We have many people to thank for making the 2010 Itasca Empty Bowls Project a success. If I’ve missed anyone, and I hope I haven’t, please write a comment and I’ll add them to the list. All of these folks, along with those who attended Empty Bowls-related events, are directly responsible for raising over $8,300 [...]
Archive for April, 2010
A Heartfelt Thank You
Posted in Empty Bowls Event on April 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Celebrity Bowl Auction tomorrow at “The Mac”
Posted in Community Partners, Pre-Empty Bowl Events on April 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Preparations are in full swing for the Itasca Empty Bowls event on Thursday, and for a reception being held tomorrow night at the MacRostie Art Center. If you’re out and about between 5 – 7 p.m. consider yourself invited to drop by for alittle food, socializing, and to check out the silent auction featuring a [...]
How do you take a photo of hunger?
Posted in Community Partners, Empty Bowls Event, Food Insecurity on April 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Many thanks to David McDonald at ICC for focusing his students on the issue of hunger, and for penning this guest post for the Itasca Empty Bowls Blog. How do you take a photo of hunger? What is the sound of hunger? This is what the Mass Communication classes at Itasca Community College have been [...]
Empty Bowls/2010
Posted in Empty Bowls Event on April 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to Guido Downing for this post to the Itasca Empty Bowls blog – and for his long-standing support of the project! I was working at MacRostie Art Center (MAC) when we set out on the Itasca Empty Bowls Project adventure nine years ago. We had a small start-up grant from the Northland Foundation—and not [...]
The soup’s on at KAXE!
Posted in Community Partners, Pre-Empty Bowl Events on April 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Our friends at KAXE have embraced Empty Bowls in a big way this year. In addition to working behind the scenes on the planning committee (thank you Penny and Heidi!), they are hosting an Empty Bowls pre-event tomorrow from 11:00 – 1:00 pm at their studios on the banks of the Mississippi River. Here’s a [...]
“Hunger is a whole lot like an iceberg”
Posted in Uncategorized on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The title up there is a quote by photographer Michael Nye, whose work and new exhibition was featured Tuesday on NPR’s All Things Considered. Nye spent the better part of five years traveling the US collecting images and stories of hunger. His new exhibition, “About Hunger & Resilience,” is currently on display at San Antonio’s [...]
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