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Creative Connections

An Artistic Take on Coastal Research

Art plays a crucial role in promoting environmental
awareness. CCS' mission finds creative expression in
many different ways: recovered marine debris provides
inspiration and material for local artists, CCS staff and
volunteers engage in research-adjacent creative projects,
and CCS Scientist/Artist-in-Residence Mark Adams
continues innovating and establishing partnerships with
local arts organizations. This year, CCS was awarded a grant
from the Cape Cod Foundation to support the development
of programming to build connections between the arts and
marine science.

This seafloor map of Cape Cod Bay and Stellwagen Bank, by CCS
Scientist/Artist-in-Residence Mark Adams, has been transformed into
a room-sized floor map, on view at the CCS Hiebert Marine Lab and
various events.
In the spring of 2024, Adams collaborated with students from
Cornell University and the CCS Marine Debris and Plastics
Program to curate an art installation at The Crown & Anchor
in Provincetown. “Replenishing Refuge in Cape Cod Bay and
Stellwagen Bank – What Can the Arts Do?” was a multimedia
exploration of the role of the arts in coastal conservation.

"The Water We're
Swimming In"
by Elaine Alder
at the New
Bedford Whaling
Museum. These
steel sculptures,
woven with
recycled marine
debris, represent
This original block print by Marine Fisheries Research Assistant endangered
Tommy Tucker depicts North Atlantic right whale Medusa and her North Atlantic
calf off in the waters off Provincetown. Right Whales.
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