The Empty Bowls Project 2013

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SPONSORS, VOLUNTEERS AND GENEROUS POTTERS FOR HELPING TO MAKE SUCH A SUCCESSFUL DAY!!

YOU CAN BE SURE IT WAS A RESOUNDING SUCCESS AND YOUR SUPPORT HAS GREATLY BENEFITED THE WORK OF SHIRE COMMUNITY SERVICES. 

Here is Luba, the manager of Shire Community Services being presented with the cheque for $A7,744.00 and a memento bowl by Anna, President of Port Hacking Potters, on behalf of the organizing committee.

 

Images from the event:

Food, music, art and good company

beautiful hand made bowls to choose to eat from and then take home empty...

Bowls signed by celebrities in our Silent Auction also contributed to the funds raised

The Port Hacking Potters Group Co-Hosted an Empty Bowls Project in the Sutherland Shire in conjunction with the Sutherland Shire Lioness Club and with the help of student potters from both Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre and the Ceramic Design Studio TAFE NSW SI Gymea Campus.

The event took place 

on SATURDAY 24 AUGUST 2013
from 12 noon to 4pm

at KIRRAWEE HIGH SCHOOL
21 Hunter Street Kirrawee NSW

All funds to go to a local charity,Shire Community Services who run services such as  The Hub@Caringbah which helps the disadvantaged in our local area by running a Food Pantry and other services in the area.

Silent Auction - Ceramic Artists and Potters across Australia donated their work to be sold on the day by silent auction.

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What exactly is the Empty Bowls Project?

The basic premise is simple: 

Independent potters, arts associations and other groups within the community create handcrafted ceramic bowls.

Guests purchase tickets to a simple meal of soup, bread and dessert donated by area restaurants and the bowl goes home as an unspoken reminder that somewhere someone’s bowl is empty and of the uncertainty that homeless families face daily.  

          

An event of FOOD, ART AND COMMUNITY  Fabulous soups donated by restaurants and organisations across the shire, family-friendly entertainment, a silent auction of ceramic art and celebrity- bowls, not to mention an incredible assortment of handmade ceramic bowls donated by dozens of ceramic artists and students.

for the original Empty Bowl website click here 

for images of the Gold Coast Potters Empty Bowl event click here

hand crafted bowls donated by ceramic artist, Bob Wood

Close up of detailed design by Bob Wood, Ceramic Artist and member of Port Hacking Potters Group.