I miss participating in the yearly design competition and fundraiser for the Food Bank. It is a national activity which occurs in chapters in various locations all across the country. Design teams of local engineers, architects, designers and construction companies get involved in raising money to purchase prepackaged food. They design sculptures out of the food which must fit within a ten foot cube, be self-supporting and be constructed in one night. After the teams build their sculptures a jury adjudicates and chooses winners for different prizes such as Best Meal, Best Use of Labels, Best Structure and Honorable Mention to be presented in an award ceremony. The sculptures are left on display for several weeks in the public venue in which they were erected so as to help generate interest in the public for donating canned goods to their local Food Bank. Large bins are provided beside the sculptures for local residents to drop off donations and often if the exhibit is at a location which requires an entry fee then the establishment will offer a discount if a food donation is made at the time of visitation. Once the exhibit is over then the team members will return to disassemble their masterpieces which are then delivered to the Food Bank.

The above gallery of images are the sculptures that Raphael and I created together. Here are some of the other team’s sculptures. These are from 2002 at Chesapeake Square Mall.

And these are from 2001 at Nauticus. You can tell there was a lot of of emphasis on American themes after September 11th. I was up to my eyeballs dealing with the TSA since I was already working at the airport, so I really didn’t feel like focusing on any themes which were already at the forefront of my mind day in and day out already. Plus, I never have been somebody who is mainstream.

The following images are from 2000 at The Portsmouth Children’s Museum. We had quite a bit of fun following the banquet at this facility by enjoying many of the permanent exhibits.

 

Here are just a few images of us enjoying the permanent exhibits at the Children’s Museum with my neighbor and my ex-husband.

And here are the other team’s sculptures from the first year at Pembroke Mall in 1999 – Wow, that was a long time ago!