“City Walls,” an innovative art project that turns construction sites into canvasses for public art, opens on June 30tth. This first-ever construction wall art project in Downtown Brooklyn has transformed visual barriers into visual attractions, replacing blue barriers with art.

Three acclaimed Brooklyn artists – Jessica Angel, Junkhaus and Nelson Rivas – have created large scale murals at three separate construction sites in the MetroTech BID area.  The murals, in styles ranging from abstract Picasso-esque to dramatic cityscapes, have transformed ordinary construction fences into street-front art galleries.

The project is funded by  MetroTech Business Improvement District (BID) and the Brooklyn Arts Council with the Stahl Organization and V3 Hotels.

Additional information about the artists and mock-ups of their “City Walls” pieces are available online at www.brooklynartscouncil.org/documents/152