What:
ARTsFEST, now in its 26th year, is an annual festival celebrating the arts and arts education through performances, exhibiting and demonstrating artists, and hands-on activities and games. ARTsFEST ‘08 features Harry O’Donoghue, the First Annual Battle of the Bands, the Curious Moon Puppets, and the Artists’ Market. The festival brings hundreds of artists and over 6,000 visitors to Georgia Southern University’s campus each year. ARTsFEST is free to the public and a service of GSU to Statesboro and the surrounding communities.

When:
Saturday, April 5, 2008 from 12 PM until 5 PM

Where:
Sweetheart Circle at GSU

BATTle of the Bands:
Be a part of the First Annual Battle of the Bands at ARTsFEST '08!
Deadline Extended! Click here for more information!

General Information:

• All events and activities are FREE to the public
• Festival draws up to 6,000 visitors to campus
• Demonstrating artists include painters, sculptors, wood turners, blacksmiths, ceramicists, collage/assemblage artists, folk artists, portrait artists, and many more!
• Performers include ballet, Native American, traditional West African and modern dancers, stilt walkers, classical and folk musicians, puppeteers, and many more!
• Arts-related activities include face painting, papermaking and book arts, ceramics, poetry readings, foreign language lessons, drawing marathons, wandering musicians, and more!
  
  

Forms & Applications:

• Sponsorship Invitation
• Sponsorship Contribution Form
• Student Artist Application Instructions
• Student Artist Application
• Art Stop Commitment Form
• Group Participation Form
• Volunteer Form
  

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For More Information Contact:

Julie Kozee, ARTsFEST ’08 Director
Georgia Southern University
PO Box 8032
Statesboro, GA 30460

Phone: (912) 681-5358
Fax: (912) 681-5104
E-Mail: jakozee@georgiasouthern.edu

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Directions:

Travel to Sweetheart Circle then make a right onto Forest Drive.
You may turn into available parking lots before or after you arrive at Hendricks Hall.
You may enter the building from either the East Entrance or West Entrance.

For assistance please contact the Center for Art & Theatre (912) 871-1712.