"Tyhjä kulho"- Empty Bowls Helsinki 2018

Thank you all for joining us Saturday, September 15at  "Tyhjä kulho" the 2018 Empty Bowls Helsinki at Crypt of the Helsinki Dome.

We are happy to inform that this year we had over 500 guests and they donated 10,800 €  for the  Finnish UNICEF emergency fund, which uses the money to build and renovate wells, water pipes, pumps, and dry toilets, and to teach children in poor countries the basics of hygiene. Work is done in over 90 worst-off countries.

Empty Bowls is a fantastic way for people to get together and for something good. We had so many fantastic artists and restaurants donating their time and work for us, including Helsinki Cathedral, donates us the use of the beautiful Crypt cafe. 
Click here for the list of all the donators.


All the photos are courtesy of Nelli Kivinen,  Thank you so much for documenting our efforts Nelli, ones again! 

Nelli and me, Thank you all!

Mitsuru Sato's beautiful glass bowls are favorite, every year!

Unicef goodwill ambassador Iiro Rantala! 

Marja Riitta Ketola, Secretary General of Finlands Unicef
and Tuula Styrman, Empty Bowls "Primus motor" of Empty Bowls Helsinki

Happy to see Helena, again!

Eija Vilpas, Unicef goodwill ambassador
 was a great MC for our event!

Join us for " Empty bowls" - brunch At Crypt of the Helsinki Dome

Empty bowls  - Tyhjä kulho Helsinki 2018 for Unicef.

Empty Bowls Helsinki event is an annual event that takes place at the atmospheric Crypt of the Helsinki Dome. The 2018 Empty Bowls Helsinki takes place on Saturday, September 15.

Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort to fight hunger. It was started 1990 in Michigan, USA, by art teachers Lisa Blackburn and John Hartom. Empty Bowls is a happy lunch event that is established through donations given by potters and other craftspeople who make beautiful handcrafted bowls, restaurants that donate delicious soups and bread. Musical entertainment is also donated to the event by exceptional artists.

This year we are honored to have (among the many
 other great artists) a mini-concert by Iiro Rantala.

In exchange for a cash donation (minimum 25 €) visitors are given a handmade bowl to keep as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world. In addition, visitors are invited to enjoy a soup lunch and entertainment in the beautiful Crypt of the Helsinki Dome.

You will be served fantastic soups donated by the best restaurant in Helsinki!

Empty Bowls Helsinki’s donations go to the Finnish UNICEF emergency fund, which uses the money to build and renovate wells, water pipes, pumps, and dry toilets, and to teach children in poor countries the basics of hygiene. Work is done in over 90 worst-off countries.

Finland’s first ever Empty Bowls event took place in 2003 in Helsinki. When I gathered a group of friends to arrange the Empty Bowls day as a celebration of my  10-year-anniversary as a ceramic artist at   UDUMBARA. 

From 2006 on the Empty Bowls Helsinki has been a part of the Helsinki Design Week and since 2015 it has been organized by Tuula Styrman and many volunteers from Unicef Helsinki  

Udumbara donates 100 local clay bowls for the event, this year they where decorated by the artist from Patternsfrom Agency

Welcome to join us for this happy benefit lunch for Unicef, 
Best wishes, Eva

Helsinki Day 2017: Painting Empty Bowls for Unicef

Empty Bowls Helsinki event is an annual HDW event that takes place at the atmospheric Crypt of the Helsinki Dome. The 2017 Empty Bowls Helsinki takes place on Saturday, September 16. Welcome: 

11 & 12 of June at  Helsinki Day celebrations we painted with new Helsinki residents 100 bowls blue and white (they are made from local Kultela clay) to celebrate 100-year-old independent Finland. 

The bowls will be donated for Empty Bowls Helsinki and also used in Helsinki Design weeks gala.

Here are some wonderful photos that Nelli Kivinen took of ready bowls for Unicef Helsinki. Thank you, Nelli. 

Here are some Facebook photos from the actual painting of the bowls at Udumbara in Helsinki Day 2017:

Helsinki's Unicef is organizing "TYHJÄ KULHO 2016" Empty Bowls Brunch.

The 13th Empty Bowls event will be held on Saturday the 10th September, 2016 at 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the atmospheric Crypt of the Helsinki Dome. https://www.facebook.com/tyhjakulho/

Many volunteers attend: Kitchens, musicians, potters and  many others. If you're interested to take part,  all the information is at www.tyhjakulho.fi

Getting ready to do my contribution:

Since last year I have been donating  for them wildclay terracotta flowerpots instead of bowls.  I think they are more useful for many quest who have join us many times already...They have too many bowls already, but you can never have too many flowerpots! 

Empty Bowls Helsinki´s donations go to the Finnish UNICEF, which uses ithe money to build and renovate wells, water pipes, pumps and dry toilets, and to teach children in poor countries the basics of hygiene. Work is done in over 90 worst-off countries.