Photos: The Bee Project

Community members make ‘bees’ out of recycled materials for Iowa City Climate Fest

Sep. 21, 2023 5:58 pm

Chris Schlotfelt of Iowa City smiles as her granddaughter, Emma Kirkland, 3, glues on the wings of her bee Thursday at the Robert A. Lee Community Recreation Center in Iowa City. People were invited to come to the arts and craft center to make bees out of recycled materials to be displayed at the fourth annual Iowa City Climate Fest, which continues through Saturday. Activities and events — detailed at icgov.org — include EVs at the downtown Farmers Market on Saturday morning. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Myat Aung of Iowa City paints eyeballs on her bee, made from recycled materials, at The Bee Project event Thursday at the Robert A. Lee Community Recreation Center in Iowa City. The project was created by artist Elena V. Smyrniotis. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Chris Schlotfelt of Iowa City holds the wings on her bee, made from recycled materials, Thursday at the Robert A. Lee Community Recreation Center in Iowa City. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Gilbert Campbell, 7, of Iowa City, works with his mom to craft a bee out of recycled materials in the arts and craft center at the Robert A. Lee Community Recreation Center in Iowa City on Thursday. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Akash Choudhuri of Iowa City paints a bee made out of recycled materials at the Robert A. Lee Community Recreation Center in Iowa City on Thursday. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

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