Presented by Studio School
OCT 18, 2025 / 11 AM - 3:30 PM (90-minute time slots)
Admission / $30 (includes handmade bowl and meal)
Empty Bowls is a worldwide grassroots movement by potters to raise money to end food scarcity. Join us for a meaningful (and delicious!) day in support of hunger relief across the region. As the culmination of our annual Build-A-Bowl event, a $30 ticket will let you enjoy a soup-and-bread buffet from local restaurants and bakeries, plus your choice of a one-of-a-kind bowl made by local artists, students, or volunteers. Proceeds benefit Midland County Food Assistance Network, which serves more than 12,600 individuals across our region.
This event takes place in the Auditorium Lobby at Midland Center for the Arts. Tables and seating will be available for guests to relax, enjoy the food, live music, and community conversation.
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Local potters are invited to enter the Empty Bowls 2025 Soup Bowl Challenge!
Submit up to three functional, food-safe bowls for judging in Best Hand Built, Best Wheel Thrown, and Best of Show, with cash awards of $150 for category winners and $200 for Best of Show.
All bowls are donated to Empty Bowls and must be delivered to the Center Ticket Office or the Carriage House Studio by Friday, OCT 3, at 5 PM.
Questions and want to enter? Contact Beth Nova, Fine Arts Program Supervisor, at nova@midlandcenter.org.