In the TED talk that I chose to do called ” How can public Art Projects transform rough neighborhoods” by Dre Urhahn and Jeroen Koolhaas an amazing form of voluntary service gave people hope. Both Dre and Jeroen decided they were going to go Brazil and help lower class areas with poverty transform into beautiful, colorful pieces of art. Both men did multiple projects with two other helpers from Rio and together they made people smile again and know that there are better times. Soon, they got a call from Philadelphia in the U.S to help transform one of their poorest cities into a masterpiece as well. They kindly accepted the offer and began painting. With about a dozen other volunteers they made a rough neighborhood pop with color. Wherever they went around the world they got to have a bond with the people of the community which in the end is what they enjoyed the most.

The limits of the art discussed in the ted talk I chose was money. They were struggling to find the funding for the projects they were doing. Although they wanted to help as many people as they could they couldn’t do it all by themselves. They would need money for paint, supplies, etc. Dre and Jeroen  needed help and soon. People of these communities were getting anxious and wanting answers about such projects going on where they live. When Urhahn and Koolhaas first started this project they did not expect it to expand this much, their main goal was to help people transform where they live so they don’t have to feel lesser anymore. Eventually they started an organization and earned a little over 100,000 dollars. This is exactly what they needed to kick off the expansion of their project.

The power of the art discussed in the ted talk I watched was breathtaking.  If I’m going to be honest, when we first read “Is it OK to make art?” I thought the points they made in the text tended to be true. I thought how could art possibly help people from starving to death or prevent disease or even help them through this rough period. Then, I watched this ted talk and my whole perspective changed.  I realized that art really does impact peoples lives for the better. Art makes people believe again, makes them have confidence, makes them feel that they can do anything and not have to feel like they are what their home looks like. Some homes were still in the works of being built but never got finished but Urhahn and Koolhaas changed that. They truly helped these people with art, who would’ve known. Art made those people believe again, made them transform into new people which is way better than money in my opinion.