3rd Annual Empty Bowls Bay Ridge at 4th Avenue Presbyterian

From 12 to 5 PM on Sunday, May 2, the 4th Avenue Presbyterian Church will host the 3rd Annual "Empty Bowls Bay Ridge", organized by local potters and artists to raise funds for the Church's Community Food Pantry, at 6753 4th Avenue in Bay Ridge.

In addition to selling unique, locally-handcrafted bowls, the event will feature childrens' activities, refreshments, and live music by local musicians and groups, including The Children’s Chorus of Bay Ridge, Secretly Famous, Bob Other, and Valerie Gates and Friends.

The one-of-a-kind bowls sell for $25 each. All proceeds go to benefit Sunset Park and Bay Ridge families.

The Facebook page for the event.

The Bay Ridge Empty Bowls project is part of a national grassroots artists' movement to end hunger in communities across the U.S. In Bay Ridge, potters and artists, working with community members, have created dozens of unique, handcrafted ceramic bowls for the event.

Bay Ridge artist and potter Ed Huml, co-organizer of the event, said he realized that it would be an effective way to raise funds in the neighborhood to help needy local families.

Without the Empty Bowls project, said Pastor David Aja-Sigmon, his congregation would lack the resources to respond to the homeless, working poor and seniors who routinely seek help from the Church.

Attention potters: bowls will be accepted through April 29. 

For more information about the event: email: Emptybowlsbr@gmail.com; call Ed Huml at 718.781.5651 or Danielle Bullock at 347.495.1472; or visit the website.