MISSION
StreetCry champions pluralism in society by creating works of literature, voice and performance, and mentoring artists. We ignite creation of new artworks, inspire genuine risk, and support authentic expression and courageous interaction.
photo: Kalil Salkey. On the mailbox is Annie Lanzillotto, on 1st Ave & 9th Street, Manhattan.
VISION
StreetCry recognizes the nature of the soul to sparkle through struggle. We seek to mend the earth, ourselves, each other. Our passion is the vocal cacaphony of the market, street, piazza. We are inspired by pushcart peddler calls. Our urban imagination fuels our work.
photo: Anja Hitzenberger. Hughes Avenue, Bronx. Pictured are Audrey Kindred, Annie Lanzillotto as Chimaroot the pushcart peddler, and on the balcony, Chris Carbone on guitar, and Puppetta lowering the basket on a rope, demonstrating how peddlers and residents interacted in the pre-market days of NYC.
METHOD
StreetCry creates and commissions artworks and events, and coaches writing and performance. We focus on mentoring women, the working class, refugees, immigrants, LGBTQ+ and SGL, survivors of domestic violence and war trauma, the intergenerationally impoverished, and artists living with disabling illness.
photo: Alex Ruhland-Syquia. Pictured Annie Lanzillotto on the mailbox on Prince & Elizabeth Streets in Manhattan.
TESTIMONIALS
EXHILARATING & NURTURING
“What an exhilarating experience to be part of a Street Cry event! Annie Lanzillotto nurtured and guided each of the several participants, individually and as a group, through a genuine journey to uncover and develop our distinctive roles in the event. And then the excitement to watch it all come together and being part of it, not just being in the event, but being the event, in a process of amplification and integration of different voices and stories that felt effortless, magical, where the weeks of preparatory work had become the invisible terrain on which we and our audience stood.”
Edvige Giunta
Co-editor of Talking to the Girls: Intimate and Political Essays on the Triangle Fire and participant in StreetCry & City Lore’s “Tell Me A Story” event (March 2022)