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Keep Iowa Beautiful grant, Diamond Vogel paint help bring public art project to life in Schulte Park

Sep. 30, 2025 7:15 pm

Connor Kuntz, 7, puts his hand prints onto the side of the George Reyhons Pavilion at Schulte Park in Ely, Iowa, on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. The public art project was funded through a Keep Iowa Beautiful grant in partnership with Diamond Vogel. The parks and recreation did a similar project on a former city garage n 2021. That building has since been torn down. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette) — Connor Kuntz, 7, puts his hand prints onto the side of the George Reyhons Pavilion on Tuesday at Schulte Park in Ely, Iowa. Residents were invited to leave their hand prints on the building as part of a public art project funded through a Keep Iowa Beautiful grant in partnership with the Diamond Vogel paint company. The city’s Parks and Recreation Department did a similar project on a former city garage in 2021. That building has since been torn down. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Tess Coughlin (left) and Gracie Clefisch, both 10, show off their painted palms as they pose for a photograph after leaving their hand prints onto the side of the George Reyhons Pavilion at Schulte Park in Ely, Iowa, on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. The public art project was funded through a Keep Iowa Beautiful grant in partnership with Diamond Vogel. The parks and recreation did a similar project on a former city garage n 2021. That building has since been torn down. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette) — Tess Coughlin (left) and Gracie Clefisch, both 10, show off their painted palms as they pose for a photograph after leaving their hand prints on the side of the George Reyhons Pavilion at Schulte Park in Ely. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Brea Powell helps her son Jackston (cq), 2, wash his hands after he and his sister Addy (right), 5, left their hand prints onto the side of the George Reyhons Pavilion at Schulte Park in Ely, Iowa, on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. The public art project was funded through a Keep Iowa Beautiful grant in partnership with Diamond Vogel. The parks and recreation did a similar project on a former city garage n 2021. That building has since been torn down. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette) — Brea Powell helps her son Jackston, 2, wash his hands after he and his sister Addy (right), 5, left their hand prints on the side of the George Reyhons Pavilion at Schulte Park in Ely. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

From left: Oliver, 4, Lexi, 7, and Allis (cq), 9, Freese show off their painted palms as they pose for a photograph after leaving their hand prints onto the side of the George Reyhons Pavilion at Schulte Park in Ely, Iowa, on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. The public art project was funded through a Keep Iowa Beautiful grant in partnership with Diamond Vogel. The parks and recreation did a similar project on a former city garage n 2021. That building has since been torn down. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette) — Oliver (from left), 4, Lexi, 7, and Allis, 9, Freese show off their painted palms as they pose for a photograph after leaving their hand prints on the side of the George Reyhons Pavilion. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Carson Kuntz, 5, puts his hand prints onto the side of the George Reyhons Pavilion at Schulte Park in Ely, Iowa, on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. The public art project was funded through a Keep Iowa Beautiful grant in partnership with Diamond Vogel. The parks and recreation did a similar project on a former city garage n 2021. That building has since been torn down. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette) — Carson Kuntz, 5, puts his hand prints on the side of the George Reyhons Pavilion on Tuesday at Schulte Park in Ely. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Ely mothers Natorie Bowman (left) and Michele Davis (right) team up to help Gable Osterhout, 10, put his hand prints onto the side of the George Reyhons Pavilion at Schulte Park in Ely, Iowa, on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. The public art project was funded through a Keep Iowa Beautiful grant in partnership with Diamond Vogel. The parks and recreation did a similar project on a former city garage n 2021. That building has since been torn down. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette) — Ely mothers Natorie Bowman (left) and Michele Davis (right) team up to help Gable Osterhout, 10, put his hand prints on the side of the George Reyhons Pavilion at Schulte Park. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

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