Empty Bowls Event Nov. 5 Raises Funds and Awareness for Hunger Relief
The Ceramics Center at USI has been working full tilt to make more than 1,000 bowls for the 2016 EMPTY BOWLS Evansville Event, sponsored by the USI Art & Design Department with support from Ivy Tech business students.
The event is planned for Saturday, Nov. 5, from 11am – 2pm, at Sauced, 1113 Parrett St., in Evansville’s Art District. Soup and donations will be provided by Sauced, Perfectly Fresh, Tom & Chee, Deerhead Sidewalk Cafe, Mary & Martha’s Catering, Pangea, Gerst Haus/Smitty’s, Bokeh Lounge, Just Rennie’s, Tropicana, Knob Hill Tavern, and Great Harvest Bread.
Empty Bowls is a national non-profit organization that lends its name to any organization fundraising for hunger by making and selling ceramic bowls. This is the fifth Empty Bowls Event that Alisa (AL) Holen, assistant professor of ceramics at USI, has organized.
Holen’s ceramics 1-3 courses were re-classified as ‘Service Learning’ courses in the fall, which opens up the courses to focus on service as well as ceramics. USI Students have been ‘teaching’ as well as ‘learning’ as groups come into the Ceramics Center at USI to make bowls. After the bowls have been made, USI ceramics students trim and sign each bowl with the maker’s name. They then bisque fire the bowls, glaze the bowls, and glaze fire the bowls in the electric, gas, and salt kilns.
Ivy Tech students in Business Ethics have teamed up with the ceramic’s students at USI to help organize the event. These students have spent their time organizing the event with soup providers, advertising, and organizational details. Their work on the project strengthens their understanding of the difference between companies acting in a manner which is legal, ethical, and socially responsible.
Each bowl made by the community will be sold for $10/each and come with a choice of soup. Empty Bowls will also feature a “Pro-Bowl†room with professionally-made bowls at higher prices.
Proceeds from this event will be used to support local organizations fighting hunger. For additional information, contact: Faith Fox, Ivy Tech Instructor, at ffox6@ivytech.edu
