ABSTRACT
One of the more eye-opening opportunities in which students in the author's high school art classes participate is the collaboration with the Empty Bowls project in Tucson, Arizona. Essentially, potters create and donate bowls, restaurants donate a variety of soups, and supporters purchase tickets and attend the event. Ticket holders get to choose a handmade bowl and enjoy the lunch provided by the restaurants while the ticket proceeds benefit the Community Food Bank. The students completed the glazing later in class. All of the bowls were donated and one potter later returned to class to continue working with the students on their throwing techniques. Moving tables and chairs, laying out tablecloths and setting up the bowls and silent auction are an integral way for the students to be a part of this event which includes makers and handmade objects as a piece of a real solution to an issue of social justice.
