by Community Contributors
Sustainable Glass
Clique aqui para Português Climbing one of the many slopes of Morro da Pedreira in Costa Barros in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, you might not guess you’d find a father up here with a […]
art
Favela Culture
Discover Favela Design!
Clique aqui para Português The exhibition O Design da Favela (Favela Design) at the Centro Carioca de Design (Carioca Design Center) is currently showing 125 pieces by artists, artisans and inventors from 15 communities in Rio de Janeiro, with […]
#GentrificationWatch
Bhering Artists Occupation Gets Public Support
Since 2010, the former Bhering chocolate factory in Santo Cristo in the Port area of central Rio has became home to the city’s contemporary artists who have occupied and transformed the building into over 50 […]
#Rio2016
Painting Providência
Residents of Morro da Providência, the iconic first favela in Brazilian history to be referred to as such and originally named “Morro da Favela,” are opposed to the changes the government aims to implement in […]
by International Observers
Instituto Wark: Graffiti in Rocinha
Clique aqui para Português Marcos Rodrigo, also known as ‘Wark da Rocinha’ has been the favela’s premier graffiti artist for ten years now. The Rocinha native pioneered the graffiti movement in Brazil’s largest favela, which has […]