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Skin Deep Exhibition at Worthing Museum

The Fish Factory is part sponsoring the Skin Deep Exhibition at the Worthing Museum and Art Gallery which runs until August.  We are happy to help this exhibition as we think its excellent for Worthing. We will be helping out with the catering and providing champagne etc.  You can come and see us there on 12th March.

What is the Skin Deep Exhibition all about?

The Sussex Road Group (SRG) was set up in 2008 by Dudley Sawer, a designer. Working from the Sidney Walter Centre in Worthing, the SRG group gave local people the chance to draw and paint the human figure using a live model.  A wide variety of students attended the ten week courses and day workshops – from beginners to professionals.

The exhibition being held at Worthing Museum and Art Gallery was formed because some members of the SRG group were drinking coffee and lamenting that there was nowhere big enough in Worthing where they could show their work. Paula Fraser-Bergin volunteered to do something about it.

The following day, Paula spoke to Emma the Curator at Worthing Museum who suggested we put an application in to hold an exhibition. After a couple of follow up meetings, the exhibition was sorted.  It takes place from 13th March to 28th August 2010 and it will be opened by the Mayor of Worthing. There will be about 100 works of art on show which are sure to  capture the public’s attention!  These include paintings, drawings, and 3D work.

The theme  SKIN DEEP has enabled the artists to explore a theme that connects to the human figure. Each artist gives a very individual interpretation as you can see from the photo below.

We look forward to meeting you there.

Skin Deep Exhibition which takes place at Worthing Museum

The Fish Factory is sponsoring the 2010 Littlehampton Carnival Queen Contest by donating £500 as the first prize. This is the first time that a prize this big has been offered so the organisers are expecting a huge amount of interest.

To enter the Littlehampton Carnival Queen Contest you need to be female and aged between 15-19 years old and live within a 6 mile radius of Littlehampton. The panel of 7-8 judges are made up of the sponsors and the press, and they will be judging the entrants on:

• speech
• personality
• looks
• day wear

There will be 20 points per judging category  with a combined possible total of 80 points. The competition will be held at The Fish Factory in Littlehampton at the beginning of March. The date is yet to be confirmed. The 2010 Littlehampton Carnival Queen will parade the streets of Littlehampton, during the Littlehampton carnival on 10th July 2010. The carnival this year carries the theme of Winter Wonderland! You may be asking why such a theme is applicable during July? The answer is that the weather has been so wet and cold for the last few carnivals, it seemed like a fun idea. We totally agree – especially if the weather is tropically gorgeous for once!

If you would like information about the Littlehampton Carnival Queen Contest call Mrs Freda Hughes who is the President of the Littlehampton Carnival and her number is 716634. Alternatively you can email Freda at fredahughes@aol.com.

We look forward to meeting all the entrants at the competition. Good luck!