Atelier Bravo is an artists collective based in Fukuoka whose eight members are developmentally disabled.
Some years ago, when the city administration became increasingly alarmed at the amount of graffiti in public spaces, the collective was recruited to paint over it with their own art. Now, Atelier Bravo's wall art can be seen in 12 locations.
The group's dream has always been to visit New York City, who the collective acknowledges as the "art mecca" of the world, and recently that dream came true, as documented on the special program "Yume no New York e Iku (The Dream of Going to New York)" (TBS, Monday, 9:55 a.m.).
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