Since 2023, the New Bedford Whaling Museum has worked with interdisciplinary artist Katy Rodden Walker on a project and exhibition titled “Community Blooms,” a community focused art and science project that raises awareness about plastic pollution in our oceans, waterways, and food chains, and the natural phenomena of jellyfish blooms. Culminating in a six-month immersive art installation opening November 22, 2024, this participatory project invites visitors to create, consider, and collaborate around ideas of environmental change and activism.