TAMIU Annual Report 2018

2018 Annual Report / IMPACT Bowls of Love: Impacting Our Neighbors. They are “thrown” with love but will someday land on someone’s table -- beautiful vessels ready to be filled with more love, ready to be shared in a place called home. Created by TAMIU students in Natasha Hovey ’s Ceramics classes, the 400 handcrafted bowls are part of an innovative Bowl-A-Thon collaboration with the South Texas Food Bank. The Bank uses the students’bowls in its fundraising efforts. Bowls were created over the academic year and students imbued each with their individual spirit and style. Like the young artist who created it; each is unique. “What is so wonderful about this effort is that our students donate their time and creative energy to create and glaze handmade bowls to help raise funds and awareness for many of the ‘empty bowls’ or hunger faced in our community. As artists we have the ability, and I would argue a responsibility, to utilize our talents and skills to help make an impact locally -- to care for our neighbors,” Hovey explained. Art graduate and alumnus Diego Canales concurred. “Participating in a Bowl-A-Thon event is a humbling experience. It is a moment  where I can apply my skills in order to make every bowl as best as possible. Through every bowl I make, I am rewarded with a development in my artistic skills along with the privilege to donate these personal milestones to the South Texas Food Bank. I hope my passion and dedication can be used to help the South Texas community to progress and have a positive impact on their lives.” “As artists we have the ability, and I would argue a responsibility, to utilize our talents and skills to help make an impact locally -- to care for our neighbors.” - Natasha Hovey In ceramics, the making of workable mud (called clay or stoneware) is but one  stage in the  journey to final artwork.  From modest beginnings come beautiful ends, deep with impact and potential. 9