Canstruction Deadline Nears

Canstruction Deadline Nears

Canstruction’s® first annual Massillon area design/build competition spotlights hunger and showcases Stark County’s best designers. The deadline for entering the competition will be Friday, January 30, at 5:00 p.m.

The Massillon Area Chamber of Commerce and the Massillon Museum invite local architects, engineers, contractors, designers, and students mentored by those professionals to organize teams to design and build structures made entirely of full cans of food. Each team will be allotted a space (10' x10' x 8' h) in the lobby and second floor of the Massillon Museum to create and display its edible work of art.

Teams will pay a $50 entry fee and acquire their own canned goods; the public will be asked to contribute canned goods to view the exhibition. At the end of the display, the food will be contributed to Stark County food banks, which often run low during spring and summer months.
Build Night will be April 1; the Judging and Awards Gala, April 2; the public exhibition, April 3 through 26; and Decanstruction, April 27.

Canstruction® bills itself as “the most unique food charity in the world.” A foundation of the Society for Design Administration (SDA)—an affiliate of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Canstruction® is held in selected cities throughout North America. Since its inception, ten million pounds of food have been donated to aid in the fight against hunger.

The local committee, co-chaired by Sanderson and Shearer, includes architect Jeff Day of Harris/Day; Museum staff members Jill Malusky Bacon, Chris Craft, Scot Philips, and Sandi Thouvenin; Captain Tawny Cowen-Zanders of the Salvation Army’s Massillon headquarters; and Margy Vogt of Margy Vogt Visions.

For information about the competition, call Christine Shearer at 330-833-4061 or Bob Sanderson at 330-833-3146, or visit massillonmuseum.org or canstruction.org.

Media Contacts:
Bob Sanderson, Massillon Area Chamber of Commerce President - 330.833.3146 / cshearer@massillonmuseum.org
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Executive Director - 330-833-4061 / bob@massillonohchamber.com
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum Public Relations Coordinator - 330-844-1525 / vogt@sssnet.com
Photographs of Canstructions from Other Communities: Margy Vogt - 330-844-1525 / vogt@sssnet.com