CANstruction is a unique community service event organized by AIA
Philadelphia. Teams from the design and construction community will compete to
build distinctive sculptures from cans of food. The resulting structures will
be prominently displayed for public view in a gallery at 990 Spring Garden
Street from April 1-9, 2017. All of the cans of food used in the
structures will be donated to Philabundance at the
conclusion of the display.
For the last six years, this team has designed and constructed a can
sculpture to benefit vulnerable families in the Delaware Valley. In the past ten
years, the Philadelphia competition has provided over 250,000 lbs of food
to those in need across the Delaware Valley through Philabundance, the
Delaware Valley’s largest hunger relief organization. Last year our 70’s decade peace sculpture “Give
Peas a Chance” won the Juror’s Choice
Award! We are very excited about this year’s design “Urban CANvas” – inspired
by the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and that art ignites change (see concept
sketch below). This year our goal is to
raise over 4,000 cans!
We
would like to ask YOU to be our partner in purchasing the cans needed for the
design. We are asking you for a donation towards the canned food purchase. As a partner, you or your company’s name will
be featured on the display board.