the Grant: Collaborative Space for Artists and Designers

Tenants

Because of the collaborative nature of the space at The Grant, the developers intended to create a community of creatives who can work together with as little overlap as possible – to create a community that does not fall into the trap of worrying about direct competition between themselves. We looked for a mix of businesses and personalities and chose the best among the applicants in order to create an intentional community that will work together to make each individual business better. Here is who signed on to our idea:

ground level

Kafe Líla
Karen Pace, owner and head chef. A small cafe with amazing homemade ice cream, coffees, pastries, sandwiches and salads.

Strange Famous Records Store
The home of SFR, a label supporting artists such as Sage Francis, B. Dolan and Prolyphic.

Milk and Cookies
Milk and Cookies is a gallery/shop. It is our hope to frequently hold neat art shows and offer the fun and interesting products that some of our favorite artists make like t-shirts, comics, zines, totes, stationery, and prints in between.

Dynamo Development Labs – Wayne Losey & Tucker Johnson
Character, product and concept design for entertainment, toys, and video games. New business development – product design, project management, consumer strategy and cultural fit.

Highchair designhaus: J Hogue and James Re; design for print and web, specializing in identity and publication design.

Josie Morway: design for print and web, specializing in ephemera and catalog design. Josie is also a well-established curator and painter.

Magma Design Group
Landscape design for commercial and residential projects. Small to medium to large scale projects, with hardscape design and installation as well as full plant specification and care.

Frank Murphy, AIA (email)
A small architecture firm specializing in residential architecture. Focusing on affordable housing project types ranging from new single family houses, additions and renovations to adaptive reuse, historic preservation and multi-family projects.

Flying Shuttles
A studio, gallery, and retail shop that supports the creative abilities of artists and weavers with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

lower level

Strange Famous Records Office
The office of SFR and online orders shipping center.

Blackstone Chess Academy
Tournaments, open plays, and simulcast events of local and global competitions in the chess world.

401 Local
Poster design and silkscreen printing for apparel and posters by John Hunter.

Skidder Design
Poster design and silkscreen printing by Uncle Pete.

Ghost Town
Poster design and silkscreen printing by Pete Cardoso and Darren Johnson.

Circuit BMX
BMX shop with rider/proprietor Victor Bettancourt. Full service BMX repairs and builds, components and apparel.

Beat Box Studio / Chachi Carvalho and Joel DePina
An independent-artist recording and production studio, as well as coordination of youth after-school programs in local high schools and MCs at local spoken word events and talent showcases.