Art markers celebrated in Port Townsend Creative District

Published 1:30 am Thursday, June 17, 2021

Sculptor Jonah Trople and his artist’s assistant and daughter Tula, 5, made an appearance Tuesday at the Tyler Plaza, where one of his Creative District art markers stands. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
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Sculptor Jonah Trople and his artist’s assistant and daughter Tula, 5, made an appearance Tuesday at the Tyler Plaza, where one of his Creative District art markers stands. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Sculptor Jonah Trople and his artist’s assistant and daughter Tula, 5, made an appearance Tuesday at the Tyler Plaza, where one of his Creative District art markers stands. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Sculptor Jonah Trople and his artist’s assistant and daughter Tula, 5, made an appearance Tuesday at the Tyler Plaza, where one of his Creative District art markers stands. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
As the Stride Tango Project ensemble played, John Edwards and Sue Lemay danced the tango outside Key City Public Theatre, another art marker site. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Singer Robin Kallsen serenades dancers and listeners outside Key City Public Theatre. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
One of the five Creative District art markers stands on the corner of Tyler and Lawrence streets, near Matt Babcock’s “Great Blue” sculpture. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

PORT TOWNSEND — Artists, dancers, restaurateurs, musicians and city officials celebrated the arrival of five “art markers” signifying the city’s Creative District designation Tuesday night.

The markers, made by local sculptor Jonah Trople, bear QR codes linked to information about PTcreativedistrict.org.

The reclaimed wood sculptures can be found outside the Port Townsend Library’s Charles Pink House at Harrison and Lawrence streets, at the Fort Worden State Park main gate, on Tyler Plaza downtown, at Washington and Monroe streets, and at Tyler and Lawrence streets Uptown.