{"id":41232,"date":"2021-03-24T14:52:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T18:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=41232"},"modified":"2021-03-24T14:52:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T18:52:33","slug":"can-uc-my-mask-canned-food-sculpture-temporarily-installed-in-langsam-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2021\/03\/can-uc-my-mask-canned-food-sculpture-temporarily-installed-in-langsam-library\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018CAN UC my mask\u2019 canned food sculpture temporarily installed in Langsam Library"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“CAN UC my mask” canned sculpture. Photo\/Melissa Cox Norris<\/p><\/div>\n

The masked Bearcat is showing school pride while reminding everyone to stay safe by wearing a mask<\/h2>\n
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\u201cCAN UC my mask,\u201d a canned good sculpture currently on display on the fourth floor of the Walter C. Langsam Library, is the creation of students in UC\u2019s Construction Student Association. The students spent the fall semester designing and preparing the sculpture with hopes to participate in Cincinnati CANstruction, an annual event where students and local businesses construct large structures out of cans of food, which are then displayed around Cincinnati before the cans are donated to a local food pantry. Due to the pandemic, the organizers of the 2021 Cincinnati CANstruction moved the event online. Looking for an opportunity to construct their design, and with the desire that their UC-themed sculpture could be seen on campus, the group\u2019s faculty adviser, Mandy Albrecht, assistant dean of academics in the College of Engineering and Applied Science, reached out to UC Libraries to inquire if the Walter C. Langsam Library could play host to their canned sculpture. Of course, the answer was yes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“CAN UC my mask” under construction. Photo\/Kaikou Uchiyama<\/p><\/div>\n

On display now on the fourth floor of the library, \u201cCAN UC my mask,\u201d was assembled by a team of students led by Matthew Adkins, construction management major pursuing his MBA, and Blake Reinstedler, construction management major, and including Phillip Stoll, Blake Brower, Jacob Mitsch, Colby Sipos, Nicholas Bartholomew, Kaikou Uchiyama and Andrew Bush. Inspired by their Bearcat pride, and a desire to spread a message of being safe during the pandemic, the 6.5-foot cubed rendition of the UC Bearcat wearing a mask took 4,700 cans of food to create and 10 hours to construct.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe really appreciate the opportunity to construct \u2018CAN UC my mask\u2019 in Langsam Library and are very grateful to the library for letting us display it in such a prominent location,\u201d said Adkins. \u201cWe explored other potential locations on campus, but this one seemed the safest for the cans and social distancing and will allow for the most attention and publicity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The canned sculpture will remain in Langsam until mid-April when it will be dismantled and the cans of food donated to the UC Bearcats Pantry<\/a>. \u201cThe messages we are spreading through the donation of canned goods and staying safe from Covid-19 are positive ones creatively expressed through art,\u201d Adkins concluded.<\/p>\n

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Students from the Construction Student Association pose in front of their canned sculpture. Photo\/Kaikou Uchiyama<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThis project is always fun because it\u2019s a great learning opportunity for the students, as well as a great way to encourage donations to local food pantries.\u00a0It\u2019s an especially great way for freshmen and sophomores to get involved in the Construction Student Association and to contribute to their community in a meaningful way,\u201d said Albrecht.\u00a0\u201cStudents who haven\u2019t yet learned about construction estimating, scheduling and logistics can start flexing those muscles by designing, estimating, procuring and building a canned food structure like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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