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Where redfish rule

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Shrimp imitation lures are an excellent option for fooling marsh-bound red drum. Photo by Capt. Nate Skinner

Go off the grid and into marshes for line-stretching action

As Texas’ largest estuary, Galveston Bay is known for its nearly 600 square miles of wide-open water. The complex stretches some 30 miles in length and is about 17 miles wide, making it the seventh largest U.S. estuary. But some of the most exceptional fishing action for the next several weeks will take place in often overlooked parts of minute, off-the-grid locations of the bay system. [Read more…]

A shrimper’s life

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Jerome Kunz has been working on shrimp boats in Galveston since he was 10 years old. Photo by Kelsey Walling

Islander has been a fixture in Galveston Bay waters for 75 years

Jerome Kunz has been harvesting the waters of Galveston Bay for 75 years. He still goes out every day. [Read more…]

The art of the matter

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Galveston Arts Center teaching artist Cristal Aldrete helps with a student’s clay project in a classroom at the center. Photo by Stuart Villanueva

Center serves as source of creativity as it seeks supporters

Long the hub of visual arts on the island, the Galveston Arts Center is re-emerging as a source of creativity, inspiration, artistic energy and community pride after a decade of significant trials that included structural failures in its downtown building, two hurricanes and the grind of maintaining a steady flow of operating funds. [Read more…]

‘I truly love creating’

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Frederick B. Richardson Sr. stands in front of some of his paintings in his home in Texas City. Richardson enjoys using acrylics, pencil and pastels for his art. Photo by Kelsey Walling

Inspired by his mother and teachers, retired preacher pursues his art

Each piece of art displayed in the rooms of Frederick B. Richardson Sr.’s Texas City home tells a different story through creations he has painted from thoughts and ideas in his mind. [Read more…]

Scavenging the beach

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Friends and co-artists Nikki Olsen and Amy Satterly use sea beans to create jewelry. Photo by Stuart Villanueva

Islanders find success with their sea-bean jewelry and art

They come from Africa, South America, Central America and the Caribbean. They’re called sea beans, and the many-colored objects that wash up regularly on Galveston beaches are actually seeds and fruit. [Read more…]

Rosemary

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Rosemary, a newly restored replica of a local oyster sharpie, is tied to the dock at the Sea Star Base in Galveston. The sharpie evolved to harvest oysters during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Photo by Kelsey Walling

A newly restored replica of a local oyster sharpie

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‘A journal of my days’

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Leroy LeFlore is a self-taught artist who lives in Galveston. LeFlore specializes in oil painting, watercolor, pen and ink, wood carving and plank-on-frame ship modeling. Photo by Kelsey Walling

Island painter captures the daily scenes of coastal life

Take a look at one of artist Leroy LeFlore’s paintings and you’ll learn a lot about what Galveston scenes inspire him. His art is a journal of his life — whether it’s a morning on the 10th Street jetty, a walk through an East End alley, a glimpse of the sunset from a West End beach, grazing cows in a field, or a view of the city from his third-floor studio. [Read more…]