A School of (Art) Fish

A School of (Art) Fish
An Art Installation at the Westport Planning Board Office

The Westport Planning Board Officeis pleased to host the latest installation
in the program Art Work in the Work Place by an unlikely yet eco-conscious
group of young artists. The summer Art Camp program at the Westport Art Group
brought together this past August, local children between the ages of 7 and
12 that collectively used their talents under the tutelage of Jennifer
Gelinas of Westport's Gelinas Design Studio and demonstrated the art of how to
reduce, reuse and recycle. This artful group, has generously loaned the
town offices their installation of a school of aquatic creatures completely
made of recycled materials. The hanging whimsical and colorful grouping of
aquatic creatures demonstrate the ability of these youths to learn to work
together, about recycling and as a result create a body of work worthy of
installing in Town offices. The school of children have masterfully
produced a school of fish that relay this message.

The Planning Board began hosting this program since October of
2009 and has since been joined by other offices. The Art Work in the Work Place
program seeks to help promote local artists in areas where the public are
more likely to see them, nourish moral in the workplace and also foster
economic development.