Penguins start their march today

The colorful, creative and bedazzled penguins start their march today toward the Woodland Park Zoo. Back in April the Zoo did a “call for artists” to dress up 22-inch fabricated penguins in honor of the new Humboldt Penguin exhibit. Today, more than 50 penguins will start migrating from the Seattle Center through Ballard, Fremont and Greenwood/Phinney. Shown here is Laura Bee Designs’ “Dorothy Parker Penguin” complete with a pearl button necklace and a patent leather purse. Tonight the Art Up/Open Up Greenwood-Phinney art walk will feature 30 of the penguins from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The penguins will be auctioned off in July to benefit Woodland Park Zoo’s field conservation program.