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Filling Empty BowlsAt the Castle on Feb. 26, some 100 guests from theNobles community and surrounding towns took partin the first Nobles Empty Bowls event—a fundraisinginitiative to address local and global hunger issues. Guestsselected from an assortment of handcrafted ceramic bowlsfashioned by students and faculty members and enjoyedwarm soup and bread. Attendees kept their bowls to remindthem that many people are hungry every day. The eventhosted by the afternoon ceramics program, raised morethan $1,500 for the Dedham Food Pantry.The Empty Bowls project is an international grassrootseffort developed by the nonprofit Imagine/RENDER Groupto raise funds and awareness for hunger relief through artprojects. Five students in the afternoon ceramics program,Edward Adams ’12, Caroline Giandomenico ’11, Alexis Lelon’16, Katherine Paglione ’16, and Ashley Wang ’12, along withceramics teacher Nora Creahan, handcrafted close to 200ceramic bowls this winter. The students learned everythingfrom the basics of creating and glazing pottery to the challengesof producing an event to sell their work. The projectbecame a collaboration among other groups at Nobles: thephotojournalism class, led by John Hirsch, produced a videothat played in Assembly to help promote the event; studentsin Amanda Wastrom’s graphic design class created a logofor the event; and chemistry teaching fellow Gail Corneau’ssophomore class incorporated a chemical mixing lessonto create a variety of glazes for the bowls.“It’s amazing how far you can get in one season,” saysCreahan. “It was really exciting to watch kids experience thatkind of service. They learned that you can bring your skillsand passion together to help others.”a b o v e :Ashley Wang ’12,throwing on apottery wheell e f t:CarolineGiandomenico’11, paintingpotteryb e lo w :Handmadeceramic bowlsmade withdifferent shapes,designs andcolorsSpring 2011 l the NobLES Bulletin l 17