Empty Bowls

Events planned to help hungry

The Adrian Art department will sponsor three Empty Bowls events in January and February to benefit the Salvation Army Soup Kitchen.

The handmade bowls can be purchased on site at the events, filled with soup and later taken home.

Adrian College art students, teaching assistants, alumni and staff, Community Clay students, and the Adrian College Youth Art Program have all been making bowls with the goal of 500 bowls to be offered for a donation of $10-$20.

1 Evans Street Station in Tecumseh on Thursday, Jan. 21 from 11am-2pm. Evans Street Station is located at 110 S. Evans St.

2 Adrian College campus in Caine Student Center on Thursday, Feb. 4 from 11am-1pm with food donated by Sodexho. The Caine Student Center is located on Williams St.

3 First United Methodist Church on Maple Avenue in Adrian on Sunday, Feb. 21 from 11am-2 pm with food donated by Meijer, JR’s Hometown Grill & Pub, Red Lobster, Tip Top, ZZ’s Sports Bar & Grill.

More information may be obtained by contacting Pi Benio, professor of art and design at the College, at 517-264-3901 or via e-mail pbenio@adrian.edu .

Community Clay Art Exhibition

Come to the Adrian College library to see the creativity of adults from our community.

The exhibit will be available from January 23 thru Feb. 12, 2010.

The collection, from the Community Clay class from fall of 2009, offers over fifty works including glazed surfaces using a variety of techniques: raku, salt, wood, and high fire reduction.

Community Clay classes are offered by the Adrian College Art and Design Department in the fall, winter and spring. Students, high school age and older, are represented in this exhibition.

The reception is open to the community and offers the opportunity to meet the artists on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 from 1 – 3 pm.

The exhibition will be on display through February 12, 2010 and can be viewed during regular library hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 9am-9pm; Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday 10 am -5:30 pm. The library is closed on Sundays.

The Adrian Public Library is located at 143 E. Maumee Street in downtown Adrian. Parking is available along Maumee Street and in the Toledo Street parking lot.

More information may be obtained by contacting Pi Benio, professor of art and design at Adrian College, at 517-264-3901 or via e-mail at pbenio@adrian.edu