Make Art or Dig Artifacts: Ossabaw Island Day Trips feature Creativity (June 2) or Archaeology (June 23)
What: Ossabaw Island Foundation offers two day trips to Ossabaw Island in June 2018
Creative Day Trip. Saturday, June 2, 9:30am - 4pm. Fee: $85 Bring your own materials to paint, sketch, write or shoot photos on Ossabaw Island's beach and North End. Spend the day on your own making art, or participate in an optional camera phone/instagram photo workshop led by photographer Stephen Morton.
An Ossabaw Island visit includes excellent art-making inspiration: possible sightings of a variety of wildlife including migratory birds, wading birds, and feral hogs, as well as free-roaming domesticated donkeys, and perhaps an alligator. Take short hikes to Cane Patch Island (site of a large native American shell midden), and on forest and marshside trails.
Boat transportation to Ossabaw Island provided by Captain Mike Neal, Bull River Cruises.
Hands-On Archaeology Experience. Saturday, June 23, 9am-3:30pm. Fee: $95
Take part in an active archaeological dig on Ossabaw Island on the Georgia coast.
Led by the Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources' Archaeology Division and the University of Georgia, this excavation at South End Plantation site on Ossabaw Island is serving as a Field School for UGA’s archaeology graduate and undergraduate students. Assist archaeologists excavating public and domestic architecture associated with a Late Mississippian-era Native American village. Participants will likely encounter historic period artifacts from the site being farmed in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Techniques include excavation, remote sensing using ground penetrating radar, and labwork including rinsing, sorting and identifying artifacts.
Boat transportation to Ossabaw Island provided by Captain Joel Formby, Walks on Wassaw charter boat company.
General information for both trips:
Departure location: Delegal Creek Marina, 1 Marina Drive, The Landings, Skidaway Island.
How to sign up: Register for either trip at www.ossabawisland.net. or call 912-233-5104. Space is limited.
Weather: Trips occur "rain or shine."
What to bring: (You must be able to carry all of your own belongings without assistance)
Bring your own sack lunch and water/beverage.
Bring your own art supplies/materials for the Creative Day Trip.
If you plan to sit while you sketch, paint or write outdoors, please bring a camp stool or camp chair that you can carry without assistance. There are indoor and outdoor tables and chairs available for artmaking at the Club House on the North End of Ossabaw Island.
Accommodations/physical needs:
Visitors must be able to walk up and down steep boat ramps. Trip requires about 1.5 miles of walking, or more if you choose. Rest rooms and running potable water available on the island.
Some Ossabaw Island items are available on the island for purchase, but there is no food concession.
Tables and chairs to sit and work will be available at the Club House (on the porch, under the trees, or inside) on Ossabaw's North End.
Other:
All minors must be accompanied by supervising adult.
Each visitor must sign a Hold Harmless agreement form; parent/guardian must sign Hold Harmless agreement for each minor.
(Eleanor "Sandy" Torrey West will not be present, and the Torrey-West Estate is not included in this trip.)
Attached photos and credits: Link to dropbox with images:
All photos courtesy of the Ossabaw Island Foundation. Archaeology photo by Elizabeth DuBose. Photographer photo by Fran Lapolla.
For more information:
Contact Robin Gunn, Ossabaw Island Foundation Project Coordinator. robin@ossabawisland.org or 912-233-5104. [okay to publish]
See www.ossabawisland.org for more information on Ossabaw Island. See www.ossabawisland.net to register for trips.
ABOUT OSSABAW ISLAND: Ossabaw Island is a 26,000-acre undeveloped barrier island on the Atlantic Ocean, owned by the State of Georgia and located in Chatham County. Georgia’s first Heritage Preserve, accessible only by boat, is undeveloped and set aside by an Executive Order for natural, scientific and cultural study, research and education; and for environmentally sound preservation, conservation and management of the island’s ecosystem.
ABOUT THE OSSABAW ISLAND FOUNDATION: The Ossabaw Island Foundation (TOIF) is a non-profit 501(c)3. Through a partnership with the State of Georgia, TOIF inspires, promotes, and manages exceptional educational, cultural, and scientific programs that are designed to maximize the experience of Ossabaw Island, while minimizing the impact on the island’s resources.
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