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Here's how Butte potters craft vessels for annual Empty Bowl fundraiser

Butte’s Empty Bowls got its start in 2013 with a group that included two art teachers, a potter and the director of the Butte Emergency Food Bank. Empty Bowls reported that, from its start through May 2025, local artists had made more than 13,400 bowls and the event

13,400 bowls later: Local potters heed the call to feed kids in need at Butte's Empty Bowls

The day after the upcoming Empty Bowls fundraiser, the shelves that currently hold over 1,400 hand-crafted bowls will sit empty. But for potters, they rejoice knowing they can start making bowls for next year’s event. “Some of our potters, that’s all they do,” said Mike Kujawa,