Arts & Entertainment
Dunedin Dolphin Among Pod on Display
A public art show running until Sept. 4 at Pier 60 Park features dolphins created by 50 area artists, including Dee Rodriques's "Hunter the Dolphin," designed at the Institute for Creative Arts in Dunedin.
The pod is formed.
Mermaids, a Girl Scout, a Hooters waitress and are part of the pod of 50 dolphins in Clearwater's Dolphins public art show running through Sept. 4 at Pier 60 Park.
The brightly colored, six-foot-tall dolphins line the walkway around the park, abutting the Clearwater Roundabout.
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Among some of the artists: Winter the dolphin, Silas Beach, Liquid Sol, and Dee Rodriques, the stained glass artist who created "Hunter." She works out of a studio at the .
The art should get additional eyes as it will be on display during the Republican National Convention. The convention is expected to bring about 50,000 visitors to the Tampa Bay area. Some of the and resorts during the convention, which is Aug. 27-30.
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A pirate, the space shuttle Discovery, a Mad Men advertising executive — all represented in dolphin form.
The art will be lit and viewable all hours of the day, with a security guard watching the art during the tour.
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