Empty Bowls Celebrates its 25th Year!
The Empty Bowls Committee is excited to announce that 2021 is our 25th year of hosting the Empty
Bowls Fundraiser benefiting Florence Food Share. Yes, it was supposed to be last year, but we all know
how that went. But, It will be happening this year! We promise! And it will be bigger than ever. We
are expanding to two weekends.
This year’s event will be held at the Florence Events Center on Friday, December 3rd from 4:00 to 7PM,
Saturday, December 4th from 10AM to 5PM and the following weekend, Friday December 10th from 4
p.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday, December 11, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Like everything else this year, the event will look a little different than in the past as we will be observing
COVID-19 safety protocols to make it a safe as well as fun event for our patrons and volunteers alike.
Empty Bowls is truly a community event with artists, sponsors, and many volunteers all working
together to make this fundraiser successful. Our local artists have been keeping busy during the
pandemic slow-down by creating and donating their bowls at a record pace. We already have over 1200
bowls and other ceramic pieces and we expect more to be created in the month leading up to the event.
Bowls are sold for $10 each, with some $5.00 bowls available as well.
The event also includes a silent auction featuring the works of many of Florence’s favorite artists
working in media as diverse as woodcarving, watercolor painting, sculpture and digital art. This year we
will have a call-in line to allow bidders on the silent auction to call in to check on and perhaps raise their
bid on the auction items, eliminating the need to make a return trip to the Events Center to keep
current in the auction.
Admission is free and we hope you can join us!