The United and Mystic Aquarium are collaborating on “Coral Canvas: Art for Ocean’s Sake,” a new gallery show and community art project to bring focus and attention to the global threats faced by coral reef ecosystems around the world due to increased ocean temperatures, pollution, and changing ocean chemistry.

The gallery show, which will launch on June 7, will feature a number of works that will serve as an expanding summer exhibition through July 30.

Artist Elizabeth Ellenwood will have two distinct works on display, and a community partnership with area schools and through community art workshops at The United will create a growing, vibrant coral reef in the gallery composed of pieces of plastic waste.

Mystic Aquarium will house several species of Atlantic coral with the intent of restoring populations to their original range.

Information on this project will be featured as well as pieces of coral from the Aquarium’s collection on display in tanks.