Assemble 2012

One of the things that makes me so proud to be a native Lovelander is the immense creativity of my fellow residents.  

During the weekend of the Loveland Loves BBQ, Bands and Brews festival, a new creative competition was underway. 2012 marks the first annual sculpture competition, Assemble, held at the Feed & Grain on 3rd Street.

From the massive pile of spare “junk” donated by a few local businesses, such as Uncle Benny’s Building Supplies, nine teams of local artists made impressive original works of art under both an extremely hot sun and a strict deadline for completion.

Mayor of Loveland, Cecil Gutierrez, chats with a group of participating artists.

I very much enjoyed watching the teams work together – putting their blood and sweat into their sculptures (I didn’t see any tears, thank goodness!).

Onlookers watched the pile of junk transform into sculptures of robots, a functional bar table, a giant metal jungle cat with a caged bird in it’s belly, as well as many other fantastic creations.

At the end of the day the sculptors were awarded prizes from the judges, and the sculptures were then auctioned off at the LLBBB festival with all $630 of the proceeds going to the Loveland charity Alternatives to Violence.

Many tokens of inspiration came from this new Loveland event. I already can’t wait to see what kind of creativity steps out of the pile at next year’s competition.

To see the entire day unfold, follow this friendly peacock to the gallery.