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10,000 Hands in Service to New Orleans A project of The Imagine Render Group, founders of The Empty Bowls Project working in collaboration with the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts To be held during and prior to the NCECA 2008 New Orleans Conference
The Goal of 10,000 Hands in Service to New Orleans:To engage the 5000 or more NCECA members attending the 2008 conference and the larger national ceramics community in helping New Orleans area ceramic artists, educators and students rebuild their programs and facilities and to contribute to the forward movement of the area’s recovery With your help, 10,000 Hands in Service to New Orleans will seek to:
This is a chance for us to make a difference--an opportunity to channel the outpouring of positive energy of our colleagues around the country and to create events that support, encourage and broaden awareness of our medium and its transformational power. How you can participate:Empty Bowls: Bring One/Buy One Donate a $20 bowl. If every 2008 conference attendee brings one bowl to donate to an Empty Bowls (www.emptybowls.net) exhibition and sale--and then buys one bowl at $20, that’s $100,000. Volunteer to be a ceramic artist-in-the-schools and help a local school hold their own Empty Bowls event. These events could raise a great deal more awareness and money and the students, through service-learning projects, would learn they can make a difference in their community while learning, with your help, to make better pots. Sponsor/Propose a Project Visit the website at www.10000hands.org and pledge to sponsor one of the workshop proposals posted by the local organizations. These groups are currently working to assess their needs and they will decide exactly what projects make sense and what supplies, tools and equipment they need. Visit the website often. New proposals will be posted as they are developed. Design and post a workshop of your own on the website. At least one group from every state could offer to sponsor one of the workshops proposed by the local organizations or post their own idea for an alternative project. The local organizations will review the alternative proposals and see if they fit their needs. Either way, the group offering to sponsor a project will be responsible for the supplies, tools and equipment required. These things will then be donated to the local organization. The local organization and the sponsoring group will work together to implement the project. Not every workshop offered by the membership may be accepted but let’s give the local organizations plenty of proposals to choose from. The Imagine Render Group will help plan and promote 10,000 Hands in Service to New Orleans but neither Imagine Render nor NCECA will be responsible for the individual projects. That responsibility lies with the group(s) pledging to undertake each project. The Imagine Render Group P.O. Box 1689 Burnsville, NC 28714 The Imagine Render Group, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, strives to create positive and lasting social change through the arts, education, and projects that build community.
Empty Bowls' New HomeEmpty Bowls is getting nicely settled into our new home near Asheville. We have created a display of Empty Bowls at our studio and another at the nearby Design Gallery in Burnsville, NC. All proceeds from the sales at these two displays go to area organizations helping to feed our neighbors. Lisa Blackburn and John Hartom, Empty Bowls co-founders 134 Lynnwood Lane Burnsville, NC 28714
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