Photos: Iowa Arts Festival delights the senses in Iowa City

This weekend was the Iowa Arts Festival in Iowa City, a tradition that’s lasted more than 40 years. Artists and musicians shared their talents, and attendees participated in making art and dancing to the music.

Photographer Lisa Lammey puts up extra tarps above the sides of her tent to prepare for rain during the Iowa Arts Festival in downtown Iowa City on Sunday. Lammey said she started taking photos on her way to work at the University of Iowa and has been doing so for 15 years. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Madison Johnson and Cara Johnson pick out pottery from the Red Stone Pottery booth during the Iowa Arts Festival in downtown Iowa City on Sunday. Madison and Cara said their favorite part about the Iowa Arts Festival was the pottery and the variety of items for sale from artists. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Carolien Roorda and Vicki Osland dance to the band Tanya English during the Iowa Arts Festival in downtown Iowa City on Sunday. Roorda said she enjoys dancing because it was a pastime she enjoyed in the evenings while she lived in Amsterdam. Osland said she is friends with members of the band and enjoys the music at the Iowa Arts Festival. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Audrey Gaule, 8, and Adriana Dodd, 8, make spin art at the United Action For Youth booth during the Iowa Arts Festival in downtown Iowa City on Sunday. To make spin art, participants had to place drops of paint onto a spinning canvas. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Molly Morrison, 9, (left) and Audrey Morrison, 6, sell lemonade from their lemonade stand during the Iowa Arts Festival in downtown Iowa City on Sunday. The girls said they attend Tamarack Discovery School, and they’re raising money to buy hiking backpacks with water pouches for their hikes. Each backpack costs about $46. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Liona Rocca, an alum of Solon High School, sings “Canta Canta Canta” for the Solon High School Mariachi Band on the Ped Mall Stage during the Iowa Arts Festival in downtown Iowa City on Sunday. Rocca said she decided to join the mariachi while she was in high school because the Spanish teacher encouraged all his students to try something new. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Adriana Dodd, 8, takes the word “Wave” off of Joan Gonwa’s shirt during the type-dancing performance at the Iowa Arts Festival in downtown Iowa City on Sunday. The type-dancing performance was performed using office equipment, such as a typewriter, to create background noise. The performers moved in response to the poem, which was read by another member. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Gianna Lee-Weifenbach, 4, paints using paints that have essential oils in them at the Visual Spectrums booth during the Iowa Arts Festival in downtown Iowa City on Sunday. The booth focused on sensory-based painting, featuring paints with a gritty texture made from sand, paints with different-smelling essential oils corresponding to their colors, and other tools to encourage kids to create touch-based art. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Gracelynn Tamrak, owner of Gracelynn’s Clay Flowers, carefully paints the petals of a clay rose during the Iowa Arts Festival in downtown Iowa City on Sunday. Tamrak said her son would help her create some of the smaller flowers in her shop and offer her ideas, such as flowers inspired by popular video games. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Gracelynn Tamrak, owner of Gracelynn’s Clay Flowers, talks about her work to customers during the Iowa Arts Festival in downtown Iowa City on Sunday. Tamrak said her son would help her create some of the smaller flowers in her shop and offer her ideas, such as flowers inspired by popular video games. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

A clay hibiscus sits in Gracelynn’s Clay Flowers tent during the Iowa Arts Festival in downtown Iowa City on Sunday. Artist Gracelynn Tamrak said she makes her own clay using a mixture of cornstarch and other materials. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)