Empty Bowls Houston 20th Anniversary

The 20th Annual Empty Bowls Houston

Saturday, May 16

Silver Street Studios at Sawyer Yards

10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Empty Bowls Houston

One of Houston’s best-loved grassroots fundraising events, Empty Bowls Houston, will return for the 20th Annual event on Saturday, May 16, 2026. Empty Bowls is an international effort to fight hunger, implemented in Houston to benefit the Houston Food Bank. The unique lunch fundraiser is a collaboration between Houston area ceramists, woodturners and artists working in all media. Since the inception of the event, Empty Bowls Houston has raised $1,208,959 for the Houston Food Bank, which equates to more than 3.6 million meals for the hungry!

Attendees enjoy perusing the 1,500-plus one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted bowls made and donated by Houston area ceramists and craft artists, which are available for a donation to the Houston Food Bank of $25 per bowl (100% goes to Houston Food Bank). There are also larger bowls available at higher prices. Note: for each $1 donated to Houston Food Bank, THREE meals are provided to the hungry, so, each $25 bowl purchased provides 75 meals!

Empty Bowls Houston Preview Party
Friday, May 15
Silver Street Studios at Sawyer Yards
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Enjoy live music, light bites, drinks, and an early opportunity to purchase handcrafted bowls! 100% of ticket and bowl sales benefit Empty Bowls Houston.

Purchase tickets here.

Empty Bowls 2025

Upcoming Events

Archway Gallery’s Empty Bowls Invitational Exhibition and Sale

May 2 - May 30

Empty Bowls Houston Preview Party

May 15 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

20th Annual Empty Bowls Houston at Silver Street Studios at Sawyer Yards

May 16 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Ways to Get Involved

Donate Bowls

While many of the finished bowls donated are soup-sized bowls (5-6 inches or greater) which sell for $25, we also accept larger, more ornate bowls, too, and price them accordingly.

  • Ceramic Store of Houston (available dates and times for drop off) May 4 – May 15
    Please check with the store for their hours of operation.
  • Foelber Pottery Gallery (available dates and times for drop off) May 2, May 5, May 9, or May 12 (Tuesday and Saturdays only) 10 am – 3 pm
    Questions about Foelber bowl donation can be emailed to foelberpottery@gmail.com or 713-529-1703.
  • Third Coast Clay (available dates and times for drop off) May 4 – May 15 9 am – 4 pm
    Additional questions about bowl donation can also be emailed to Sam.L.Oldham@gmail.com or 832-971-5816

Make A Donation

Your gift will help provide food and hope to children, families and seniors facing food insecurity.

Volunteer

Give the gift of your time by volunteering at Empty Bowls Houston .

Thank You to Our 2026 Sponsors!

Silver Street at Sawyer Yards
Joan Hohlt & Roger Wich Foundation
Black text on white background stating "Patterson & Murphy Public Relations"
Black text on a white background with the title "The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center" with the word cancer marked out with a red line. Tag line states "Making Cancer History"
Sysco Nourishing Neighbors
Third Coast Clay
Andre and Virginia Bally
Ceramic Store of Houston
Black text on a white background stating "Archway Gallery"
Ben and Jerry's team primo
Katz Coffee

Contacts

Chair
Samantha Oldham
832-971-5816

Houston Food Bank
Maddie Spera
469-747-4207

Publicity
Paula Murphy
713-520-7111

Empty Bowls Committee

Chair – Samantha Oldham; Andy Bally & Virginia Bally, Carol Berger, Sean Crowl, Anna Deans, Chanell Jones, Stacy Kuropata, Renee LeBlanc, Paula Murphy, Thomas Perry, Suzanne Sippel, Maddie Spera

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