fitness clinic featuring a family-friendly circuit course challenge out on Dean Street hosted by Sevenbell Fitness
• Beautiful sculptures at Soapbox Gallery, a venue that provides a forum for visual artists to engage in the issues of our time
• Summer snacks and drinks from Woodwork
• Summer specialties from Bar Chuko
• A drinks special at neighborhood bar and restaurant Dean Street
• Wine tasting at organic wine shop Passage de la Fleur
• Hotdogs from Caldwell’s Franks Links and Drinks
• Grilled Cheese from Morris
• An open house of Brooklyn Metal Works and a demo of its work
• Double Dutch jump rope demos by Clinton Hill team the Jammin Jumpers
• An enrollment drive for “Operation ID” bike crime prevention registry run by the 78th Precinct, which will provide community resources and information about public safety initiatives and the well-regarded Explorers program
• A children’s activity station where children can paint the two-dimensional map of Brooklyn designed by Mike Perry
• A DEP “Water on the Go” Station

“Brooklyn’s artists have inspired legions of followers with their singular, relentless commitment to innovation and creative integrity,” Perry says in the presser. “This project will both inspire and inform artists, art lovers, Brooklyn-philes and pop culture enthusiasts of all stripes.”

Images courtesy of Greenland Forest City Partners. First painting by Mike Perry; second painting by Eddie Perrote; third painting by Morgan Blair.