Students, faculty engage in heated competition at 5th Annual Chili Bowl
Heather Brown, The Oklahoma Daily
Students and faculty look through bowls made by ceramic students on Wednesday, Nov. 14 at the 5th annual chili bowl cook off. There were a variety of bowls: shapes, sizes and colors. People were able to either pay for an endless amount of chili or to buy a bowl on top of the chili.
Heather Brown, The Oklahoma Daily
Nate Pipkin, Music Education sophomore, stands in for chili at the 5th annual chili bowl cook off. Students, faculty, and people from the community paid $8 for an endless amount of chili and for $15 they were able to buy a bowl made by a ceramics student on top of the endless chili.
A line wrapped around the inside perimeter of the School of Art & Art History on Wednesday as students, faculty and members of the Norman community waited patiently to eat chili at the 5th annual Chili Bowl.
The Chili Bowl is a fundraiser to help fund art student scholarships and fund travel, attendees sampled 42 types of chili for $8. If people wanted a one-of-a-kind accessory for their chili, a handcrafted ceramic bowl, they could pay $15 for the bowl and unlimited chili.
Art students and members of the Red Clay Faction club created 200 bowls, all of which were sold at the event.
The names and types of chili were as unique as the bowls created to hold them. The types of chili ranged from white bean and chicken chili to deep red, meaty chili and vegetarian or vegan varieties.
Chili names included Antonia Belindo’s Kiowa Krave, Andrea Duran and Emily Blasdel’s Redheaded Step Child and Danielle Knight’s The Chili Formerly Known as Fred.
Best chili contest winners were Jessi Wilson’s “Pinky’s Chili” in third place, Jen Gourley’s “Diablo’s Verde Chili” in second and in first place Michael Waller’s “Charming Chili for All Occasions.”
The School of Art & Art History’s faculty and friends made the chili, said Mary Jo Watson, director of the school.
There also was a condiment bar where guests could amp up their chili with cornbread, crackers, chips, cheese, grated onions and sour cream.
This event gets people interested in what goes on at the School of Art & Art History and gets them to contribute to OU’s art community, Watson said.
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