On April 1st, the Women’s Studio Workshop’s beloved Chili Bowl Fest Fundraiser returns, and that’s no joke! For over 25 years this event has been a celebration of ceramics and community, and has become a staple of the Hudson Valley’s public festival schedule. To continue in this tradition, the festival has been transformed into both a one-day in-person and online sale of handmade ceramics.

Over 1000 beautiful bowls hand-crafted by local artists, WSW staff and interns, resident artists, students, and volunteers will be available to purchase. Because so many hands contribute to this process, each vessel is one-of-a-kind, and widely varied in shape, size, color, decoration, and, of course, price-point. Guests always have a blast looking for the perfect piece. All proceeds from the Chili Bowl Fest support artistic programming at WSW.

Admission is $10 from 2-4PM, and free from 4-7PM. For the health and safety of our community there are a few changes this year; although we’ll have plenty of bowls, there won’t be any chili this year! We will have a variety of snacks and beer available for purchase, and live music all day from The Library Band.

The Online Sale will open at 10AM at https://bit.ly/ChiliBowlOnline. Once purchased, each bowl will be double-boxed, carefully packaged with recyclable materials, and mailed directly to your door for ultimate safety and ease. Be sure to bookmark the page and set your alarms, because these bowls will sell out fast.