SIU Carbondale Empty Bowls - 2026
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Event Details
- Date & Time
- Saturday, October 17, 2026 · from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. — or until the bowls sell out
- Price
- $15 to $25 per bowl, soup included
Programme
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11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. — or until the bowls sell out
Neighborhood Co-op Grocery
1815 W. Main St., Carbondale
Sale of about 150 handmade bowls made by SIU ceramics students and faculty, each with soup.
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11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sale of handmade bowls made by SIU ceramics students, with soup included while it lasts
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About This Event
SIU Carbondale's annual Empty Bowls fundraiser: Southern Illinois University Carbondale ceramics students and faculty sell about 150 handmade bowls, each purchase including soup while it lasts, to fight food insecurity, on Saturday 17 October 2026 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. (or until the bowls sell out) at the Neighborhood Co-op Grocery, 1815 W. Main St., Carbondale, Illinois.
The cause
Every bowl sold puts money back into the community to fight food insecurity, to "raise money to help those with less".
History
Annual event; Pattie Chalmers started Empty Bowls, part of an international initiative, at SIU Carbondale in 2014. The ceramics program works with the Co-op again this year.
Who's who
Organised by
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale ceramics students and faculty Make the bowls and run the fundraiser
- Pattie Chalmers Professor and head of the ceramics program in the School of Art and Design; started Empty Bowls at SIU Carbondale in 2014
- Haley Stanaford Graduate assistant in the ceramics program; contact for information
- SIU Carbondale ceramics program
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale ceramics program (School of Art and Design), with the Neighborhood Co-op Grocery
Supported by
- Neighborhood Co-op Grocery Partner and host venue
Contacts
- [email protected] More information (Haley Stanaford)
Good to know
- About 150 handmade bowls, priced from $15 to $25; each purchase includes soup while it lasts.
- Runs until the bowls sell out.
- Proceeds help fight food insecurity in the community.
- Contact: Haley Stanaford, graduate assistant in the ceramics program, [email protected].
Everything the announcement says
Every detail, as the festival announced it.
From clay to community: SIU's Empty Bowls returns Saturday (SIU news, October 14, 2026, by Maxbiya English).
Handmade bowls will help raise money to fight food insecurity at Empty Bowls Saturday, Oct. 17.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale ceramics students and faculty invite the community to purchase a handmade bowl and enjoy some soup Saturday, Oct. 17.
The annual Empty Bowls fundraiser runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. — or until the bowls sell out — at the Neighborhood Co-op Grocery, 1815 W. Main St. in Carbondale. About 150 bowls will be available, priced from $15 to $25, and each purchase includes soup while it lasts.
Every bowl sold puts money back into the community to fight food insecurity. The ceramics program is glad to work with the Co-op again this year to "raise money to help those with less," said Pattie Chalmers, professor and head of the ceramics program in the School of Art and Design.
For the students who made the bowls, the event is a chance to make an impact close to home and to "be present to see the joy with which people select a bowl they have made".
Chalmers started Empty Bowls, part of an international initiative, at SIU Carbondale in 2014.
For more information, contact Haley Stanaford, graduate assistant in the ceramics program, at [email protected].
11:30 am to 1 pm or until bowls sell out; about 150 bowls.
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Location
Neighborhood Co-op Grocery, 1815 W Main St, Carbondale, IL 62901, Illinois, United States
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Open in Google MapsPrices and tickets
- Handmade bowl (includes soup while it lasts)
- $15 to $25
What's included
- Soup while it lasts, with each bowl purchase
How to get tickets
- About 150 bowls will be available, priced from $15 to $25.
- Runs until 1 p.m. or until the bowls sell out.