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At the first of several public bowl-making sessions at the Grand Marais Art Colony Wednesday, October 7, 2009, many more people showed up than expected. For $5.00, participants could make a clay pot for Empty Bowls, a soup supper that raises money for the Cook County Food Shelf. This year’s event Thursday, November 12 from 5-7 p.m. at the Congregational Church is one of many Empty Bowls events that benefit local food shelves across the country. Other sessions at the Art Colony are scheduled for Friday, Oct. 16, 5-8 p.m.; Saturday, October 17, 2-5 p.m. and 5-8 p.m.; and Sunday, Oct. 18, 2-5 p.m. Bowl painting sessions are scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 24, 2-5 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 25, 2-5 p.m. Left: Artist Holly Beaster throws a clay pot on a pottery wheel. Above: Participants could use one of several methods to make a clay pot. Here, potter Joan Farnam demonstrates how clay can be rolled flat for shaping into bowls. Above Right: Gayle Harvey (aka Superman) shapes her clay into a pot. She created a whimsical little pot with a fish blowing bubbles on the outside. Her pot so impressed the Art Colony pottery teachers that they decided it would be put into the silent auction at the Empty Bowls event.

Staff photos/Jane Howard