Cuala Videos

A Walk Through Jacob Riis Houses NYCHA with world renowned street artist Al Diaz

In March 2024 local legend Al Diaz brought us on a walk through Jacob Riis Houses where we stopped at The Amp and talked about his memories of growing up here and how the environment has changed since the day Lady Bird Johnson declared it the greatest public housing development in America during her visit with Brroke Aster and Mayor Lindsey on 23 May 1966. Produced by Susan McKeown for Cuala Foundation. Cuala Foundation collaborates with communities to repair, recover and build social, economic and cultural power.

NYCHA Jacob Riis Houses New York City visit by Lady Bird Johnson May 1966

As part of our project with world-renowned street artist Al Diaz we researched and brought together Associated Press and NYPD surveillance footage of the day Lady Bird Johnson, Brooke Astor and Mayor John Lindsey visited Jacob Riis Houses on the Lower East Side. Al was there that day when Lady Bird declared Jacob Riis the greatest public housing development in America. We produced the project in 2024 and 2025 as Jacob Riis residents faced the threat of privatization that they ultimately rejected in April 2025.

Inchicore Community Portrait 2022

In July 2022 St. Michaels Family Resource Centre and CORE Youth invited us to return to bring our Community Portrait Booth to their annual Family Fun Day.

Bomba Loisaida 2023

Cuala Foundation partnered with Bombazo Dance Co. to present free community dance classes in Bomba, the Puerto Rican dance of empowerment and resistance, at St. Brigid’s Hall in the fall of 2023. Bomba Loisaida was made possible thanks to a grant from Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York City Council and the Howard Gilman Foundation. Video includes an image of Bomba dancers taken by Marlis Momber in 1984.

Lúnasa Celebration of Sean Scully’s Return to Inchicore, Dublin

 

Traveller Genes

In 2018 we collaborated with the young women and girls of Donegal Travellers Project on a songwriting project entitled ‘Traveller Genes,’ inspired by the song written by Rachel Keane during the project.

 

Island of Sheep

‘Island of Sheep’ is a film about Inchicore in Dublin’s inner city, made in collaboration with The Children’s Project at Kavanagh House as part of a Cuala Culture Club Jan-June 2018. The film features Haiku poems that were written as part of a workshop with poet Maeve O’Sullivan. The children also produced art, maps and photographs in creative workshops and had a bodhrán lesson with Brian Fleming.

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Lúnasa Celebration of Sean Scully’s Return to Inchicore, Dublin