Emily Henderson on sat 28 jun 97
HELP... Since some of you are following our progress in Astoria, or
thinking about setting up your own projects, ... Here is our latest
stumbling block: The owners of the largest kilns in the area are the local
community college (The ONLY college within two hours of here) and the high
school. They also have wheels. If their students, in the regular course of
their class and with their personal alotment of class resourses make pots
for Empty Bowls, that's fine, but the concern has been raised that they
might be criticized for using public funds for a private purpose if they
provide any assistance to the project, like firing other people's pots or
letting other people use their wheels or glazes. And, although one of the
three objectives of the "national program" ( I recently got that wonderful
material forwarded to me and they are :
1. feeding the hungry 2, hunger awareness and education 3 art education) is
"art education" which is in line with their mission, other people, besides
Empty Bowls, might ask to use their resources and they would be establishing
a precedent.
One teacher suggested I ask for the names of ANY publicly supported
institutions that help so he could show his principal. They WANT to help.
They are just trying to figure out a way. SO If any of you know the names
of any PUBLICLY supported institutions, Colleges, Universities, Community
Colleges, High Schools, Senior Centers etc. who DONATE their kiln space
glazes or allow "throwing days" or allow their wheels to be used, Please
E-mail me really soon. A LIST would be great to provide these folks the
security they need if they are questioned in this budget cutting world.
(Our Middle School just had a bunch of people laid off so EVERYBODY in any
public institution is really sqeamish about even looking like they might be
spending illicitly) For those of you thinking about projects and find your
major kiln space is in these institutions too, you might also want to have
this data too. TIA, Emily in Astoria where I'm about to head out to the
market. 80% chance of rain. I can't go through another Saturday like last
week UGH
Molly Gorger on tue 1 jul 97
> > ------------------------Original message----------------------------
> > HELP...
> >
> SO If any of you know the names of any PUBLICLY supported
> institutions, Colleges, Universities, Community Colleges, High Schools,
> Senior Centers etc. who DONATE their kiln space glazes or allow
> "throwing days" or allow their wheels to be used, Please E-mail me
> really soon.
Emily,
There are a number of schools that help with OPA's hungry bowl project.
You might want to contact Mary Walyer........The chairman of our EMPTY
BOWL project....I think I gave you her number....and ask her or contact
the the head of the Ceramics Department at Mt Hood Community College in
Troutdale. They both would be able to help with this.....
We've had high schools, art schools, private schools and community
colleges help.
Good Luck!
~~Molly
Emily Henderson on tue 8 jul 97
Hi, I'm still looking for more names of PUBLICLY financed institutions to
make the administrators feel here of like institutions feel comfortable
using their public resource to help the community.
>> One teacher suggested I ask for the names of ANY publicly supported
>> institutions that help so he could show his principal. They WANT to help.
>> They are just trying to figure out a way. SO If any of you know the names
>> of any PUBLICLY supported institutions, Colleges, Universities, Community
>> Colleges, High Schools, Senior Centers etc. who DONATE their kiln space
>> glazes or allow "throwing days" or allow their wheels to be used, Please
>> E-mail me really soon. Emily in Astoria where the clouds are grey
>
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Emily Henderson on wed 9 jul 97
>Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 06:56:16 -0800
>To: clayart@lsv.uky.edu
>From: Emily Henderson
>Subject: EMPTY BOWLS, Help from Publicly Financed Institutions
>
HI THERE, Please excuse my previous screwed missive which I was forwarding
locally and hit, alas, the wrong key. Happily I have received a wonderful
letter from Mishy Lowe detailing a list of publicly financed institutions
that assist the Empty Bowls Project in Phoenix. But I am STILL looking for
the names of others...in the US and Canada. I am specifilly looking for
state colleges COMMUNITY colleges, parks and recreation programs, and
middle, grammar and high schools. I have a phone call in to the Chair of
the Art Dept. at Mt. Hood Community College in Portland but haven't heard
back. If anybody knows about assistance to Empty Bowls in Portland or
Seattle (our closest, if you call 2 hours close) Metropolitan areas, that
would be the biggest help. This morning, before work, I am going to the
local senior center (2 big Scutt kilns) with a "kit" (3 display bowls and
brochure) I will talk to their administrator and hope to address their
class of ceramic mold enthusiasts. We hope to display "kits" around town.
in the library, at all the churches etc.
