Great Texas Birding Classic Big Sit Tournament
Participate in the #Big Sit as part of the Great Texas Birding Classic on the Coastal Heritage Preserve!
Public Eco-Art Kayak Adventures
Adventure and Art have returned! Book an Eco-Art Kayak Adventure for yourself, a group, or your family.
Spring & Summer Camp Registration
Campers age 5-15 find education and inspiration through science and art. Register now to save your spot!
World Ocean Day Festival
Join us on the beach on this day of celebration and awareness of our connection to our ocean.
Nature Journaling Workshops
Artist Boat will host science writer and award-winning children’s book author, Kimberly Ridley, to teach nature journaling workshops as part of this year’s World Ocean Day festivities. These Eco-Art workshops will take place over two days, June 7th and 8th, with three workshops taking place at the Coastal Heritage Preserve and three at the World Ocean Day Festival at R.A. Apffel Beach Park, East Beach in Galveston, Texas. The Nature Journaling workshops are free to the public and must be booked in advance through Artist Boat’s website.
Kimberley Ridley
Kimberly Ridley is a science writer, essayist, editor, and children’s book author who has been writing about nature, science, health, and the environment for mor. e than 25 years. Her passion is “inciting wonder” by sharing my love of nature and science with children and adults through award-winning books, essays, and teaching. She loves doing author visits and has taught nonfiction writing workshops in dozens of elementary schools in Maine and the northeast based on her books. In addition, she teaches nature writing workshops for families and adults and presents special talks and programs at libraries and other public venues.
Open Workdays at the Coastal Heritage Preserve
Join us at the Artist Boat Coastal Heritage Preserve for Open Workdays. Typical tasks performed are site-based landscaping at one of several educational or public sites on the preserve along with minor maintenance at these sites. Help us restore these wetlands & coastal prairies to their natural beauty and enjoy spending time in this exclusive natural area of Galveston.
Upcoming Open Workdays Schedule
Register for Sea Citizen Orientation
Artist Boat is currently recruiting passionate individuals who will volunteer to assist in maintaining the Coastal Heritage Preserve, educating the public, hosting outreach events and booths, hosting fundraising events, or helping out around the office.
Sea Citizens are a regular force of specialized volunteers at the Artist Boat Headquarters & on the Coastal Heritage Preserve. Most Sea Citizens will have specific jobs and/or tasks that they oversee either weekly, monthly, or on another regular schedule as needed. The average Sea Citizen volunteers for 4-8 hours per month.
Project S.I.T. (Seawall Interpretive Trail)
Beautifying 70 Galveston Seawall Benches into Educational Works of Art
Use Giving Assistant free to support Artist Boat Inc. while you shop. Find out more.