Georgia Southern University’s art department announced earlier this month that it will no longer host the ArtsFest, which provided a spring day of senses-filling and hands-on art experiences to children and parents for more than 30 years. But this week, the Statesboro-Bulloch County Parks and Recreation Department is expressing interest in hosting ArtsFest with help from the university, and keeping the event in its traditional place on Georgia Southern’s Sweetheart Circle. When Professor Robert Farber, chair of the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art, issued the end-of-sponsorship announcement Jan. 5, he hoped it would spur one or more organizations to pick up the torch, he said.