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Langara College’s ArtsFest 2008, the fourth annual showcase of student work, is closing this weekend with Planet of the Arts, a free interactive celebration for the community. The public can perform, design, create, paint, sculpt and direct, as well as view some of the best student work of the year.

Students and instructors from Langara College’s Creative & Applied Arts will attend. Planet of the Arts encourages the community to experience the arts through a hands-on boat building activity.

 

Art supplies will be available to craft boats, which will be released into the College’s reflecting pond. The owner of the most creative vessel will win a digital camera. Other highlights include roaming theatre performers, stunning display designs, film screenings, live music, and lots of prizes.

“This is going to be a one-of-a-kind original, interactive, and entertaining event,” says Alyson Drysdale, Film Arts Coordinator, Langara College. “The creative programs at the college are among the best in the city, so this will be extraordinary.”

Planet of the Arts features eight programs — Display+Design, Film Arts, Theatre Arts/Studio 58, Fine Arts, Journalism, Professional Photo-Imaging, Publishing, and Art History — that will add their own flair to the day. “The creative spirit is alive and flourishing at Langara College,” says Gary Kennedy, Display+Design Department Chair.

 

“Planet of the Arts is about sharing enthusiasm, imagination, and joy, that, as instructors, we experience with our graduates each year. We are part of this community, we want people to have fun and explore their artistic side with us.”

Planet of the Arts is Saturday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., outside Langara College’s Library/Classroom Building, 100 West 49th Ave. The free event, which will be held rain or shine, is open to everyone. Langara College boasts the most comprehensive Arts & Science university studies program of any college in B.C.

It offers two baccalaureate programs, 30 career programs, and about 700 continuing studies courses to more than 23,000 students annually.