# Rhodes University says it is deepening its long-standing relationship with the National Arts Festival this year, with a powerful offering that fuses research and performance. At the heart of the programme is A Childhood in Chalk, created by the university’s Drama and Education Departments, which draws from the school boycotts in Fingo Village. Storytelling takes a different form in Umbhobho – The Red Pipe, by Master’s student Siphosethu Mankai, while interplay between art and science also finds form in the exhibition Layers and Light. The festival ends next Sunday.
Rhodes University unleashes bold creative energy at 2025 National Arts Festival