In celebration of World Ocean Day, Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS) and its park partner, the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS), will host a public ceremony to unveil a new marine debris sculpture. The ceremony will take place at 11 am at Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown. The ceremony will include remarks from project stakeholders, as well as sentiments from the arts, sciences, and education communities in Provincetown.  The artist, Cindy Pease Roe, was selected by the CCNS and CCS last August through a competitive process to construct and design a public marine debris exhibit. An educator and marine advocate as well as an artist, Roe founded UpSculpt, a nonprofit charitable organization created to further the education and hands-on solutions surrounding marine debris, plastics, and their disposal.

The exhibit was developed and installed with funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program in partnership with the National Park Service. 

Learn more about marine debris here.