Make.
Learn.
Belong.
Create.
BUILT BY OUR COMMUNITY.
USED BY OUR COMMUNITY.
Hundreds of residents of all ages have participated in free creative programs at MLCS.
The studio centers collective creativity as a tool for connection, expression, and belonging.
A Shared Space for Collective Making and Community Life
East Boston Community Studio is a free, open studio space for collective making, learning, and creative exchange, stewarded by Maverick Landing Community Services (MLCS) as a long-term public resource for the East Boston community.
The studio operates as a cultural infrastructure, supporting connection, expression, and belonging through shared creative practice.
Participation is always free, no prior experience is required, and the space is designed to be inclusive and low-barrier.
Embedded within MLCS, the studio strengthens community life alongside the organization’s broader work supporting stability, access, and wellbeing across East Boston.
“We saw something powerful emerge through the Triennial and our collaboration with ñ press… participation was consistent and meaningful. East Boston Community Studio allows that practice to remain free, open, and ongoing, rooted here and accessible to the whole community.”
- Rita Lara, MLCS Executive Director
ñ press
ñ press is a community print studio and publishing platform focused on connection, activism, and education. Launched by artist Gabriel Sosa as part of the inaugural Boston Public Art Triennial, ñ press conceptualizes print as public art, embracing its capacity to circulate in the public space while providing opportunities for shared learning.
Through screenprinting and risography, ñ press produces posters, zines, pamphlets, books, that prioritizes care, solidarity, and social advocacy. In addition to public events, ñ press engages in specialized print initiatives with various groups, organizations, and fellow artists.
ñ press has collaborated with City Life/Vida Urbana, Phillips Brooks House Association at Harvard University, Suffolk University, Eastie Coalition, Tufts University Art Galleries, ICA/Boston, Boston Public Library, MassArt, Boston Scores, Zumix, and Boston Art Review.
Based at MLCS, ñ press consists of Iz Hall, Colomba Klenner, Riley McLaughlin, Nate Bourget, and Gabriel Sosa.
