DURHAM, N.C. – Walking Fish, a Nicholas School student-led community-supported fishery, will host “Lexicon of Sustainability,” an evening of art, education and food, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. October 3 at Watts Grocery, 1116 Broad Street in Durham.

The free event will feature an exhibit and silent auction of 24 large-format prints by acclaimed photographer Douglas Gayeton and locally sourced hors d’oeuvres by Amy Tornquist, owner and chef of Watts Grocery.

Proceeds from the auction of Gayeton’s prints will support efforts by local fishing communities to develop creative business plans to make healthy, high-quality, low-impact seafood more accessible.

Space is limited and advance e-mail reservations are required. To attend, send your name(s) and e-mail address(es) to info@walking-fish.org. Reservations are first come, first served.

The benefit event is one of 100 “Lexicon of Sustainability” shows being held across the country to raise awareness of how people can have a positive impact on their local food systems.

An internationally known artist and food writer, Gayeton has crisscrossed the United States over the past two years to photograph some of the nation’s foremost practitioners of sustainability in food and farming. He translates his images into large-format photo collages, printed on FSC-certified paper, that tell the practitioner’s story through visuals and text.

Walking Fish will donate a print by Gayeton to the Nicholas School of the Environment, where it will be displayed in the school’s permanent collection of environmentally themed art.

The Oct. 3 event is sponsored by Craven Allen Gallery, Eastern Carolina Organics, Elodie Farms and Farmhand Foods.

To learn more about the “Lexicon of Sustainability” and see examples of Gayeton’s work, go towww.lexiconofsustainability.com. To learn more about Walking Fish, go to www.walking-fish.org.