TPL Tacoma

In 2021, Art x Love produced three custom-designed “Green Schoolyards” activity books for The Trust for Public Land’s team in Tacoma (WA). Each book was customized as an educational and participatory design tool for the students at Mann Elementary, Whitman Elementary, and Larchmont Elementary.

Art x Love worked with local leaders to develop and refine the content for each book. We shared our Parks Unlimited Toolkit with the team, providing them with more than 1,000 illustration we had already created for TPL programs across the country. After the content and activities for the book were planned out, Mac created a series of new illustrations to ensure each book was tailored specifically to the region and to each school.

TPL Tacoma used these activity books in collaboration with teachers and students to explore creative and environmentally responsible solutions for transforming their schoolyards into a vibrant, equitable, and inspiring place. The work that TPL Tacoma has done and since completed is truly amazing.