You CAN do it! November 10, 2024
Posted by judylobo in Zoo.Tags: Art exhibit, Brookfield Place, Canstruction, City Harvest, NYC, photography
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Canstruction returns to Brookfield Place! The annual design competition challenges teams of architects, engineers and contractors to build sculptures made entirely out of unopened cans of food. The large-scale sculptures are displayed in a free exhibition space open to the public and later donated to City Harvest to help feed those in need. Canstruction is an art exhibit and Canstruction is a fundraiser. There are 23 sculptures that populate the two levels of Brookfield Place. This year’s sculptures run the gamut from fairytales to cartoon characters to movie villains. There’s Lewis Caroll’s Alice in Wonderland, Pokemon’s Squirtle, Perry the Platyus and Remy. They are joined by the man eating plant from Little Shop of Horrors and the scary giant sandworm from Beetlejuice. All of these are made of cans that will eventually be donated to City Harvest just in time for Thanksgiving. Canstruction® New York has donated over 2 million pounds of food to local food banks since 1993, and over 1.2 million pounds to City Harvest since 2006. Since 1992, Canstruction® has raised nearly 82 million pounds of food for hunger relief organizations around the world with its signature, trademarked CanArt. It is a very short exhibition and closes tomorrow November 11th. Perhaps you CAN put it on your list for next year.
So fun!!
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Let’s do it together next year
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Uncanny!
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LOL
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This is fabulous. Thank you for sharing this unbelievab
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fabu! hadn’t even heard/read about, so thanks for sharing. and audrey 2, too! unfortunately, will not be able to get there today or tomorrow. (was gonna write that “i CANnot get there before it closes…”, but as already a pun above, decided not to go there.)
LOL!! 😁
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LOL ‘Mark’ your calendar for next year
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Great fun – thanks Judy! Especially love the octopus looking piece.
By the way, did you know that octopuses make good friends….yep they do…. they’re always willing to lend a hand… or eight! 🙂
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Good one Mary
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