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Mayor Bill Overstreet Park features Tahku, a humpback whale fountain, restroom facilities, a picnic s
Juneau Arts & Humanities joins with a local group to place a life-scale bronze sculpture of a breaching humpbacked whale on the waterfront in Juneau. Created by RT “Skip” Wallen, the sculpture will rise out of a reflecting pool with jets creating churning bubbles at the surface, sheets of water cascading off the fins and body, and mist near the blow-hole, all lending to the dramatic, majestic playfulness of the sculpture.
05/25/2018
Thank you Ron Gile for the stunning photo of Tahku.
05/16/2018
Water works are on at Overstreet Park
10/14/2017
The great job by Admiralty Construction continues!
Senator Dennis Egan accepts the gift on behalf of the state.
08/26/2017
Wonderful dedication to Mayor Bill Overstreet Park and Tahku the humpback whale.
08/26/2017
Juneau’s waterfront in celebration of Alaska’s 50th Anniversary of Statehood.
Saturday, August 26th
10:00 a.m.
Mayor Bill Overstreet Park.
The Whale Project invites the entire community to attend the dedication ceremony for Tahku the Whale.
08/26/2017
Former Mayor Bill Overstreet collaborated with sculptor R. T. Wallen to create a full size humpback whale for Juneau’s waterfront in celebration of Alaska’s 50th Anniversary of Statehood.
Saturday, August 26th
10:00 a.m.
Mayor Bill Overstreet Park.
The Whale Project invites the entire community to attend the dedication ceremony for Tahku the Whale.
08/25/2017
R.T. ''Skip'' Wallen is Alaska’s most reknowned contemporary sculptor.
Wallen has celebrated Alaska in many drawings, paintings and stone lithographs. In 1984, he and his wife, Lynn, created and donated the bronze sculpture Windfall Fisherman to the city of Juneau. This study of an Alaskan brown bear stands in front of the Alaska State Capitol and was cited as ''the most photographed spot in the capital city.''
Since that time, Wallen has also completed monumental sculptures in Geneva, Amsterdam, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Chicago, Whitehouse Station (NJ), and Houston.
His works in Alaska can be seen in Fairbanks, Nome, Angoon, and at the entrance to Denali National Park.
08/24/2017
Former Mayor Bill Overstreet collaborated with sculptor R. T. Wallen to create a full size humpback whale for Juneau’s waterfront in celebration of Alaska’s 50th Anniversary of Statehood.
Saturday, August 26th
10:00 a.m.
Mayor Bill Overstreet Park.
The Whale Project invites the entire community to attend the dedication ceremony for Tahku the Whale.
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