The Worthing Fringe, which ran alongside the Worthing Arts Festival throughout July 2003, was a great success.

Thanks to all the artists, musicians, poets and the trusty RAG team, without whom none of this celebration of the Worthing arts would have been possible - to the local press for their support for all we do with contemporary arts & crafts and music - to the BabyLamb gang for this great Artists and Makers website - and to the enthusiastic visitors to contemporary arts & crafts exhibitions, artists open houses & to the first Roundabout who made the whole month so worthwhile!
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In 2000, Dan and Tracey persuaded just a dozen other artists to join them. By 2003 the Art Trail had nearly 100 members and was the most popular event in the Worthing Fringe.

Picture - From Adrian Crick's open house

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Tracey, who works mainly in acrylics, will be exhibiting at Worthing Library from 14th - 28th June. Alongside portraits of children will be paintings of young people from Durrington, with local graffiti screenprinted in the background. Tracey, who trained at Northbrook College for a degree in fine art, is a founder member of the Art Trail, which now has over 90 members.

With nearly 20 open houses across the town, and exhibitions at The Acacia Guesthouse & Gallery, The Barn at Field Place and other venues, The Art Trail provides the biggest art exhibition in the town.

Add top-quality events from RAG, an exciting and eclectic international music programme from Duende, and the launch of new music and spoken word club Roundabout, and you've got the biggest and best ever Worthing Fringe, running alongside the Worthing Arts Festival.

And with listings, news and reviews for all these groups and more on this site, www.artistsandmakers.com is the ultimate guide to the Worthing Fringe

With all work chosen by the Start Gallery to match the domestic space, Nathan shows a new video piece, whilst Dan has a coffee table on show.

Open on 3,4,11,17,18,24,25 May.

A RAG artist has been chosen for the launch of a new project, which will see artists working in schools across West Sussex.

Dan Thompson has been chosen for the pilot of the Creative Space project, organised by the Arts in Education Co-ordinator at West Sussex County Arts Service.

Dan will be resident artist for ten weeks at Broadfield East Middle School in Crawley. He will work with students and staff on a project titled 'Leading The Way' which will see the school mapped, a guide book produced and new signage introduced around the buildings.

The event, organised by the society with support from RAG's Roundabout, will see a variety of poets performing their work. Compered by Dan Thompson and Steve Carroll, the poetry performance takes place in the Studio, where West Sussex Art Society are currently holding their annual exhibition. The event starts at 2pm, and admission is free. The poets will also raise awareness of the Hands On initiative, which sees artists and writers raising funds to support the victims of atrocities in Sierra Leone.

Sheila Guyatt's show, Breakfast & Boats, included views of the beach, boats and the breakfast table all in her unique, illustrative style. As well as quirky paintings and drawings, the exhibition featured MDF cut-outs, including a cheeky ship's cat! The work was on show in The Acacia's Breakfast Room, and perfectly complemented the room's 1950s seaside style.