Nancy DeCherney, Executive Director of the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council, receives a decorated six-foot whale’s tail from Bruce Simonson in front of the Juneau Arts and Culture Center on Friday. The sculpture is one of ten similar whale tails created for a project conceived and funded by Laraine Derr as part of Juneau’s fund-raising effort for the humpback whale sculpture at Bridge Park. Simonson used 900 images of historical posters and memorabilia from over 50 arts organizations in Juneau. The oldest is of a production of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town”, performed by the Juneau-Douglas Little Theatre and the Juneau-Douglas Community College in 1960. To explore an online virtual 3D model of the Tales on the Tail sculpture, visit the JAHC website at:http://www.jahc.org/the-humpback-whale-project.
Nancy DeCherney, Executive Director of the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council, receives a decorated six-foot whales tail from Bruce Simonson in front of the Juneau Arts and Culture Center on Friday. The sculpture is one of ten similar whale tails created for a project conceived and funded by Laraine Derr as part of Juneau’s fund-raising effort for The Humpback Whale Sculpture at Bridge Park. Simonson used 900 images of historical posters and memorabilia from over 50 arts organizations in Juneau, the oldest is of a production of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town”, performed by the Juneau Douglas Little Theatre and the Juneau-Douglas Community College in 1960. To explore an online virtual 3D model of the Tales on the Tail sculpture, visit the JAHC website at:http://www.jahc.org/the-humpback-whale-project.
