Enjoy an unforgettable night of Black culture and love as we bring the spirit of New Orleans straight to 125th Street. Dance all night with H-Town’s finest DJ Elevated, the incredible Black Masking Indian and rapper Flagboy Gizlagboy Giz, and a surprise New Orleans legend to headline, which will be announced soon.

This spectacular celebration will help close the final construction cost gap ($250K left of our 2M total project budget) for The Black Schoolhouse, a community art center and resource hub currently under construction in New Orleans’ historic Seventh Ward. The Black Schoolhouse is a sustainable, community collaboration with shipping container architect designers LOT-EK (New York), Architect of Record Whawn Allen (New Orleans), and is being built by BSquared Builds (New Orleans). Since 2016, The Black School has already engaged 5,500+ community members, trained and employed 44 youth designers, presented 5 Black Love Fest’s, and partnered with over 100 professional artists. Opening the schoolhouse, our first own physical home, will enable us to support 1000+ more community members every year. Your ticket gets you into the party of the year, AND helps build a space rooted in self-determination, healing, and Black love!

Bid on world-class art, all night long
Throughout the evening, you’ll have the chance to bid on incredible works from internationally renowned artists across the country, including Cauleen Smith (Chicago), Mario Moore (Detroit), and Nic Brierre Aziz (New Orleans). We are so grateful tho these gracious friends for championing Black love and the mission of The Black School in this way. Don’t miss the opportunity to take home pieces that speak to the culture and add something meaningful to your collection.

You’re going to have a GOODT time, okay?!
We’ll see you there!

About The Black School
Founded by contemporary community-based artists Joseph Cuillier and Shani Peters, The Black School The Black School is a community art organization teaching Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPoC), and allies to be agents of change in their community through programming rooted in African diasporic histories. We uses art and activism to transform social realities through three core principles: self-determination, healing, and Black love.