In the TED Talk, “How Painting Can Transform Communities” Haas and Hahn, discuss the significant impact of art on deteriorating cities. Around the world, cities such as Vila Cruzeiro are known for issues such as poverty, crime, and war between the police and drug gangs. Haas and Hahn decided to transform the vapid houses by painting an image on them. For example, as stated by Haas at 2:08, “We made a few designs,and everybody liked this design of a boy flying a kite the best.” The men painted a boy flying a kite on a house in the middle of the neighborhood. Once Haas and Hahn completed the painting, everyone loved it. As a result, they created another picture-- in the middle of a street-- which consisted of a river painted Japanese-style with
