Calgary mayor immortalized in gumballs CALGARY, Alberta, May 20 (UPI) -- The mayor of Calgary, Canada, admitted seeing his portrait created from 12,000 gumballs was a little strange. American artist Franz Spohn enlisted some Calgary youngsters this weekend to help him build a mosaic of Mayor Naheed Nenshi at the Museum of Contemporary Art Calgary. "It's still a little weird," Nenshi told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. after he swung by the museum to see the work in progress. It's still a little awkward, but it is very neat to see all these people of every age come together and make this art together. Spohn's vision was realized meticulously with the kids placing each gumball into a tube then dropping it into place until his honor's likeness came into view. Art lovers can chew on the finished work at the museum all week as part of the Calgary International Children's Festival.