Each year, Home Resource puts together a killer fundraising event called Spontaneous Construction. Last year, one of my pieces raised quite a controversy in the silent auction. The picture of me manning the machine gun built by the boys whose father complained about one of my pieces made it onto the poster and onto and the website, how fun.

This year, they’re doing it again, and it promises to be a huge event, including music by The Flying Rickshaws, beer from Big Sky Brewing Company, a silent artwork auction, and of course, the actual spontaneous construction itself. Home Resource is located at 825 W. Kent Avenue in Missoula. Click here for directions.

For those of you who don’t know about Home Resource and their mission, they are a non-profit organization that collects and sells re-usable building materials to reduce waste, build healthier communities and promote a more vibrant sustainable community. The spontaneous construction is a block of five hours wherein teams of up to five people can run amok in a specified area of the Home Resource yard, collecting materials with which to build a sculpture that will later be auctioned off, the proceeds benefiting Home Resource. It’s a lot of fun, and can be a team-building experience for participants. Last year’s was a blast, and I have some photos to prove it.

Other planned events include:

* Paint a door: we provide the door, the paint, the brushes, you provide the vision!
* Community Growth Sculpture: take five minutes or an hour to add your element to one wild, community-created, found-object sculpture
* Caster Car Creation: build a caster car (pinewood derby-sized,) then enter it in the races and bet on the fastest and furthest traveling contraptions
* Kid’s creation station: fun projects for all ages

I’ve donated two pieces to the silent auction, one a spatter piece I did using recycled wood that I got at Home Resource for the frame over which I stretched recycled canvas and used donated housepaint I acquired from Home Resource. The other is a collage that I framed using wood found at Home Resource as well.

Minimum bids begin at $75, which is amazing. 50% of the proceeds from the sale of my work will be donated to Home Resource. Please plan to attend the event, bid on the art, and maybe even participate in some of the events. Click the links below for full information.

• Schedule of Events
• Tickets
• Registration forms for being a part of SponCon’s construction teams
• Directions to Home Resource

SPONTANEOUS CONSTRUCTION 2007 – AUGUST 25TH @ HOME RESOURCE