Sophie Canade 
In 2000, Sophie Canadé commuted to her office job. So that time would not be wasted, she began making sock monkeys during the hour long ride on the bus. She no longer has that job, but she continues to make monkeys. Over the years, Sophie has sold sock monkeys, given monkeys away, given monkey-making lessons, instructed revolutionary guerrilla-monkey workshops, and used sock monkeys to explore concepts from the mathematical to the metaphysical. Sock monkeys are not her only medium, but they have been reoccurring, due to the fact that they do not stain carpet, and they are so portable.

In Dunedin, New Zealand, Sophie was a caregiver for mentally and physically handicapped adults, and in Auckland, NZ, she was a teachers' aid at a school for special needs children. In the US, she has volunteered with Cindy and Kathy at the Iowa Veteran's Home. They do a weekly program called Time Slips, assisting sufferers of elderly dimentia in a group story writing activity.

Sophie has been awarded a Trustees Scholarship for the MA in Arts Therapy program at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago, beginning in the fall of 2009. One day she hopes to use art therapy in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation and for enhancing the quality of life among those with neurodegenerative diseases.

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