Empty Bowls Houston

06/02/2026

Empty Bowls Houston will "pop-up" at Spice Routes: The Cardamom Challenge, an inagural food event being held this Sunday, June 7 from 11 am –2 pm at Ismaili Center Houston. We will be in the shopping bazaar selling bowls to benefit Houston Food Bank!

Spice Routes: The Cardamom Challenge is a multi-sensory culinary and cultural experience celebrating the global journey of cardamom through food, art and community. The ticketed indoor festival will also serve as the formal debut of the Center’s permanent art collection. Guests will experience chef-driven tastings with people’s choice voting, a judged “Chopped”-style culinary competition, curated exhibitions, architecture and garden tours, family programming, and The Bazaar, a vibrant marketplace featuring artisan goods, specialty foods, crafts, and cultural vendors including Empty Bowls Houston.

Spice Routes: The Cardamon Challenge
Sunday, June 7 ~ 11 am –2 pm
Ismaili Center, Houston ~ 2323 Allen Parkway (event entry on W. Dallas at Montrose)

For tickets and information, visit https://events.ismailicenter.org/

05/31/2026

05/27/2026

Just a few more days to purchase one of the amazing pieces remaining in the Archway Gallery Empty Bowls Houston Exhibition to benefit our event!

05/20/2026

05/19/2026

We are still basking in the glow of the 20th annual Empty Bowls Houston this past weekend!

Chairs of the Friday night Preview Party Anna Dean and Gin Braverman helped bring in more than 200 attendees and more than $18,000 was raised in ticket and bowl sales in just 2 hours!

More than 700 people joined us at the main event on Saturday, from all over Greater Houston and even some folks from San Antonio and beyond! Y'all helped raise more than $36,000 in bowl sales!

Over the past year, Empty Bowls Houston has raised an amazing $102,976 through sponsorships, Preview Party ticket sales and bowl sales which will help provide nearly 309,000 meals to our neighbors!

We will be adding a bit more to this a the end of the month when the Archway Gallery Exhibition and Sale ends. There is still time to shop at https://www.archwaygallery.com/store/c250/Empty_Bowls.html

Check out our newest blog post on the website!

The 20th Annual Empty Bowls Houston kicked off Friday, May 15 with our Preview Party at Silver Street Studios at Sawyer Yards—a new venue for this year’s event. Preview Party Chairs Anna Dean and Gin Braverman helped bring in more than 200 attendees and raise more than $18,000 in ticket and bowl...

05/16/2026

After a year of planning, the big event is here… 20th annual empty bowls Houston benefiting Houston Food Bank! We are at a new location today but it's the same great event: amazing bowls, live demos by artists working in various media, live music, and a wonderful lunch for those who purchased bowls. Come be a part of this amazing community event!

🗓️ Saturday, May 16
⏰ 10 am-3 pm
📌 Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards

www.emptybowlshouston.org

05/16/2026

Thanks, Papercity!

For 20 years, Empty Bowls Houston has asked artists to do something deceptively simple: make a bowl. Not a monument. Not a luxury object destined for a

05/16/2026

That's a wrap on our Preview Party! Thanks so much to our event chairs Anna Deans and Gin Braverman - we appreciate all your hard work to help create such a fun and knockout event!

05/15/2026

Set-up day!!