Art for The Environment
Volunteers Needed to Plant ShellFish in Bellport Bay
Join us on
Sat., Sept. 27 at 9:30am at Gallery 125
for a community meeting to learn how we can improve the quality of Bellport Bay through the planting of oysters & ribbed mussels.
Special Guest
Gregg Rivara, Aquaculture Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk Country
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Oyster bed at the edge of a marsh
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Shellfish are beneficial because they filter bay water and provide habitats for other species. Bellport Artist, Katia Ramsey Read and Gallery 125 will donate a percentage from art sales to Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County who, with The Town of Brookhaven and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, will develop a plan to plant oysters and ribbed mussels around islands and marshes in Bellport Bay.
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Current Exhibition
Constructions and work in clay
Katia Ramsey Read
