Favela Painting Project - Brazil The beautification project in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, shows us how a small action can produce a powerful ripple effect. It all started in 2005 when two Dutch artists (Haas &Hahn) traveled to Brazil to shoot a documentary about music and ended up creating a beautification project for the local community of Vila Cruzeiro in Rio. The goal was simple: “community art for social change.”
Their first project was called “Boy with Kite,” where they worked alongside the young people of one of the most violent favelas to create a mural across three buildings. This project inspired many other projects that followed, creating the Favela Painting Foundation. The foundation is now managed by the local community in Vila Cruzeiro, where the first art project was created, and has been doing large-scale beautification projects across different communities in Rio for over 15 years now.
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