Welcome to
NO FEAR
New Orleans Foundation for Experiential Arts Renewal [NO FEAR] is an arts education nonprofit dedicated to Experiential Arts and Learning, being an integrative approach to artmaking that serves to connect, reflect, and relate human experiences.
“Let’s dream
together…”
Check out NO FEAR’s mission in action through our recent partnership with There Is Always Hope Foundation, a Louisiana-based nonprofit that utilizes music to advocate for mental health awareness and suicide prevention support.
With NO FEAR teaching artists meeting with students over the course of three months, “Dream” emerged. This original composition reimagines Dr. MLK Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech through song and breaks the illusive “fourth wall” of live performances by inviting audiences to become active participants in the experience.
This debut performance of “Dream,” live from Temple Sinai New Orleans, welcomes an audience of over 500 to connect, reflect, and relate through participatory and communal artmaking, being hallmarks of Experiential Arts and Learning.
This December, NO FEAR in collaboration with the New Orleans School of Comedy Arts, Second Line Arts Collective, and Artivism Dance Theatre, will produce the first annual Homes for the Holidays revue, to take place in assisted living home communities throughout New Orleans.
In this integrative arts experience, local arts students will join professional teaching artists to perform with audiences in an interactive variety show designed specifically for assisted living home residents, their families, and facility staffs.
Audiences will second line, sing, swing, and laugh out loud together in this participatory production featuring live musicians, dancers, and comedians putting creative new spins on holiday classics.
This initiative aims to bring some extra funky holiday cheer to residents who may feel extra vulnerable during the holiday season, while it also models for students how making “art for heart’s sake” can humanize all who take part.
Do you know of an assisted living home that may be interested in participating in Homes for the Holidays?
Are you interested in donating or becoming an individual or corporate sponsor for Homes for the Holidays?
Your participation and support can make a lasting impact to assisted living home communities throughout Greater New Orleans this holiday season.