Who We Are
Founder
Create is owned by Roslindale/Boston resident and artist Gena Mavuli. She’s most at home with her hands deep in clay or stoking a kiln fire deep into the night. Her ceramics practice, and her life practice, is all about experience and experimentation which is evident in the range of her work. She holds this space for members of her community to explore with freedom and joy, with an eye on the experience more than results. You can read more and see her work here.
Staff & Instructors
Angela Caldrone
Frances Donovan’s book Arboretum in a Jar (Lily Poetry Review Books, 2023) was nominated for the Massachusetts Book Award. Her chapbook Mad Quick Hand of the Seashore was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. A recipient of a Mass Cultural Council grant, Donovan’s poems have appeared in Lily Poetry Review, Solstice, Heavy Feather Review, SWWIM, and elsewhere. Her interviews of other poets can be found at The Rumpus and on her website, www.gardenofwords.com. Donovan holds an MFA in poetry from Lesley University and is a certified Poet Educator with Mass Poetry. A poem of hers has been displayed at Boston City Hall. Donovan’s work deals with themes of home, family, intergenerational trauma, and sexual and gender identity. She remembers fondly the summer of 1998, when she drove a bulldozer in a Pride parade while wearing a bustier.