Key Pen Orcas In The Community!

Building Support for This Public Art

ARTWALK 2025- The Gateway Pod of orcas is introduced to art lovers of the Key Peninsula. Their creativity and cleverness selects a name for the pod's baby: she is named Key Key!

SCARECROW CONTEST 2025- Key Key appears as a 6' tall paper mache scarecrow! But she doesn't win the contest because she's too cute to scare crows!

ALL HALLOW'S EVE 2025- Kids do their best orca calls in Gateway Park. The winning caller got a stuffed orca prize. Sadly, no orcas showed up...

WINTER WARMUP 2025- Key Key is here to be fed donations. There are buttons and bracelets to reward her caretakers.

KEY PEN LUTHERAN CHURCH AUCTION 2025- Donated baskets of art will support public art in a charity auction and dinner.

You'll find the Key Peninsula Beautification Team at events all over the area, such as....

AN ORCA AFTERNOON APRIL 2026 - Three inspiring talks: orcas in our waters, creating orca sculpture, photographing orcas. Click for more info.

LIVABLE COMMUNITY FAIR 2026!

Lots of people came by to learn about the orca sculptures and make their contributions to project. We also talked about the Key Peninsula Community Council's work, the beautification efforts, and signed up new volunteers who want to pitch in with clean-ups and plantings. It's a great way to make the Key Peninsula more beautiful!

ORCA PARTY NIGHT July 2026

A fun evening of dancing to the Beach Boys and other surf music, eating Metropolitan Market's clam chowder, fiercely bidding on silent auction treasures and homemade desserts, and dancing to the beat! This mid-summer romp raised over $7K for the project.

GIG HARBOR FARMERS MARKET June 2026

A cool afternoon brought a steady stream of people by our booth. We told them about the upcoming Surf Party dinner and dance, and shared our progress on bringing the orcas to the Gateway Park. People were enthusiastic!