ZOMBIE makeovers and DIY ectoplasm are just two of the events on offer as Cornwall College launches its new summer fun day.

The Arts and Media Summer Show, which showcases students’ work and has been a feature of the end of the college year for decades, has been expanded to include the whole college and community.

The event on June 18, between 10am and 4pm at the Camborne site, promises a free ice cream for children, free sunglasses for early birds and will be opened by Kernow King.

Head of college Miriam Venner said: “We are really excited to be inviting the local community on to the campus to enjoy a huge range of activities that will showcase the amazing facilities on offer.

“We are broadening out our summer Arts and Media exhibition to include the whole campus and the public will be able to come and ‘have a go’ at a vast array of subject tasters, whilst enjoying great music, great food and lots of family friendly entertainment.”

Highlights include: Pony rides on the green; live music; bubble football; Rogue Theatre live; classic cars and steam engines; live music; free hair & beauty treatments; virtual CSI crime scene to solve; cooking sessions; pottery throw down; learn basic car maintenance; climbing tower; hog roast, BBQ and cream teas; wood fired pizzas; construction & building showcase and scruffs dog show.

Curriculum lead for visual arts Lisa Mortensen added: “The Arts & Media summer show has always been an important point in the year when we throw our doors open to the local community and share the fantastic work our students produce and it is great this tradition now includes the whole Camborne site.”

Amongst those exhibiting will be Joanne Reed, an ex-student of the college, who has recently had her artwork featured and sold at the Saatchi.

The oil painter, who graduated last year, is currently working out of studio space at Krowji in Redruth, an opportunity that she won in a student competition.

Leah Goss, 19, from Hayle is currently studying for a BTEC Extended Diploma in Media Production, said: “I’m showing a short psychological drama and I’m really looking forward to the piece having its premiere. I’ve been working on it since January. The summer fun day is a really good chance to show your work to a wider audience.”

Foundation Diploma in Art and Design student Katie Barker, 33, from Falmouth, added: “I’m a little nervous as this will be my first time exhibiting, but I’m excited about the opportunity.”

Artist Justine Walmsley, 46, from St Austell who is a student on the FdA Contemporary Creative Practice course, said: “It’s nice having other people seeing what you’re doing and having their own perceptions on what you’re doing. The feedback we receive is really useful for our practice and development.”