eye can-dy

On Friday some friends and their children joined us for an excursion playgroup to see the 2011 Canstruction exhibit at the World Financial Center. The sculptures, which are composed entirely of canned food items, are part of an artistic food drive for City Harvest. It's a relatively small exhibit, with about two dozen entries, held in a space that is not too enclosed, which makes it great for an outing with small children.

The boys loved it. At their favorite displays they'd stand in front and beg me to take their picture. Unfortunately, though, they'd say "cheese!" with just a little bit too much enthusiasm -- and distraction, which is why most of the pictures I snapped of them are either too blurry to make out or they're looking at something far away from my camera.


Here's a sampling of some of this year's entries:

Pedestrian walk/don't walk light
This was one of the boys' favorites, probably because it was for them the most blatantly recognizable.

Angry bird

High top

A Spam-sardine-and-tuna model of the Brooklyn Bridge.
This one was my favorite because, as you may notice, it's an actual suspension bridge. Awesome, no?

(Some of you may remember that I visited the annual Canstruction exhibit once before. Click the link to see a sampling of the 2008 entries.)