Empty Bowls Wichita

10/23/2025

🌾💛 Fighting Hunger through Clay,Community, & Connections…One Bowl at a Time 💛🌾

Thank you to everyone who came out to support Empty Bowls Wichita and helped us fight hunger in Kansas — one bowl at a time! 🍲✨

Watching our community pick out their special bowls, made with love by caring hands, reminds us how powerful art and compassion can be when they come together. ❤️ So grateful to our community and the Empty Bowls Wichita volunteer team. ❤️

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10/22/2025

2025 Empty Bowls Wichita Chili Cook-Off Winners! 🏆

What an amazing day of flavor, creativity, and community! Thank you to everyone who came out to taste, vote, and support our mission to fight hunger in Kansas. ❤️

✨ Winners of the Day:
🔥 People’s Choice Award: Twelve Restaurant & Bar
🍲 Best Traditional Chili: The Monarch
🌶️ Most Creative: Wichita Marriott
🥣 Best Soup: Local Flavor Restaurant
🌱 Best Vegetarian: WCS Environmental Club Wichita Collegiate School

A huge shoutout to our incredible judges for lending their taste buds and expertise:
👩‍🎓 Monica Lounsbery, WSU Provost
🏙️ Jesse Koza, City of Wichita Cultural Arts Administrator CityArts
👨‍🍳 Chef Bill Loudermilk, Culinary Instructor Wichita High School East

Your passion and participation make this event possible — every bowl, every bite, every smile helps fill another bowl in our community. 💛

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10/22/2025

Congratulations, Chef Ben & Wichita Marriott!!! Thank you sending your delicious award winning chili 🏆🏆🏆🎉 to help us fight hunger in our community! Thank you for your support for over 10 years! 🎨🍵❤️

10/21/2025

Thank you, Reuben Saunders Gallery for your support. We are excited to talk about the Wichita Ceramic Regional Exhibition tonight at 6pm. See you soon! 🎨🍵❤️

🎨 Artist Talk: Brenda Lichman & Ted Adler
📅 Tuesday, October 21st | 6:00pm – 7:00pm

Join us for an engaging evening as Brenda Lichman, Curator of Education at the Ulrich Museum of Art, and Ted Adler, Professor of Ceramic Media at Wichita State University, discuss the techniques, materials, concepts, and themes explored in the Wichita Ceramic Regional Exhibition: Pots with Purpose!

This event is free and open to the public — don’t miss this opportunity to gain insight from two leading voices in the ceramic arts community!

In conjunction with Empty Bowls Wichita, this event supports the global Empty Bowls Project, an artist-driven movement helping to combat hunger. A portion of all exhibition sales will be donated to Empty Bowls Wichita to help fight food insecurity. 💛

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10/16/2025

💖 Kindness in Action! 💖

We’re so grateful for the incredible support and collaboration with HomeGrown Wichita and Wichita Public Schools! 🙌

A huge thank-you to art teacher, Sarah Elliot and her Christa McAuliffe K8 Academy 5th-grade students for creating Kindness Bowls — each one made with thoughtful hands and big hearts to help us fight hunger right here in Wichita. ❤️✨

🏃‍♀️ Hurry to HomeGrown Wichita to pick out your sweet Kindness Bowl through the special offer below...before they’re gone! Every bowl supports Empty Bowls Wichita and our mission to make a difference through art and community. 🎨🥣💕

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Homegrown is partnering with Empty Bowls Wichita and the USD259 Future Ready Centers to Cultivate Kindness!

We are giving away tickets to the Empty Bowls Chili Cookoff this Saturday AND free kindness bowls created by the students at Christa McAuliffe Academy (one ticket and kindness bowl per customer). All we ask is that you PAY IT FORWARD. Buy a Chili Cookoff ticket for a friend, colleague, or a stranger to join our fight against hunger in Wichita. We might even throw in a free Pop’d Heart (actually, we absolutely will)!

Come in to our Bradley Fair location, mention that you saw this post, and the bowl, ticket, and Pop'd Heart are yours!

Limited quantities. While supplies last.

10/16/2025

🍷🍺 Cheers to Flavor & Community! 🍺🍷

We’re so excited to announce our brand-new Libations Station at the Empty Bowls Wichita Chili Cook-Off — happening October 18th! 🎉

Enjoy a glass of the delicious sangria special crafted by , or if you love beer and chili together (we do! 🙌), grab a cold pour from Central Standard Brewing, featuring fan-favorite brews like Wizard of Hop! 🍻

✨ Libations are just $5 — all supporting the fight against hunger in Kansas.
Grab your friends, sip something special, and enjoy an afternoon full of art, food, and purpose. ❤️

🎟️ Buy your tickets today atemptybowlswichita.org

10/15/2025

❤️🍲 Join the Flavor & Fight Hunger! 🍲❤️

We’re grateful for the amazing chefs donating their creativity and heart to the Empty Bowls Wichita Chili Cook-Off — October 18th! 🌶️
Taste 20+ delicious chilis and soups, vote for your People’s Choice, and help fight hunger through art, food, and compassion. 💪✨

Keep a lookout for all of our vendors:
🌟Vora🌟 www.vorawichita.com
🌟First Mile Kitchen🌟First Mile Kitchen www.firstmilekitchen.com
🌟Wichita Marriott🌟 Wichita Marriott www.marriott.com
🌟Olive Tree Catering🌟 olivetreewichita.com
🌟The Monarch🌟 The Monarch monarchwichita.com
🌟Chef Shannon with the WSU Ceramics Guild🌟
🌟Bricktown Brewery🌟 Bricktown Brewery - Wichita bricktownbrewery.com
🌟Chartwells Catering at Wichita State University 🌟
🌟Chicken N Pickle🌟 chickennpickle.com/location/wichita
🌟 Tanya's Soup Kitchen🌟www.tskwichita.com
🌟Twelve Restaurant & Bar🌟Twelve Restaurant & Bar twelvewichita.com
🌟Wichita Fellowship Club🌟 wichitafellowship.org
🌟Local Flavor🌟Local Flavor Restaurant localflavorict.com
🌟WSU Niche🌟 nicheks.com
🌟Scotch and Sirloin🌟 www.scotchandsirloin.net
🌟Firebirds Wood Fired Grill🌟 Firebirds Wood Fired Grill firebirdsrestaurants.com/wichita
🌟WCS Environmental Club🌟
🌟Butler Community College🌟 www.butlercc.edu
🌟Andover Adventure🌟

🎟️ Get your tickets now: emptybowlswichita.org

10/14/2025

🎉 Can you believe it? The Empty Bowl’s Chili Cook-Off is just 3 days away! Join us this Saturday for a day of delicious food, good company, and a great cause while taking home a handmade bowl to remember it by. 🍲❤️
🎟️Be part of this special event by getting your tickets now at Emptybowlswichita.org

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