Bee Hotel. photo credit: Geoff Campbell
UBC’s Public Art Pollinator Pasture Project will hosting two big events at the Kelowna Art Gallery in October.
“Making Insect Hotels” is the UBC/ Kelowna Art Gallery Culture Days event on Saturday, October 1 from 10 am – 4 PM. You can help designer Evan Hutchinson build a home for pollinators. Many solitary bees and other insects live in bee hotels all over the world. Evan is building a hotel to be permanently placed at Brent’s Grist Mill Heritage site as part of The Public Art Pollinator Pasture Project. This family-friendly event is held in conjunction with the exhibition For All is For Yourself. On October 1, the public is also invited to participate in an open mic at 1:30 PM. Local writers and bee-lovers are invited to come and share their pollinator poetry. See http://kelownaartgallery.com/culture-days-2016/
“What We Can Learn From Bees” is a talk by Dr. Mark Winston on Thursday, October 6, 7 – 8:30 PM at the Kelowna Art Gallery. Mark Winston is that rare individual, a scientist who can speak eloquently to the public. Recognized as one of the world’s leading expert on bees and pollination, Dr. Winston believes humans can learn a lot from the bees in terms of building a balanced community. “Bees are an extraordinarily collaborative society, in which the good for society always comes first,” he says. Come and hear Dr. Winston’s talk and reading from his remarkable book, the Governor General’s award-winning Bee Time: Lessons From the Hive. We ask that people preregister for this event at: https://drmarkwinston.eventbrite.ca
Both events are free admission and will be held in the front project space of the Kelowna Art Gallery at 1315 Water St. Community members interested in weeding, seeding, constructing insect hotels, and planting the pollinator pasture should contact the project at ecoartokanagan@gmail.com
Contact UBC Associate Professor Nancy Holmes at nancy.holmes@ubc.ca or 250-807-9369. More information is available at ecoartincubator.com.