Empty Tables seeks local artists to donate pieces for its booth at the upcoming annual Tennessee Craft South Holiday Studio Tour Dec. 7-8.

The studio tour is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. CST on Saturday, Dec. 7, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, at Sewanee’s American Legion Hall.

“We’re reaching out to the public for two reasons,” volunteer Lee Limbird said. “We want to encourage local artists not participating in the studio tour to donate pieces to the Empty Tables Project and invite those who are inspired by art and concerned about the crisis of food insecurity on the plateau to come by our booth to shop.”

Empty Tables, launched by Claire Reishman on behalf of Tennessee Craft-South four years ago, shares all proceeds with organizations that address food insecurity on the South Cumberland Plateau. Funds raised this year will be distributed to Rooted Here, the Community Action Committee in Sewanee, Morton Memorial United Methodist Church in Monteagle, and the Grundy County Food Bank in Coalmont.

The Community Action Committee, an outreach program of St. Mark and St. Paul Church in Sewanee, is dedicated to combating poverty and hunger in rural Appalachia.

Morton Memorial Church in Monteagle distributes groceries once a month, typically to 275 or more families, to alleviate food security in the area.

Grundy County Food Bank is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping those in need in the Grundy County area, working with volunteers and board members to make sure no person goes hungry.

Rooted Here uses its gift to provide price-negotiated fresh produce from local farms — making local produce more accessible to these four food access organizations, supporting local farmers and producers and allowing them to participate in the effort to address food insecurity.

Artists interested in donating pieces to the Empty Tables Project should contact Limbird by text/phone (615) 630-9196, or <llimbird95@gmail.com>.

Set-up will begin at 4 p.m. Dec. 6, at the American Legion Hall, but arrangements can be made to pick up art in advance.