Carnegie Mellon Artists Contribute to Pittsburgh’s Cultural Identity

“Another STUDIO for Creative Inquiry grant, spearheaded by Yoko Sekino-Bové, assistant teaching professor of art in the School of Art, allowed her students to fight hunger in the community aided by their artistic creations.

She led students in ceramics-making sessions to contribute for the first time to Pittsburgh’s 29th Empty Bowls event, where the handmade vessels are filled with soup and given to guests in a fundraising effort benefitting local nonprofit Just Harvest and the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. The event raised nearly $125,000 toward fighting food insecurity in Allegheny County.”

Publish Date: 6-9-2026

News Outlet: Carnegie Mellon University

Author: Stacey Federoff