A Coloring Companion for Sea Walls Boston
The Sea Walls Boston team has collaborated with Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs to create a coloring book as a safe way for local youth to engage in Sea Walls Boston and build a sense of ownership and pride for the artworks painted during Sea Walls Boston 2020. As a response to the global COVID-19 pandemic and need for educational resources for students (young and old), this is one of many ways we are adapting the project to serve the community in a difficult time, when public art is more important than ever. Art helps to express ourselves when words may be hard to come by!
The Sea Walls Boston volume of the Coloring Companion is FREE to download and features all seven murals painted in East Boston in 2020, as well as students’ artworks created for Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs’ global Ocean Awareness Contest. These original artworks were adapted into original educational coloring pages and accompanied by information on marine environmental issues, action steps, and an artist statement.
From warming seas to plastic pollution, our oceans will continue to need our help long after this pandemic passes, so we want you and your family to be inspired and engaged.
Harness your creativity and together, we can help save our seas!
Printing Tips!
Be sure to set your printer at home to Black & White, and select only the pages you want to color.
Don’t have a printer?
Free Printed Copies Available!
Free printed copies have been made available to families in East Boston who don’t have access to a printer at home. Copies can be picked up at:
East Boston Branch of the Boston Public Library
365 Bremen St, East Boston, MA 02128
Pickup times:
Mon-Thu: 2 PM – 5:45 PM
Friday: 10 AM – 1 PM
The UPS Store
2 Neptune Rd, East Boston, MA 02128
Pickup Times:
Sun: 10 AM – 3 PM EST
Mon-Fri: 8 AM – 6:30 PM EST
Sat 9 AM – 5 PM EST
Our collaborators
Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs
Bow Seat provides an innovative space for teens to connect, create, and communicate for our ocean. Working at the intersection of ocean science and arts education, our award-winning programming emphasizes creative thinking and making in exploring the natural world. Visit BowSeat.org to learn more.
HarborArts
HarborArts is an East Boston-based initiative that creates public art as a platform for dialogue. We are building community around environmentalism and artistic expression, through the installation of monumental public artworks on the waterfront and beyond, . Learn more at harborartsboston.com
The Sea Walls Boston Coloring Companion was made possible with the support of our community partners: Boston Harbor Now, the Donald McKay K-8 School, The Mary Ellen Welch Greenway, East Boston Foundation, Barr Foundation, Eastie Farm, and East Boston Main Streets.