PHOTO: Art on the rise in Port Townsend

Published 1:30 am Thursday, October 3, 2019

PORT TOWNSEND — Workers finish the installation of the Jaqua sculpture “For Willene” at the Port Townsend Visitor Center on Wednesday afternoon.

The sculpture was created by the late Port Townsend artist-blacksmith Russell Jaqua and was donated to the city by his wife, Willene Jaqua McRae.

It will be dedicated at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2. An exhibit of Jaqua’s artwork will be on display after the dedication from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St.