MSU TX Ceramics Artists Work Fingers to Bone for Bowl-A-Thon


WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) – Ceramists from the Department of Fine Arts at Midwestern State University worked their fingers to the bone during their Bowl-A-Thon on Saturday. To create artwork that will be auctioned off to help the Wichita Falls Area Food Bank feed even more families.

‘The Bowl -A – Thon has been feeding empty bowls for ten years. It’s really amazing to see the community come and work on art like this, ”said Simon Welch, marketing director for the Wichita Falls area food bank.

Like many events that had to be canceled last year due to the pandemic, the Empty Bowls Event was no exception. While this year although it will not be canceled, it will be online.

“Usually all of these restaurants have soups that you can try for a ticket. Then you can choose a bowl, but this year we are going to have an online auction. You still get a ticket, you still get a bowl, but we’ll just have an auction for high-end bowls made by special artists, ”Welch said.

The Bowl-A-Thon had 10 artists who helped make the 1,000 bowls needed for the Empty Bowls event.

“After a while it just becomes a part of you. It’s about being truthful, being genuine, struggling and truly living, ”said Pamela Moller, artist in residence at MSU Tx.

The artists used pieces of clay, which after hard work turned into a bowl. Something that symbolizes such a great and important cause.

“Ceramics throughout history are associated with food. The bowl is a container and it is combined with people putting food in their mouths. So it makes sense that we use the bowl as a way to raise money for hunger. People are hungry and this is one way for us to help, ”said Steve Hilton, professor of ceramics and art at MSU Tx.

The online auction for The Empty Bowl event begins November 26 and will last until December 9.

For more information, visit the Wichita Falls Area Food Bank website or the Empty Bowls website.

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