The full range of the visual arts at Charles Sturt University (CSU) will be on display as almost 50 local high school students spend four days at CSU in Wagga Wagga next week. Following its postponement in 2010 due to the floods, the Visual Arts Camp at CSU will be held from Monday 5 to Thursday 8 December with 49 teenagers from Years 8 to 11 staying in University student accommodation during the week. Supported by CSU’s School of Communication and Creative Industries and NSW Department of Education and Communities, the camp has attracted teenagers from schools in Albury, Colleambally, Corowa, Deniliquin, Finley, Tumut, Temora, Oaklands and Urana. The camp’s activities include workshops by CSU academics and visual arts practitioners on jewellery, television production, drawing, painting, photography, costume design and animation. There will be an excursion to the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and also a HSC information session for the senior students. An exhibition of the artwork developed during the camp will be held from 12.30pm on Thursday 8 December. Acting Head of the School of Communication and Creative Students at CSU, Associate Professor Frank Molloy said, “This camp has been almost two years in the planning and is a wonderful opportunity for regional school students to experience the visual arts and life at university.”