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It’s been nine days, with an average of seven artists working each day.
And their work was unveiled at a special ceremony Monday celebrating downtown Bay Shore’s new mural.
“This entire thing was hand-sketched and a lot of pencils gave their lives,” said Daria Lamb, who’s getting set to open the Mighty Fine pie shop at 9 Third Avenue sometime next year.
The mural was made possible thanks to a $7,100 Thrive grant from PSEG Long Island, which funded the project at her building.
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The main mural measures 25 feet wide by 9 feet tall and is being painted along the south-facing wall of the future Mighty Fine shop, which Lamb purchased earlier this year and is currently awaiting building permits.
The project was a collaboration of two lead artists, whom Lamb recruited from the city, the Bay Shore Chamber of Commerce, Bay Shore Historical Society, the U.S. Post Office and Mighty Fine.
Lamb couldn’t say enough Monday about the artists who coordinated the efforts.
“They invested a lot of time with the historical society, with the chamber, thinking about what would be the right buildings and the right mix and the right layout, and what you’re seeing today is the result of that,” she said.
Upon embarking on the design phase of the mural, the team knew quickly they wanted to lean into Bay Shore’s history for a theme.
“There’s a lot of history that people visiting downtown don’t get to see,” Lamb continued. “That George Washington slept at Sagkitos Manor, that Charlie Chaplin filmed at Vitagraph Studios just a block away. So we really rolled from there.”
Nearly 20 artists — many of them students — have thus far helped artists Nikki Scioscia of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Jensine Eckwall of Ridgewood, Queens, on the mural.
But there’s still about five or six more days to go. Not only does the main mural need some finishing touches, there’s three smaller murals that are left to be painted.
“The design is all inspired from the vintage postcards from Bay Shore and all around Long Island that we found at the historical society,” Eckwall told media and community members gathered to celebrate the mural with a special ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday. “The postcard motif is going to continue all the way down to these three windows that are now going to be big stamp illustrations.”
The stamps will feature depictions the Entenmann’s bakery that used to be on East Main Street, the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building and the historic Bay Shore Post Office.
“We are very proud to support businesses like [Mighty Fine],” said Veronica Isaac, manager of customer and community partnerships at PSEG Long Island. “On Long Island, we understand the needs of small- to medium-size businesses, and … we are trying to demonstrate that we hear you, we see you, and most importantly, we support you.”
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Top: Daria Lamb is getting set to open her Mighty Fine pie shop at 9 Third Avenue sometime next year. (Credit: Michael White)
