Transforming Rio’s slums through community-driven art

Transforming Rio’s slums through community-driven art

Transforming Rio's slums through community-driven art

BrazilNetherlands18 May 2010
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A splash of colour and design can go a long way toward beautifying a grey, ugly space, as Carspaze and Style-your-garage have already shown. Now aiming to do something similar for the slums of Rio de Janeiro through large, community-driven murals, the Favela Painting project also goes several steps further by incorporating training and employment for local residents.

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