A new art installation at the Allyn Cox Reservation in Essex, headquarters of the Essex County Greenbelt Association, highlights the impact of climate change in the Great Marsh ecosystem. The interpretive exhibit was produced by Wenham’s Susan Quatemen, inspired by the 2014 Great Marsh Symposium, which focused on climate change and presented case studies of local adaptation. The Wenham artist, working from Ten Pound Studio in Gloucester, collaborated with designer and photographer Leslie Bartlett of Manchester-by-the-Sea. The exhibit is currently installed at the banks of Eben Creek in Essex, within the reservation. In September, it will be moved to Rough Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary in Rowley, which is co-managed by Greenbelt and Mass Audubon. At both places the public is welcome, for no charge, from dawn until dusk. The exhibit is sponsored by the Great Marsh Coalition and is funded in part by an Essex National Heritage Partnership Grant.
David Rattigan can be reached at drattigan.globe@gmail.com.
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