News, events, art, and neighborhood happenings.
The Whale's unveiling now has a party plan: October 3, 2–7 p.m., with costumes, Whale Calls, a parade, crafts, vendors, and food trucks.
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Find Troy Pillow's Nine Muses along the walking tour. Start with the music-inspired shapes near Pago.
Visit the art highlight →Coffee, neighborhood art, small shops, and the Whale's opinions about all of them.
Choose your walk →The people behind the sculpture, its painted coats, and its smaller neighbor.
Kesler created the permanent humpback sculpture beneath every painted version of the Whale.
Murdock painted the Whale's inaugural mural and helped establish the colors the neighborhood first adopted.
Salt Lake City selected Lee-Lodge to create Open Your Eyes, the Great Salt Lake-inspired mural scheduled to become the Whale's next painted surface in 2026.
Claflin made the miniature Whale as a personal side project. We found no public creative shop or art account that could be confidently verified as his.
Independent references, with no sponsorship or affiliate commission. Artist links last reviewed August 24, 2026.
Curated, not exhaustive. Directory last reviewed August 3, 2026. Suggest a correction.
The snow legend, the gnomes, and the Whale's history have a home of their own.
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