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Student artists participate in Empty Bowls Project
Oct 23, 2006 1:40 PM
By Tannika King - Faculty
The artwork of several Darlington students will be featured in this year’s Empty Bowls Project, a community project to benefit Rome’s Hospitality House. The event will be Tuesday, Nov. 14 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Rome Civic Center on Jackson Hill. Tickets are $15. Ticket holders receive a meal and a handmade ceramic bowl.
“Janda Canalis of Earthworks Pottery visited the Upper School in October for Fall for the Arts Month, and as a result of her visit, our students were able to donate some of their work to this worthy cause,” said Tannika King, director of media relations at Darlington. “What a great opportunity for Darlington students to participate in a community-wide service project. I hope that members of our school community will come out and support the event and our very own young artists on the 14th.”
The basic idea for Empty Bowls is simple, according to Allen Bell, executive director of Rome Area Council for the Arts, one of the event sponsors. “Participating potters create ceramic bowls, then serve a simple meal of soup and bread. Guests choose a bowl to use for the meal and to keep as a reminder that there are always empty bowls in the world,” he said. “The local Empty Bowls Project raised $4,500 for the William S. Davies Homeless Shelter in 2004 and more than $5,000 for the South Broad Crisis Pantry of Rome Action Ministries in 2005.”
The program will also include a presentation by local musicians. All food has been donated by local restaurants, including Harvest Moon Café, Kaleido-Sno, La Scala, Coosa Country Club, Broad Street Ice Cream Parlor, Schroeder’s Deli, T. Martooni’s and Victorian Rose Tea Room and Café.
Participating potters from throughout north Georgia include Chris Bauman, Gene Billian, Janda Canalis, Sue Cannon, Katie Bird Cobble, Jason Doblin, Johnny Dobson, Tesa DuPré, Val Featherston, Chris Kelly, Jeri Jankovsky, John Johnston, Mark Issenberg, Jere Lykins, Vicki McKenzie, Fran Myers, Connie Saunders, Stacy Stanhope, Julie Windler, and students from Darlington School, Earthworks Pottery, Shorter College, and Berry College.
Empty Bowls originated in 1990 when a high school art teacher in Michigan came up with a class project to make ceramic bowls for a fundraising meal to support a local food drive. The following year, the concept was developed into Empty Bowls, and a project to provide support for food banks, soup kitchens and other organizations that fight hunger. Since then, these events have been held throughout the world, and millions of dollars have been raised to combat hunger.
The Empty Bowls Project founders can be reached by telephone at 248-628-4842 or by e-mail at imagineren@aol.com, or click here. Tickets for the Nov. 14 event are available at RACA, Harvest Moon Café and the Greater Rome Convention & Visitor’s Bureau beginning Oct. 23. For more information, call RACA at 706-295-ARTS.
“Janda Canalis of Earthworks Pottery visited the Upper School in October for Fall for the Arts Month, and as a result of her visit, our students were able to donate some of their work to this worthy cause,” said Tannika King, director of media relations at Darlington. “What a great opportunity for Darlington students to participate in a community-wide service project. I hope that members of our school community will come out and support the event and our very own young artists on the 14th.”
The basic idea for Empty Bowls is simple, according to Allen Bell, executive director of Rome Area Council for the Arts, one of the event sponsors. “Participating potters create ceramic bowls, then serve a simple meal of soup and bread. Guests choose a bowl to use for the meal and to keep as a reminder that there are always empty bowls in the world,” he said. “The local Empty Bowls Project raised $4,500 for the William S. Davies Homeless Shelter in 2004 and more than $5,000 for the South Broad Crisis Pantry of Rome Action Ministries in 2005.”
The program will also include a presentation by local musicians. All food has been donated by local restaurants, including Harvest Moon Café, Kaleido-Sno, La Scala, Coosa Country Club, Broad Street Ice Cream Parlor, Schroeder’s Deli, T. Martooni’s and Victorian Rose Tea Room and Café.
Participating potters from throughout north Georgia include Chris Bauman, Gene Billian, Janda Canalis, Sue Cannon, Katie Bird Cobble, Jason Doblin, Johnny Dobson, Tesa DuPré, Val Featherston, Chris Kelly, Jeri Jankovsky, John Johnston, Mark Issenberg, Jere Lykins, Vicki McKenzie, Fran Myers, Connie Saunders, Stacy Stanhope, Julie Windler, and students from Darlington School, Earthworks Pottery, Shorter College, and Berry College.
Empty Bowls originated in 1990 when a high school art teacher in Michigan came up with a class project to make ceramic bowls for a fundraising meal to support a local food drive. The following year, the concept was developed into Empty Bowls, and a project to provide support for food banks, soup kitchens and other organizations that fight hunger. Since then, these events have been held throughout the world, and millions of dollars have been raised to combat hunger.
The Empty Bowls Project founders can be reached by telephone at 248-628-4842 or by e-mail at imagineren@aol.com, or click here. Tickets for the Nov. 14 event are available at RACA, Harvest Moon Café and the Greater Rome Convention & Visitor’s Bureau beginning Oct. 23. For more information, call RACA at 706-295-ARTS.
