ABOUT House NOT For Sale NOLA

House Not For Sale Nola is a WCWM: Who’s Coming With Me initiative dedicated to fighting against gentrification, the displacement of Black New Orleans native artists, and the loss of historic Black spaces.

Using the power of Black art, artists, businesses, and youth, HNFS Nola will host bi-annual virtual and online house art exhibitions and film screenings that raise awareness and funds towards supporting Black New Orleans native existence in New Orleans.

One key component of HNFS Nola is to turn a featured Black New Orleans native artists home or space into pop-up indoor and outdoor art shows.

In addition, we will host educational info-sessions, panels, and workshops on ways the New Orleans community and beyond can come together to reduce gentrification in New Orleans and create more sustainability for Black New Orleans native artists as well as historically Black spaces in New Orleans.

Curated by a team of multi-generational and multi-disciplined artists, and prioritizing artists and spaces in more immediate need, House Not For Sale Nola will use art and community as a weapon of empowerment against the current inequities that exist within New Orleans’s housing and economics systems for Black people.

Together we can make sure Black New Orleans native artists and historic Black spaces in New Orleans do not become extinct.

Consider making a donation to our Go Fund Me campaign or via Cash App $WCWM. 

As always, thanks for supporting Black artists, businesses, and youth in New Orleans.

ASANTE SANA TO OUR SUPPORTERS 

As of September 25, 2020, we have raised approximately $2,200.00 between our donors, art, ticket, food, and merchandise purchases. We are still actively fundraising and will be updating our supporters list throughout our fundraising. We hope to add your name to this list. The attitude of gratitude is what we are here to share with you all. 

House NOT For Sale NOLA t-shirts

Featuring the Woforo Dua Pa A is an adinkra symbol that means support, encouragement, cooperation. This is one of the windows in the House NOT For Sale logo. We thought it would be fitting to be the lapel design for our t-shirts, placing the support symbol right on the hearts of our supporters.

We are selling our t-shirts as part of the fundraising effort for HNFS Nola. T-shirts are from $20-$50. Visit WCWM Marketplace to select which t-shirt you want to represent with.

Thanks in advance for the support.

Home Is Where The HeART Is

Created and photographed on the 7th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Home is Where The HeART Is a love note to New Orleans. This photograph by Cfreedom Photography is one of the many fundraising art pieces that’s for sale as a fundraising effort towards House NOT For Sale NOLA. Prints and framed art work now available on WCWM Marketplace.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW 9/12 & 9/13

 

Even the news covered our event and story, however the coverage of the hurricanes prevented it from airing. Luckily for us, we are our own documentation team and we are working on getting you a video about our work and mission really soon.

We had an elder join us and lead in a planting manifestation of our Must-Believe Tree (loquat aka japanese plum aka misbelief tree).