Inspired by Penny Hall’s Anchovy fish series, 7th and 8th grade students at Skowhegan Area Middle School created  fish during art class in the  clay unit.  They were challenged by art teacher Kathleen Perelka to make elaborate fish from one central piece of clay that had all of the details pulled from the core piece of clay rather than attaching separate pieces of clay.  This makes the fish much stronger than the technique of adding on additional pieces of clay for details such as fins, tail , eyes scales etc. All of the exploratory 7th graders made at least one fish; 8th grade accelerated art students made 2-3 fish each.

After drying and then firing the fish, under glazes were applied in bright colors.  Works were clear coated with glaze and then fired again.

The students then selected the 10 they wanted to represent their class for display at the Blueberry Cupboard.  Al Dixon with son A.J. Dixon, Tammy Perkins with daughter Megan Perkins and art teacher Kathleen Perelka hung the fish for display on Friday November 9th at the Blueberry Cupboard.  They will remain on display until December 15th.

Students who have fish on display are:Megan Perkins, Ciera Labbe, AJ Dixon, Anna Williams, Anna Marshall, Isaac Wacome, Zach Gilson, Kristin Crowe, Mindy Allen, Janna Hawes, Nicole Gilman, Tricia Marvin, Caleb Foster, Alexis Lanctot, Morgan Clark, Libby Welch, Joel Wilbur, Devin Velderman, Emily Poilion,Charlotte Johnstone, Mikayla Bolduc, Celie Deagle, Hannah Grondin, Josey Towle, Nick young, Dominique Doane, Kaden Tozier, Colin Statkiewich, Mitchell Noddin, Emilee Russell,Tyler Savage, Sam Wheeler,Kelley withee, Amanda Saucier, Andrew Pineo, Tucker Lombard, Erica Blake, Denise Carrow, Jacob Day,Britany Cyrus, Steven Ek, Dylan Ellis, Scott Cole, Harley Wellman, Logan Summers, Orion Hainer, Sammie Santos,Riley Pelletier, Derek McCarty, Sarah Finnemore, Brittney Stetkis, Ben Clement, Tyler Campbell, Paige Gregoire, Gabrielle Tenan, Hannah Danforth, Jessica Staples and Shelby Obert.

The “school” of fish look great! Please stop by and see them .  They will be at the Blueberry Cupboard through December 15th.