Fishtival

 Here's a shot of our fish from the Fishtival

The event kicked off with fish sculptures designed and decorated by area artists who helped raise money for the Bellevue Arts Council. The sculptures had been placed on metal poles and displayed throughout the downtown area. Ours featured a metal fish designed with bottle caps that had been flattened by the train that runs through Bellevue.  A guy can only drink so much beer so we came up a few caps short.  Other fish had pictures and copper material.  Proceeds from the silent auction, will go to the Bellevue Arts Council.

 Saturday’s events include visual art vendors on the riverfront.  Susie and I worked with kids on  children’s art activities.  The kids designed and worked on recycled sculptures,  wine bottles painted with chalkboard paint then decorated with their own art work.


 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources offered boating excursions on the Mississippi River
A chef Jason offered demonstrations on preparing fish Saturday at the Great River Gallery.




And finely, a shot of Beau and Maddi our local mermaid down at the Happy Bean