Artist Boat’s goal is to preserve 1,400 acres from beach to bay in the Coastal Heritage Preserve and establish the Gulf Coast Environmental Education Center. The Center will be a world-class facility where students can come for the day or for a weeklong summer camp to experientially learn about and protect our fragile coastal ecosystems. In addition, the Center will be a training program for non-formal and formal educators to learn best practices in environmental education and the strategies to integrate art and science.