In October, the land on the left perimeter of SICARS largest farm plot (Lot 1) was cleared through the use of controlled fire. Volunteers gathered […]
10.02.2019
Whitney Barr, First Landscape Architecture Foundation’s Honor Scholarship Recipient
The boat over to Sapelo Island one morning this past summer was a living cross-section of people who live, work, or visit this unique barrier […]
09.05.2019
UGA Students Assist SICARS and Cornelia Walker Bailey Program
This fall semester, students enrolled in the Athens Urban Food Collective course, taught by Cornelia Walker Bailey Program co-director Nik Heynen, have been engaging in […]
08.05.2019
Sapelo Island Geechee Red Peas Reach the Plates of Athens, Georgia
Athens, Georgia restaurant LRG Provisions has entered a relationship with the Sapelo Island Cultural and Revitalization Society (SICARS) to bring Sapelo Island Geechee Red Peas […]
05.31.2019
UGA Maymester Students Assist Cornelia Walker Bailey Program and SICARS
This May, five UGA students spent two weeks on Sapelo Island as part of Nik Heynen’s Geography of the Georgia Coast domestic field-study course associated […]
12.20.2018
New Partnership to Reintroduce Indigo on Sapelo Island
The Cornelia Walker Bailey Program on Land and Agriculture has entered into a partnership with the International Center for Indigo Culture (ICIC) and the State […]
11.27.2018
Heynen and Bailey Awarded Grant from UGA’s Willson Center for Humanities and Arts
Co-Directors Nik Heynen and Maurice Bailey were notified that they have been awarded a research grant titled “Remembering Yesterday, Fighting for Tomorrow: The Cornelia Walker […]
10.08.2018
Cornelia Walker Bailey Program Partners with Davidson College
Students from Davidson College were able to visit Sapelo Island and provide assistance with the Cornelia Walker Bailey Program. Two of the students—Jennifer Thompson and […]
01.20.2018
Heynen and Hardy Awarded NSF Grant
Nik Heynen and Dean Hardy have been awarded a NSF Research Grant titled “A Socio-Ecological Investigation of the Long-Term Impacts of Uneven Exurban Development, Sea-Level […]
11.21.2017
Second Phase of SICARS Sugarcane Project Underway
After the floodwaters brought on by Hurricane Irma subsided it seemed our efforts to revive sugarcane on Sapelo Island might be over as the first […]