Artists Create Whales on Parade For Mendocino Coast Whale Festivals
FORT BRAGG, Calif. — Cities are ablaze these days with contemporary art and brightly-colored “animals on parade.” In L.A., it’s angels. In London, Wisconsin, Chicago and New York it’s cows. In St. Paul, Minnesota and Santa Rosa, California, it’s Peanuts characters. And now the artists of Mendocino County, California have created whales for the 25th Annual Mendocino Coast Whale Festivals. More than 40 local artists have decorated four-foot wooden whales for display in inns and shops along a 15-mile whale art trail from Little River to Fort Bragg. Visitors to the whale festivals in Mendocino (wine, chowder and whale watching March 3 & 4) and Fort Bragg (microbrews, chowder and whale watching March 17 & 18) can get a printed “Whales on Parade” map at the Mendocino Coast Chamber office in Fort Bragg, 332 Main Street, or download a copy from its Whale Festival website, www.MendoWhale.com
