2006

Flat Rock Clay's

EMPTY BOWLS PROJECT

 was Tues Nov 14, 2006

at George's Majestic Lounge

We raised almost $10,000 for Seven Hills Homeless Center!!!

Thank you Potters, Friends, Family,

and some people we don't even know.

See the photos at the bottom of this page from the event

Newspaper Articles

Profiles               Sunday November 19, 2006 NWA Times

Front Page!     Sunday November 12, 2006 NWA Times

What's Up               Friday September 1, 2006 NWA Times

Front Page!      Saturday, August 26, 2006 NWA Times

Empty Bowls where potters and other artists make bowls and then hold a simple soup dinner to raise money for feeding the hungry. Each person who buys a soup dinner gets to pick out a bowl and take it home as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world.  This year all of the proceeds go to benefit Seven Hills Homeless Center.

OK, so every once in a great while, a project comes along that really speaks to us. While I was living in DFW, I became aware of Empty Bowls. This is something I have wanted to get together since I moved back. It has all come together along with Suzie Stephens ,chef extraordinare and Brian Crowne of George's Majestic Lounge.

We had a goal of 500 (got 423) bowls this year from local potters and the public and I was really excited every time I opened the kiln to see more of bowls created by the public at the Fine Arts Fest this past Labor Day Weekend.  They are wonderfully creative. We also had additional bowls for the silent auction including Autographed Celebrity bowls.

Our gourmet $20 Soup Dinner was at George's Majestic Lounge, Tuesday November 14.  We raised just over $10,000 for the homeless center.

This event came together with help form Suzie Stephens ,chef extraordinare and Brian Crowne of George's Majestic Lounge along with many others listed below. We will have the pictures up in the next couple days.  Thanks for everyone that helped to make it such a success.

Local Artist Bowls:
  Students at Flat Rock Clay
  U of A clay students
  Ryan Trussell
  Lois Richardson
  Paula Bibee
  Blanchard Reel
  Rae Dunn
  Marianne Wilson
  Nori Allen
  Newt Lale
  Yosuke Koizumi
  Terra Studios
  Maura Miller
  Michael and Becky Johnson
  Jerry Faulkner
  Cheryl Buell
  Shirley Miller

  Beverly NortonWalker
  Kelley Wilks
  Mike Meredith
and maybe a couple more I missed

Silent Auction Artist's Bowls:
  Hank Kaminski - original sculpture
  Shirley Miller -large thrown pedestal bowl

  Andrea Guidry - Original hand made bowl with 3 cats
  Kelley Wilks - tea bowl set
  Mike Meredith - large thrown bowl
  Adam Posnak - original thrown bowl
  Dan Coody - thrown bowl
  Susan Morrison - bowl with her signature style illustration

  Yosuke Koizumi - bowl with frog made at FRC

Silent Auction Autographed Bowls:
  4 Sheryl Crow (w extra drawings on bowls)
  Willie Nelson

  Loretta Lynn

  Big & Rich
  Bobby Vee (with music symbols drawn on rim)
  Don Tyson (with stick chicken)
  Dan Wright (Chicago White Sox)
  Lucinda Williams
  Lucenda Williams with Miller Williams
  Randy Travis

  Montgomery Gentry

  Tom Pagnozzi (St Louis Cardnals)
  George Jones
  10 from the cast of the TV show "Lost" (as a set)

      Michael Bowen - Pickett

      Terry O'Quinn - Locke

      Matthew Fox - Jack

      Elizabeth Mitchell - Juliet

      Josh Holloway - Sawyer

      Michael Emerson - Henry

      Evangeline Lily - Kate

      Yunjin Kim - Sun

      Henry Ian Cusick - Desmond

      Jorge Garcia - Hurley

175 bowls made at the Fayetteville Fine Arts Festival by the public

Others Volunteers that have helped
  Sonya Hatfield Stout
  Cheryl McBride Morrison
  Suzie Stephens & Jim Hatfield
  Marty Goff Burggraf
  Susie Slone
  Jennifer Rowe
  Mike Meredith
  Brian Crowne
  Nancy Meyer
  Aaron Giles
  Martha Molina

  Lisa Tice

  Bobbi Johnson

  Missy Gocio
  Downtown Fay Partners & Fay Fine Arts Fest

    Danial Hintz

    Doug Walsh
  MaryAnn McCutchon
  Elizabeth Mitchell
  Marge Shore
  Paula Bibee
  Andrea Guidry
  Jerry Faulkner
  Michael & Becky Johnson
  Jodi Elsasser
  Bill Speer

  Dawn Grahm

  Charity McCartney

  Bill Stafford
  PJ Robouski

and more...


Those graciously donating the Soup & Bread
  Suzie Stephens & Jim Hatfield
  Morgan Stout
  The 1936 Club
  Cafe RouOrleans
  Joe's Biestro

  Greenhouse Grille

  Herman's Rib House

  The Ultimate Supper Club

This was a don't miss event! It was a Hoot and for a great cause.

Just wait until next time if you missed it.

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