Empty Bowls Project

Our first annual EMPTY BOWLS DINNER & FUNDRAISER will be held on 

Friday, April 1, 2016, 6-9pm

in the HS Cafeteria

Food Sensory and Food & Art Lesson

Food Sensory Lesson, G2 Class

Students took part in a food sensory lesson on 9/24 and 9/25. Students were asked to move about the classroom and smell, touch, look at and/or taste the food samples that were on the tables (students were not required to taste anything they didn’t want to). This is a “sensory” experiment. The goal was for students to experience these food items with one or more of their senses and then to make notations about what they notice about each food sample. This lesson is part of the introduction to our first Unit, our Empty Bowls Project for which students will create clay bowls inspired by their favorite foods.

After our food sensory lesson, Ms. Held introduced a Brief History of Food & Art. This PowerPoint provided a historical overview of how humans have incorporated the theme of food into their works of art for thousands of years. 

A Brief History of Food and Art PowerPoint

The students were really amazed by the work of the contemporary Italian Artist, Roberto Bernardi, whose photorealistic paintings of candy (amongst other subject matter) were so lifelike the students simply did not believe they weren't photographs. For more information about Roberto Bernardi's work check out this link:

Roberto Bernardi's website

The students were particularly fascinated by the work of the contemporary British artist, Carl Warner, a photographer who creates "Foodscapes" out of real food and then photographs these bizarre scenes to create imaginary and sometimes "delicious" worlds. Warner uses his work to encourage people to eat healthy. The leftover food from his "Foodscapes" are fed to his staff and donated to homeless shelters. For more information about Carl Warner's work check out these two links:

Carl Warner's Foodscapes on CNN

Carl Warner's website