Since the inception of the Florida Coastal Everglades (FCE) LTER in 2000, scientists and educators have worked together to improve public literacy in science and the Everglades, including through K-12 programs, public events, and engagement of artists through a professional artist-in-residence program. Connections with artists inspired scientists and students to engage in creative ways of exploring and communicate their research through individual art projects as well as through a structured creative science communication course. Empowered by their experiences with multiple creative modalities for science expression, FCE students formed a community beyond the classroom where individuals embraced their preferred art medium and developed new exhibits during ‘Art Jams’ at local venues. Student-created works have now been showcased at art exhibitions and science and art symposiums where these individuals have shared how arts engagement has changed their perspectives on their research topics. FCE’s Education and Outreach coordinator now involves K-12 science and art teachers in a transdisciplinary approach to bridge science, arts, and communication, which can then be taught in their classrooms. The deliberate combination of science and art is now a common practice at the FCE and has led to new collaborations with local artists, indigenous communities, environmental groups (e.g., Love the Everglades Movement), museums, and parks (local, state, and national). A more creative and beautiful future is unfolding at the FCE, where individual modes of creatively exploring and expressing scientific discovery is transforming both the science and its conveyance with society.