Our "Project" will be on October 18 and the site chosen will be the local
Catholic Church. Our volunteers are coming from these organizations: Roman
Catholics, Episcopalians, Ba'Hai, Unitarian Universalists, 2 Lutheran
churches and the Presbyterians. None of the money raised will be used for
sectarian purposes. All of the funds will be used for food, shelter and
clothing to support local people facing those problems with emphasis on
HUNGER and hunger awareness. The churches are bundling the project into a
whole month of hunger and hunger awareness issues. (In fact, I think our
(ie. the potters) raising the issue, sparked this month-long focus). There
will be a "crop" walk at the beginning of the month, and at the end, a
project to raise funds to buy blankets. We are only a town of 10,000 and
the population of our county is very small (swells to huge amount in
summer...'tis beautiful here), but, in winter dwindles to next to nothing.
I'll keep you all informed about our progress. We are just a little tiny
town, very isolated by a chain of mountains (and all those beautiful Douglas
Fir, Cedars and Sitka Spruce) you've heard about, and this is our first try.
The Churches are beginning to deal with issues of publicity, even down to
dishwashing. Any suggestions would be appreciated re logistics and how to
administer ticket sales etc. TIA Emily, in Astoria where, it's raining
again :-(
>HELP... Since some of you are following our progress in Astoria, or
thinking about setting up your own projects, ... Here is our latest
stumbling block: The owners of the largest kilns in the area are the local
community college (The ONLY college within two hours of here) and the high
school. They also have wheels. If their students, in the regular course of
their class and with their personal alotment of class resourses make pots
for Empty Bowls, that's fine, but the concern has been raised that they
might be criticized for using public funds for a private purpose if they
provide any assistance to the project, like firing other people's pots or
letting other people use their wheels or glazes. And, although one of the
three objectives of the "national program" ( I recently got that wonderful
material forwarded to me and they are :
>1. feeding the hungry 2, hunger awareness and education 3 art education)
is "art education" which is in line with their mission, other people,
besides Empty Bowls, might ask to use their resources and they would be
establishing a precedent.
>
>One teacher suggested I ask for the names of ANY publicly supported
institutions that help so he could show his principal. They WANT to help.
They are just trying to figure out a way. SO If any of you know the names
of any PUBLICLY supported institutions, Colleges, Universities, Community
Colleges, High Schools, Senior Centers etc. who DONATE their kiln space
glazes or allow "throwing days" or allow their wheels to be used, Please
E-mail me really soon. A LIST would be great to provide these folks the
security they need if they are questioned in this budget cutting world.
(Our Middle School just had a bunch of people laid off so EVERYBODY in any
public institution is really sqeamish about even looking like they might be
spending illicitly) For those of you thinking about projects and find your
major kiln space is in these institutions too, you might also want to have
this data too. TIA, Emily in Astoria where I'm about to head out to the
market. 80% chance of rain. I can't go through another Saturday like last
week UGH
>
N. B. Pickering on thu 10 jul 97
Emily,
I'm not certain that this will help in your situation but here in
Columbus, GA the EMPTY BOWL project is, and to my knowledge always has
been, sponsored by the Parks and Recreation Dpt. One division, the Britt
David Studio, is devoted to arts (and crafts) with a primary focus on
pottery. Members make the bowls, prepare the breads, soups, and desserts
and sell/serve at the studio (owned by the city). Community support and
attendance is tremendous and I wouldn't be too surprised if we eventually
have to seek assistance in terms of a larger facility (i.e. Temple or
Church) and broader involvement in the food prep.
The major difference is that the potters are, to some extent, already
under the auspices of Parks and Recreation so this might not help support
your case
B'racha
nbpick@juno.com
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