A team of students from Boston Prep Charter School with their toy observing the monkeys at the Franklin Park Zoo
A new group of participants from the Boston Prep Charter School joined the Toys for Monkeys project in collaboration with Handshouse and the Franklin Park Zoo. This unique Handshouse collaboration effectively enriches the lives of many species, human and non-human, who are living together in a shared home at a complex time.
Read MoreA Cotton Top Tamarin at the Franklin Park Zoo finds meal worms in a toy created by students from Norwell High School
This spring, Handshouse Studio is excited to bring Toys for Monkeys to a new age group of participants as we connect with students and educators, thanks to the support of two Mass Cultural Council STARS Residency Grants
Read MoreThroughout the summer, we have been talking with teachers, educators, advisors about what we learned from our Toys for Monkeys and Trojan Horse remote projects. We are exploring the prospect of bringing this project to other institutions, as well as to other age groups of students in partnership with school teachers.
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Prototype and sketch of the Swivel Box Puzzle Feeder by Mallory DePoe
This is the time of year, The Toys for Elephants project class would normally be delivering a fleet of enrichment toys to Emily and Ruth, the Elephants at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford. Circumstances this year turned out to be a little bit different. Students in the 2020 Massachusetts College of Art and Design Toys for Elephants class did not let these circumstances get them down however, they just found a slightly smaller group of clients at the zoo. The Monkeys!
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