Since September, local potter Laura Hyde has been working with students at Hume Elementary as an artist-in-the-classroom thanks to funding from the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance. Kindergarten through Grade 5 students have been working on ceramic dishes which they will now sell in a special event called Hungry Pet Bowls. The students will raise money for the Second Chance Animal Shelter and the Kootenay Animal Assistance Program. Students have made close to 200 bowls for the event, which goes this Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. at Hume Elementary. There will also be other local ceramics for auction, pawprint cookies, balloon animals and facepainting — all by donation. On Monday, Hyde posed with some of the students and their special creations.