Art for a Cause

Yes, We Can

Move over Warhol, Canstruction is taking canned soup art to the next level

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As a tot, you built pyramids with wooden alphabet blocks. As a teen, you stacked wooden Jenga blocks from floor to ceiling. Now, as an adult, you may find yourself lacking in the building blocks department. Get back to your roots, and help support a worthy cause by checking out the annual Canstruction RI competition, benefiting the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. Teams of volunteers build sculptures from canned goods, bringing both smiles and stares of disbelief to the faces of onlookers, who flock to view the exhibit in all its towering glory. A MINI Cooper Car (that was appropriately named MINI-mize Hunger) won the Juror’s Favorite Award in the previous Canstruction RI event. Watch as the same organizations responsible for that winning design compete again at the fourth annual building challenge, held this year at the Providence Place Mall’s skybridge concourse. Watch the building of the sculptures early Saturday morning, March 31, and view the exhibit through Friday, April 13. All the food used in the sculptures will be donated to the food bank.

Canstruction RI, Rhode Island Community Food bank, Providence Place Mall, Providence Monthly

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