A new seafront caf� is looking for an artist to devise a suitable fresco for its old blue shutters.
The Worthing caf�, COAST, is leading the latest initiative to bring public art to Worthing. The new artwork will be sited just metres away from the acclaimed Walter Jack Studios 'Suncloud', a �70,000 forest of poles with motion-triggered, solar powered LED panels which will be unveiled at Splash Point later this year.
COAST is situated just beyond Splash Point in the 'Esplanade' building on Beach House Green. The much underused, promenade building with its two octagonal towers and modernist chalets, provides the only town centre cafe to offer food and drink on the beach. With new wooden decking on the shingle beach and amazing wind breaks, COAST Caf� will open for Easter serving illy coffee, tea in china cups and the finest cakes and foccacia sandwiches
Stefan and Nicola Sykes have taken over affairs at the cafe and want to
promote the artistic capacity of Worthing by offering their shutters as
a canvas. They're asking for artists to put forward an outline proposal
by Thursday 20th March.
The commissioned work will be completed soon after, so artists must be
ready to go! The winner will be decided on Friday 21st March and will
be commissioned to deliver their idea in the following weeks.
The new artwork will be the first in a series of developments,
including commissioning sign-writing from a local artist and working
with the Revolutionary Arts Group to open a new art gallery featuring
new, acclaimed art by local and national artists. It is intended to
develop a �South Bank� along the promenade with book stalls, print
sellers and crafts makers.
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