SNIK are thrilled to announce their upcoming project, ‘Handle With Care,’ with award winning global conservation organisation, Zoo New England, Boston.

The duo will be producing murals that aim to highlight the crucial conservation work spearheaded by Zoo New England with communities around the world to protect species ranging from threatened to critically endangered.

Through cross disciplinary collaboration, the project aims to bridge the gap between art and conservation and demonstrate how creative platforms can be used to amplify environmental awareness.

Live painting from 24 April - 3 May at Franklin Park Zoo, 1 Franklin Park Road, Boston, MA 02121.

For more information visit Zoo New England website.

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Handle With Care, a project of location-specific murals designed to run along the walls of Franklin Park Zoo’s Tropical Forest Pavilion, represents a thematic expansion of the common thread in SNIK’s pieces – the fragile relationship between humanity & the natural world, and an ecosystem reliant on global education & understanding.

Throughout the two-week installation, from April 24 – May 2, visitors will have the unique opportunity to observe the artists while they create these stunning paintings, which include a western lowland gorilla, clouded leopard, a black and white ruffed lemur, and a Panamanian golden frog – all of which are species with compelling conservation stories.

“Conservation and education are the cornerstones of our mission, and this new mural is another way to connect our visitors to the incredible biodiversity of our planet,” said John Linehan, Zoo New England President and CEO. “By providing opportunities for people to more deeply understand the natural world and all of its inhabitants, we aim to build empathy, inspire people to take an active role in preserving healthy ecosystems, and create a better world for people, animals and wild places – now, and in the future.”

Every day, ZNE’s staff are working to save species from extinction while the Zoos are also serving as centers of education, conservation, and important research that is supporting field conservation. Utilizing cutting edge science, as well as partnerships with Boston’s leading institutions, ZNE’s impactful conservation field work is far-reaching, both locally and globally. From rare and threatened species right here in eastern Massachusetts to snow leopards in Mongolia, Cross-river gorillas in Nigeria, amphibians in Panama and One Health focused work in Madagascar, ZNE is actively working to save animals from extinction.

SNIK’s collaboration with Franklin Park Zoo will seek to draw attention to the essential conservation work taking place on local and global levels, to the benefit of communities, animals and environments worldwide. Particular care is placed on collaboratively working with local communities to preserve and protect biodiversity, restore healthy habitats and to positively impact overall health - for people, animals and habitats.