UCA @ Glastonbury 2011

22 - 26 June 2011

UCA returns to Glastonbury

Festival-goers at Glastonbury 2011 will get the opportunity to learn how to become a TV presenter thanks to the University for the Creative Arts (UCA).

TV Presenting and music journalism lessons are just two of a wide-range of free activities that the University will provide during this year's Festival for Contemporary Performing Arts (22-26 June).

UCA organiser, Tim Savage, said: "We try to bring something new to Glastonbury every year to enhance the public's experience at the festival and also give them an idea of what UCA is all about.

"We think festival-goers will love having a go at TV presenting and seeing if they can be the next Zane Lowe or Fern Cotton.

"We have an ex-ITV presenter who will be passing on tips and encouraging people to go out and get interviews with festival-goers and performers alike. We hope to create a series of films that will give people at home a taste of the festival, and at the same time provide participants with footage that could kick-start a career in TV."

Other highlights at the UCA tent for 2011 include: Life/figure drawing lessons; a fashion photography studio (where festival-goers can glam themselves up to become a model or have a go at being a photographer); recycled jewellery workshops where you can create your own unique designs from littered items; an oversized 3D weave which will grow from a piece of string to a work of art; and, interactive canvases where guests can show their artistic skills with paint.

There will also be free internet access (20mins), a chill-out area, plus nightly screenings of animation, experimental films and computer games made by current UCA students.

UCA, which has campuses at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester, became the first academic institution to have a presence at Glastonbury in 2009 and has become a firm favourite with the public in that short time.

Dean of Creativity and Culture at UCA, Bill Foulk, said: "We're thrilled to be continuing our relationship with the festival into a third year.

"Last year, around 9,000 people visited our stand. The feedback we received from people was fabulous and those who took part in our competitions produced some terrific work.

"We hope that our hands-on, artistic activities will showcase the work that we do at UCA and will inspire our visitors with a taste of the creative arts."

Although made famous by music and mud, Glastonbury's main objectives include raising money for world charities, such as Greenpeace, Oxfam and Water Aid, plus promoting environmentally friendly techniques and technology.

Glastonbury is a friendly, community orientated festival which matches the UCA ethos of offering a friendly and supportive academic community to all our staff and students.

The Glastonbury Festival was the brainchild of Michael Eavis in 1970 and has snowballed into the largest "green-field" music and performing arts festival in the world. Over the years the festival has attracted some of the most famous music acts such as David Bowie, Van Morrison, (and more recently) Radiohead and Jay-Z.

You can keep up to date with UCA at Glastonbury via this website or Twitter: @UCA_Glasto2011.