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Can-do Expertise Imagination meets philanthropy at dramatic Canstruction sculpture exhibit By Lisa Perry
H HOW DO LOCAL ARCHITECTS AND engineers with can-do expertise stack up against difficult parameters? Intriguing, philanthropic Canstruction is a challenge to test their mettle. Teams devise clever, dramatic sculptures made entirely of canned goods for a public art exhibit, and adhere to strict guidelines that seem impossible to fulfill. They assemble their intricate displays within a 12-hour time period and some teams may use up to 3,000 cans for their sculpture. The national organization Canstruction helps local food-focused nonprofits benefit in cities nationwide, producing eye-catching cannedfood art exhibits that are simultaneously design competitions and post-event food drives that use all the cans from the displays. Denver’s version was built in mid-November and remains open daily through
THE DETAILS Open daily through Feb .2 Stanley Marketplace 2501 Dallas St. Aurora, CO 80010 720-990-6743 stanleymarketplace.com
We Don’t Waste 5971 Broadway Denver, CO 80216 720-443-6113 info@wedontwaste.org wedontwaste.org canstruction.org
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Closeup of “Spiderman to The Rescue”—Best Original Design Award, Canstruction Dallas 2019
COLORADOEXPRESSION.COM DECEMBER 2019/JANUARY 2020
Photo: Charles Davis Smith, FAIA
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