Safehouse

The Fundred Project was launched in 2008 with an initial focus on lead issues in New Orleans. Mel and his team transformed a previously unoccupied house in St. Roch - a New Orleans neighborhood plagued by high levels of lead contamination - into a vault that became project headquarters. Safehouse became a unique venue for exchange between visitors and neighbors, and the space hosted many events and continuous workspace for the creation and display of Fundreds.