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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Guide Weather Subscribe Contact Us January 28, 2005 Empty Bowls in full swing By Jennifer Squires Ashland Daily Tidings It's just a drop in the bucket - or in this case, bowl - in the fight against hunger, but a group of students at Bellview Elementary School are more than happy to offer their skills. Orville Hector | Ashland Daily Tidings Julie Romberg, center, an artist-in-residence at Bellview School shows 11-year-old Taylor Humphrey, left, and 10-year-old Mark Morganthe how the glaze process works. The mix of fourth- and fifth-graders have spent the week designing, molding, firing and glazing about 50 ceramic bowls that will be sold at the annual Empty Bowls Project at Southern Oregon University in March. Two classes of fourth- and fifth-graders have spent the week designing, molding, firing and glazing about 50 ceramic bowls that will be sold at the annual Empty Bowls Project at Southern Oregon University in March. "They're working hard on these," said Julie Romberg, an artist-in-residence at Bellview who is working with the students. "They feel good that we're doing it." This year the Empty Bowls Project will benefit ACCESS, the Ashland Emergency Food Bank and Uncle Food's Diner, a weekly dinner sponsored by Peace House. Approximately 200 bowls are sold annually and, in 2004, the project raised $2,900. Romberg, who retired from teaching in June of 2004, made bowls with her third-grade class at Helman Elementary School for last year's Empty Bowls Project. All of the bowls sold, netting $10 apiece. Now, as part of the artist-in-residence program funded by the Ashland Schools Foundation, Romberg is using the bowls as one of the art projects she leads at Bellview. "I think it's great," said Sally Jones, who started the Soroptimist International-sponsored Empty Bowls Project six years ago. "It gives them an art experience, plus it gives them a feeling of helping the hungry. It's just an enlightenment and an awareness for them." At Bellview, students in Cathy Murphy and Joann Pinder's classes discussed community service and the activities they do that help others as part of the art project. One girl raised money for tsunami victims with her Girl Scout troop. A boy said he had helped his neighbor shovel the walk after a snowstorm. "We're talking a lot about the importance of community service and reaching out," Romberg said. "They really want to make these bowls special." The students are also excited to see their bowls on display in the Thorndike Gallery, next to the Schneider Art Museum at SOU, during the March First Friday Art Walk. Some, like 10-year-old Summer Fessenden, hope their bowls will be bought and enjoyed by others. Fessenden just wanted to make sure her mom got to see her yellow flower bowl first. "The best part is the painting, to me," Fessenden said. "It takes you away." Others, like Drew Keasbey, 11, have grown attached to their work. "I'm going to go and probably buy mine," Keasbey said. He created a tall bowl with a blue interior and a snake wrapped around the top edge. "I like snakes." In addition to the 50 bowls contributed by Bellview students, students and faculty at SOU and the Clay Folks, which usually produce the greatest number of bowls for the event, will be sold at the Empty Bowls Project. DailyTidings.com Home Page Archives | Revels | Classifieds | Real Estate Guide | Weather | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2005 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Slippers Women's Slippers men's slippers Ceramic Piggy Banks heloc libor rate Calenders 2005 Calender 2005 Accelerate Weight Loss Programs Memory Foam Mattress college loans alternative student loans Matchmaking & Dating Scripts Adventure Travel Conference Calls - $50/Month Security Systems student loan consolidation trillion cut diamonds Currancy Exchange Click Here Site Search: .:Advertisements:. RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams