I had the opportunity yesterday to check out an amazing art exhibit in Midtown Manhattan. The best part was the admission: a can of Tuna!
Canstruction is a foundation focused on rallying artists and designers around the efforts to stop hunger around the world. Each year, artists are challenged to design and build structures completely out of food cans and other food packages. All of the cans are full of food.
The competition travels around the world for exhibits, and at the end of each visit, the cans are donated to local food shelters. In New York, Canstruction teamed up with City Harvest, the world’s first and New York City’s only food rescue program. City Harvest works to save food that is unused in restaurants, factories, and stores to feed the thousands of hungry New York residents.
Last year, over 250,000 cans of food were donated by Canstruction to City Harvest. Here are some of the best structures of 2006:
