ART 1135 Art Activism and Creative Citizenship: Empty Bowls
A significant percentage of community college students experience food insecurity and other basic needs issues. Food insecurity can influence grades, health, attendance, course completion and degree attainment. To address this, the Empty Bowls Project investigates how policy, social inequities, and racial injustice perpetuate this problem, uses ceramic art to raise awareness, and applies creative citizenship to help alleviate food insecurity within the campus community. Through service-learning, students collaboratively create, donate, and organize the sale of wheel-thrown ceramics to raise awareness about food insecurity and local resources while providing tangible support for their peers in need, fostering civic engagement and positive social change.