A Winnipeg student is getting set to host a special event next month.

Rebecca Henderson, a Creative Communications student at Red River College has planned a 24 hour Art-a-thon to be held at Artbeat Studio, a local organizaiton that helps artists dealing with mental illness.

 Artbeat Studio is located at 4-62 Albert Street

So far there are 7 artists that will be involved.

Henderson describes what the day long event will look like...

She says there will also be a fundraising portion to the event...

The 24 hour Art-a-thon will start February 6th at 5pm and run until February 7th at 5pm.

Henderson says she also has plans to stream the event live online.

For more information email art.a.thon@gmail.com.