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June 2011

For immediate release

Media invite: Thursday 9 June, 6-9pm, Broadcasting Place

Leeds Metropolitan students launch Creative Arts Festival 2011

Over 600 graduating students from Leeds Metropolitan University¶s Faculty of 

  Arts, Environment & Technology are set to showcase their work throughoutJune at a series of exhibitions, performances and screenings as the Creative

 Arts Festival 2011 is launched on Thursday 9 June.

Final year students from Film, Television & Performing Arts, the Leeds School

of Contemporary Art & Graphic Design and the Leeds School of Architecture,

Landscape & Design will be exhibiting innovative and creative work to

potential employers and industry representatives, friends and family and the

wider public between Thursday 9 June and Wednesday 15 June.

With most events taking place at the University¶s landmark Broadcasting

Place building, which last year was named the best tall building in the world

by the council for global architects based in Chicago, the Festival this year 

includes film screenings, a performing arts showcase and exhibitions from

final year students in Contemporary Art, Fine Art and Graphic Arts as well as

  Architecture, Interior Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Design. Most

work on display will also be for sale or commission.

Professor Mohammad Dastbaz, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Environment &

Technology at Leeds Metropolitan University, commented: ³The Creative Arts

Festival is a fantastic opportunity for the city of Leeds to view an amazing

array of creative talents on show in the exhibitions, screening and

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performances put on by our students. Our Festival is a way of spotting the

rising stars of the future and provides a great opportunity to network. The

Festival is once again hosted in our award winning and innovative Faculty

building, Broadcasting Place, a fitting venue for the creativity that will be on

show for everyone to see.´

Following the launch on Thursday, the Festival will run between 10am and

4pm each day. For more information and a full timetable of events and

venues please visit http://cagd.leedsmet.ac.uk/festival/

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For further details please contact Carrie Braithwaite in the News and Media

team at Leeds Met on 0113 812 3022 or email c.braithwaite@leedsmet.ac.uk  

Notes for editors:

y The Creative Arts Festival is an annual showcase run by Leeds

Metropolitan University which this year features the work of over 600

graduating students from the Leeds School of Contemporary Art &

Graphic Design, Leeds School of Architecture, Landscape & Design

and Film, Television & Performing Arts at Leeds Metropolitan

University, attracting visitors from around the country. The festival runs

from 10-15 June, 10am-4pm including the weekend with the opening

night on 9 June, 6pm-9pm at Broadcasting Place, City Campus,

Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 6EN.

y Many of our undergraduate and postgraduate courses are accredited

by professional bodies and we maintain strong links with in dustry;

many academics also continue to practice in industry.y Our students enjoy fantastic purpose-built studios and facilities

including multi-functional workshops to support their learning, which will

be showcased at the festival. Broadcasting Place, th e base for our 

creative arts, was voted the best tall building in the world by the council

for global architects based in Chicago.

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y Prominent artists Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore are among our 

alumni. Oscar-nominated Mohamed Al-Daradji is also a graduate from

our film school.

y Our university¶s origins can be traced back to 1824, with the founding

of the Leeds Mechanics Institute.

y Leeds Metropolitan University is one of the largest universities in the

UK with around 30,000 students and more than 3,000 sta ff.