A global movement of collective creation

Painting together brings people together

  • painting together creates shared purpose

  • strangers become collaborators

  • the project becomes a meeting place

  • often this takes the form of a shared painting on the ground — a welcome carpet created together

From Rio with Love

  • • the first projects took place in Rio
    • residents started painting together
    • a shared artwork began to emerge
    • together they transformed their surroundings
    • the result became a visual testament to community and collectivity

20+ Years of Collective Projects Around the World

• the first experience in Rio was unique

• every place and community is different

• yet the same dynamic kept appearing

• people painting together started connecting

• the phenomenon repeated in projects around the world

painting together doesn't only activate community
it can create it

what if..

What we discovered is bigger than us

What if this way of bringing people together through painting
could spread freely around the world?

Going Viral

• projects can start with anyone
• individuals, groups, schools, or organizations
• often they begin with a shared painting on the ground
• a welcome carpet created together
• each project can inspire the next
• many small moments begin to appear in different places
• the movement grows through repetition

what starts small can grow in scale

Paint it Forward

• guidance and methods developed over 20 years
• simple formats that anyone can apply
• tools to create a shared painting anywhere
• support for groups starting their own initiative
• the Paint It Forward fund that helps projects happen

• enabling people to create their first project

United We Paint

• projects can appear in many different places
• each project is locally organized
• every place creates its own version
• together they form a global network of painting moments

Many independent projects together form the movement.

United We Paint.

The movement no longer depends on us alone.

• some projects grow into larger shared works
• visible moments that inspire others to start

Lead by Example

Large-scale collective works show what becomes possible when the same idea expands.

Join the Movement!

You might organize a painting project.
You might start with a welcome carpet in your own place.
You might support the Paint It Forward fund.
You might help the movement grow in your city.

A World Painting Together

Imagine cities where strangers start painting together.

Schoolyards where students transform their playground.

Neighborhoods where residents turn shared spaces into collective artworks.

Refugee centers where people who have just arrived create something together.

Thousands of painting moments appearing in places around the world.

Each one different.
Each one bringing people together.

United we paint