They were hired, and then they were trained as painters, and together they transformed their own neighborhood, the whole street, into a  giant patchwork of color.
הם נשכרו, ואז הם אומנו כציירים, ויחד הם הפכו את השכונה שלהם, את כל הרחוב, לאזור צבעוני ענק.