Empty Bowls 2018

Empty Bowls is an international effort to fight hunger, implemented in Houston to benefit the Houston Food Bank. The unique lunch fundraiser will be held Saturday, May 19, 2018, and is a collaboration between Houston area ceramists, woodturners and artists working in all media and Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. In its first 13 years, Empty Bowls Houston has raised $801,550 for the Houston Food Bank! (This equals more than 2.4 million meals to the hungry!)             

For a minimum $25 donation, attendees receive a simple lunch of soup and bread provided by Sweet Tomatoes, and then select a bowl from 1,500-plus one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted bowls donated by Houston area ceramists and craft artists. The empty bowls serve as a reminder of all the empty bowls in our community and the world. There are also larger bowls available at a higher price (lunch also included). Live music and artist demonstrations throughout the day.

Co-Chairs – Renee LeBlanc and Samantha Oldham; Andre Bally, Virginia Bally, Dorothy Broaddus, Tom Irven, Renee Lieber, Paula Murphy, Thomas Perry, Suzanne Sippel, Cookie Wells