Breaking Barriers While Drinking Soup
On Oct.12, PVCC Fine Arts and the Sin Barreras hosted the Empty Bowl Fundraiser in the Dickinson building. For this fundraiser, the students in the PVCC Fine Arts Program made bowls and sold them. The profit made during this fundraiser went to Sin Barreras.
“Sin Barreras is Charlottesville’s premier non-profit that serves Spanish speaking immigrants and helps them navigate local social services, helps provide educational and health services, low cost legal services, and community workshops of interest,” said Laura Snyder Brown, a member of Sin Barreras.
One might think that Sin Barreras is a culturally centered organization; however, that is not the case. “Sin Barreras is not a cultural organization. It is a non-profit organization. It means without any barriers in Spanish,” said Fanny Smedlie, a long time member of Sin Barreras.
Not only were there members of Sin Barreras, but also many enthusiastic members of the PVCC Pottery Program present.
“This is a fundraiser. We call it Empty Bowls, where our pottery club has made bowls in our ceramics studio downstairs and we sell the bowls. And we have donated soup and tortillas and dessert. The fundraiser is for Sin Barreras and they provide services to our local immigrant communities,” said PVCC Professor of Arts, Tom Clarkson. Each bowl is handcrafted and cost $20 to purchase.
