I went to an Empty Bowls supper tonight with a friend.Most of you are probably familiar with this project, often held in October in conjunction with World Food Day.
The premise is simple: If you purchase a ticket, you choose a handmade, one-of-a-kind bowl made by a student artist. The bowl is filled with soup and that is your meal, along with a roll or slice of bread. You may keep the bowl.
I have some lovely bowls and mugs from other such events.
But this one is special. It is lovely, yet imperfect. It suited me. I filled it with piping hot hamburger vegetable soup, a humble meal to be sure. But I think that's the idea.
For some, it would be a feast.
It is a lovely early spring evening here. Cool, but sunny. The Empty Bowls supper, held in a local high school gym, was a reminder of hunger and of beauty, too.
If you haven't attended an Empty Bowls event, I urge you to do so.
15 comments:
It's been many years since I attended an Empty Bowl event. Nice to be reminded of them.
Lovely, Mimi. I actually had never heard of this before, but I looked it up, and there's an event coming up soon here. Are they usually child friendly events?
It was simple, Lydia, that's why I liked the concept so much: A really nice melding or art and food. I thought of you!
Laura, this one certainly was! We were entertained by a charming one-year=old named Liam. It was pretty casual — I'm not sure it all suppers are that laid back, but this was in a high school gym.
I go to one of these every year sponsored by the Ceramics Department where I teach. They do it as a lunch time event. I use my bowls for everything from soup to olives (I was about to say nuts, but I didn't). Mimi, you've always got the greatest thoughts.
Mary
www.ceresandbacchus.com
Thanks, Mary! (I hope this posts - I am having all sorts of issues these days with Blogger. So much for the idea of going to the New Blogger template.)
That is such a wonderful premise for an event. I wish we had something similar here, I would love to take part in it. And that bowl looks beautiful to me.
I'll bet you could start one, Christine.
In our town, the women's club sponsored it, working with high-school and I think middle school art students.
Oh, my hamburger vegetable soup! I really would love a bowl!
That sounds like such a wonderful event idea, I'll have a look see if there's one around me.
What a fun idea! I'm sure no one has ever done that around here. I may have to look into that for an idea at some point. Thank you so much for sharing Mimi!
It was funny, Tanna, because I'd made a pot of stuffed-pepper soup on Wednesday, mainly to use up some vegetables but also to ward off the spring chill (and damp and fog).
Erika, this is a regular event up here. Believe it or not, we have an active little art community. I would geuss if anyone would consider doing it over in your area it would be the NEW Arts Council.
I love the colour of the bowl Mimi and I think the empty bowls project is a great idea, we don't have anything like that here.
Anne
It's my understand it was started in Michigan, Anne, and the supper I went to just happened to be across the border in Michigan.
I liked the colors, too; they reminded me of Provence for some reason.
What a marvelous idea!
When we lived in Andorra the various comus had an annual soup day. It honored a saint (of course) and everyone in the country got to have free soup!
No cool bowls, though.
What a good idea I don't think I've ever seen such an event in the UK
It was fun, Chris, and I love my bowl, even if it is a bit lopsided.
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