Favela Painting

Favela Painting acts between community art, urban planning and social design. The first Favela Painting project took place in 2005, when artists haas&hahn (Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn) painted a large artwork with members of the local community in Rio de Janeiro. Both the local and global impact of this project inspired them to continue creating large-scale community art projects across the world. By now, Favela Painting has become an institution with a fast growing international group of participants on many levels, spreading the message: community art for social change. Over the years Favela Painting has developed into a Foundation (supporting their own and affiliate projects worldwide) and an Academy that is concerned with research and development and exchanging skills and knowledge. Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn remain actively involved to this day.