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November 11, 2016

Can Art — -A Display for Good in NYC

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Don’t you want to think about something good today?  I know that I do and so I decided to highlight a wonderful exhibit that Chris and I happened upon while we were in New York City last week.

We were doing a bit of sightseeing and happened to stop in Brookfield Place in search of lunch.  What we found was more than lunch.  Canstruction® New York 2016 is an ingenious exhibit with a purpose.   So what is this amazing event?

An extraordinary annual design competition and the most unique food charity in the world, Canstruction challenges teams of architects, engineers, and contractors to build sculptures made entirely out of unopened cans of food. The large scale structures are placed on display and later donated to City Harvest for distribution to those in need.

There’s that word—extraordinary.  You know how much I love that word.  So these structures really are taking something ordinary and turning it into something extraordinary.  I love it.

We didn’t see every single display but those we did view were fun and creative.   cans14

SNAP! + Hunger is Gone by Gannett Fleming
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Who You Gonna Call? Can Busters!  by Design Republic
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Be-CLAWS We CAN! by Severud Associatescans5

Vincent Can Gogh by Silmancans7

Say Yes to No More Hunger by Arup
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Can-Struction Site by ads Engineerscans15

Sashimi Rollin’ by WB Engineers and Construction
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A Whale of a Tail! by Studios Architecturecans12

Lean on Me by Dattner Architectscans11

Shine A Bright Light on The Darkness of Hunger by AKF Groupcans10

Let’s Put Hunger in a Museum by LPE Engineering PCcans3

Harry the Hungry Hippo by Pekins Eastman/HRBIpizza-rat

The Infamous Pizza Rat by Langancans

And finally— a work in progress????

I love to support food pantries and this is an inventive and creative way to do that.  If you are in NYC this is one place that you need to check out.

There are 25 can sculptures on exhibition at Brookfield Place which is located at 230 Vesey Street in lower Manhattan from November 3rd to the 16th daily (including weekends) from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. except the 16th, when the exhibit will close at 6 p.m. for the dismantling of the structures. All visitors to the exhibit are encouraged to  bring a can of food to donate to City Harvest. The donation bin is located on the second level above 230 Vesey Street retail.

You can even view all of the sculptures and vote on your favorite by clicking here.   Tell me your favorite in the comments and I will make a 50 cent donation to our Comments for a Cause –American Diabetes Association.

Can you guess which one is my favorite?

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  1. Dianna
    November 11, 2016 at 06:18 am

    Wow! Those are amazing. I saw a post on the 611 (steam train) FB page about something similar. And there were a couple of displays made of cans to resemble the 611 train. Interesting, and for a great cause!

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    1. Beth Ann Chiles
      November 11, 2016 at 06:44 am

      Oh I bet the train ones would be amazing as well. Don’t you love it when people put their talents to work for good?

      Reply
  2. PK
    November 11, 2016 at 06:30 am

    Vincent Can Gogh has gotta be my favorite! 😀 I love it. Great idea. Would have loved to have seen it in person. Very cool.

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    1. Beth Ann Chiles
      November 11, 2016 at 06:43 am

      I love that one as well. I was amazed at all of the ingenuity. It is amazing to me how they can stack them and have the end result be so stunning. Thanks for taking the time and stopping by and leaving a comment. Means a lot!

      Reply
  3. Doreen
    November 11, 2016 at 09:01 am

    Agree!!! Vincent Can Gogh!!!! Awesome (although the hippo made me smile!!!!).

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    1. Beth Ann Chiles
      November 11, 2016 at 09:41 am

      He’s pretty adorable in person. Thanks for stopping by, Doreen! Have missed visiting your blog lately–I need to fix that!

      Reply
  4. Minnesota Prairie Roots
    November 11, 2016 at 09:25 am

    I love this creative idea to raise awareness of hunger.

    Choose one? Just one?

    Then I’ll go with “Lean on Me” both for the message and the seemingly impossible feat of creating this sculpture.

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    1. Beth Ann Chiles
      November 11, 2016 at 09:41 am

      It’s fun, isn’t it? There were some even better ones we did not see but you get the idea. Amazing!

      Reply
  5. Vicky
    November 11, 2016 at 11:46 am

    Love love love this art and these pictures!

    The favorite… hard but I have to go with the crab!

    Thank your for sharing these, they made my day!

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    1. Beth Ann Chiles
      November 11, 2016 at 11:54 am

      I am glad you liked them! I loved seeing the creativity and the crab was even better in person. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  6. Marci B
    November 11, 2016 at 11:21 pm

    Love these! How very cool!

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  7. John Downing
    November 12, 2016 at 09:18 am

    Maybe it’s Be-Claws I’m from New England the one I like the most is..”Be-Claws I can”!

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    1. Beth Ann Chiles
      November 14, 2016 at 07:37 am

      I can understand that!!! My fav as well.

      Reply
  8. Dianne
    November 12, 2016 at 10:23 am

    Amazing! You find the most wonderful “things”

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    1. Beth Ann Chiles
      November 14, 2016 at 07:36 am

      It’s fun, isn’ t it? And a totally unexpected thing to find when we stopped a the mall!

      Reply
  9. TB Markinson
    November 13, 2016 at 08:27 am

    These are pretty cool, but they instill a bit of fear in me. I am so accident prone, so it’s best I view them from a safe distance–thousand of miles away.

    As for my fave, I like the claws one.

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    1. Beth Ann Chiles
      November 14, 2016 at 07:35 am

      Haha. You and me both. I am the head klutz so I stayed far away as well!

      Reply
  10. Priscilla King
    November 15, 2016 at 03:38 pm

    I can’t guess your favorite. “Lean On Me” is the most impressive structure, but I love Goya beans so “Infamous Pizza Rat” might be my favorite.

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    1. Beth Ann Chiles
      November 16, 2016 at 06:37 am

      The crab is my fav. 🙂

      Reply
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    November 10, 2017 at 06:00 am

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