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"Canstruction" project by my art club from last year! We tried to recreate famous artists' self portraits. First is Vincent Van Gogh's 'Self-Portrait', second is Frida Kahlo's 'Self Portrait Dedicated to Dr Eloesser' (English translation), and third is Gustave Courbet's 'The Desperate Man'

We created a three-sided structure that curved inwards to display these three artworks as one, which sadly fell to the ground before the judging which caused us to earn third place.

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Engineers at H2M architects + have received two awards for their project to help address food insecurity. They received awards for design and having most cans for a sculpture  at the 18th Annual Canstruction Long Island, Inc. awards Inspired by Shel Silverstein’s children’s book The Giving Tree, the sculpture comprises 7,795 cans of food. Canstruction is a charity competition in which teams build…

Canstruction Returns To Brookfield Place For 30th Year

The Press Release: Canstruction returns to Brookfield Place for its 30th year! The annual design competition challenges teams of architects, engineers and contractors to build sculptures made entirely out of unopened cans of food. The large-scale sculptures are placed on display and later donated to City Harvest to help provide families with a holiday meal. This year marks the 15th anniversary of…