Total Town public schools effort, K-12: 2nd Shared Visions & Empty Bowls
The community can support Farragut schools’ art students while helping feed the hungry at the same time.
All four Farragut schools have joined efforts to host their 2nd Annual Shared Visions & Empty Bowls, which will take place starting with the Empty Bowls segment from 4:30 to 6 p.m., Monday, April 3, in Farragut High School Commons.
The art show segment take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. with the awards presented at 6:30 p.m. Farragut Middle School Band will perform from 6 to 6:30 p.m. and FHS Jazz Band will perform from 6:45 to 7:15 p.m.
Art teachers Mary Catherine Adams and Ruth Granoth with Farragut Primary School, Ebru Sahin Ekici and Christy Davis with Farragut Intermediate School, Haley Hall and Lauren Rutherford with FMS and Wendie Love, Angela McCarter and Laney Haskell all coordinated their efforts for the event, which benefits FISH Hospitality Pantries (helps feed people in need).
“It’s all a collaborative group project that combines the work of all the schools,” Granroth said. “All of the art teachers from kindergarten through 12th grade met together and decided we wanted to have a community art show that would get the community excited about visual arts happening in the schools.
“And, we wanted to recognize students who do exceptional work,” she added.
Love, who teaches ceramics at FHS, was involved with Empty Bowls since its inception at FHS.
“We just merged the two events — the art show and Empty Bowls — together for one night,” Granroth said.
“The Empty Bowls portion is for FISH Hospitality Pantries in Knoxville,” she added. “The kids in kindergarten through 12th grade made ceramic pottery. All the kids made a bowl and the high schoolers glazed them.”
People purchasing a ticket, which is $15 per person, are given a seating time of when they will be served.
“We will have extra bowls people can purchase for $10 each,” Granroth said.
“That supports the FISH Pantry as well.”
Tickets can be purchased when visiting at https://app.givebacks.gives/empty-bowls/Campaign/Details
The second segment of the evening involves an art show and awards for the art.
This segment is free of charge.
“There’ll be a bunch of art work on display,” Adams said.
Attendees who purchase an empty bowls ticket receive a bowl of soup and a separate bowl to take home.
“The person sponsoring the soup is Haley Jones Homes,” Granroth said.
