Our second annual EMPTY BOWLS WHS DINNER & FUNDRAISER will be held on
Friday, March 24, 2017 from 530-8pm (snow date 3/31)
in the HS large and middle cafeterias
On 9/28 and 9/29 Ms. Held's Clay classes learned how the food they eat ends up on their plates. We watched a video (see below) and discussed the industrial agriculture food system, as well as brainstormed ways in which we can make better food choices, both for our own health and that of the planet. We learned how this industrial food system is contributing to the cycle of poverty, malnutrition and hunger in the world.
Friday, March 24, 2017 from 530-8pm (snow date 3/31)
in the HS large and middle cafeterias
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Food Inspired Slump/Hump Mold Bowls
*PROJECT GOAL: The Empty Bowls Project is an international grassroots effort to raise both money and awareness in the fight to end hunger. Students will participate in Washingtonville High School’s second Annual Empty Bowls Project by creating ceramic bowls inspired by their favorite foods. Through the introduction of videos, discussions, and online research, students will learn how their favorite foods are farmed, processed, and sold, as well as why people, even in our local communities, are struggling with food insufficiency. Students will be invited to sell their bowls at the school’s Empty Bowls Dinner event in March of 2017 to help raise money for the Hudson Valley Food Bank and the Country Kids Food Pantry of Washingtonville. Students will learn to prepare clay, make basic slabs, and use the slump/hump mold method to create their bowl forms. Other techniques such as carving, stamping, relief, sculpture, and glazing will be introduced and used to add color, dimension, texture, pattern and sculptural forms to these bowls.
We also discussed what "hunger," "food insecurity," and "malnutrition" really means. Using videos, a Kahoot trivia quiz (on global, national, and local hunger statistics), and class discussions, we learned that the main cause of food insecurity in the world was poverty. We watched stories of Americans who are struggling to put food on the table. See the links below to watch some of the videos we watched together in class:
Then Ms. Held showed her Clay classes a short documentary made in 2015-2016 about our Empty Bowls WHS project. This video provided the Clay students with a general idea of what the 2nd annual Washingtonville High School Empty Bowls WHS Dinner Event might look like. The Empty Bowls Project is an international grassroots effort to raise both money and awareness in the fight to end hunger. This year's Clay students will participate in Washingtonville High School’s second annual Empty Bowls Dinner Event by creating ceramic bowls inspired by their favorite foods. Students will be invited to sell their bowls at the dinner event on March 24, 2017 to help raise money for the Hudson Valley Food Bank. Parent bowl-making workshop coming soon...
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