Viva Brighton Issue #43 September 2016

BITS AND BOBS
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CHARITY BOX #6: SNOWDOGS BY THE SEA
What’s the idea? It’s a public
art trail made up of 45 fibreglass
Snowdogs, which will be
situated across Brighton and
Hove. Last year we put out
a call for local companies to
sponsor their own Snowdog,
and in December we also put
out a call for artists to come
up with a design for a dog. We had about 250 submitted,
and from those, each sponsor chose their
favourite to have put onto their Snowdog.
What’s it for? The project will raise money for
Martlets; when the art trail is finished, the Snowdogs
will be auctioned off and all of the proceeds
will go to the charity.
Why Snowdogs? The company the Martlets Hospice
partnered with, Wild in
Art, have done similar projects
in other cities - like putting
Gromits in Bristol and elephants
in Sheffield - but the
themes of hope and loss in the
story of The Snowman and the
Snowdog seemed to tie in nicely
with the work of the hospice.
How long will the trail be in place? For nine
weeks, from September 24th to November 27th.
Where will the dogs be situated? On concrete
plinths, from Fatboy Slim’s café at Hove Lagoon
right down the seafront to the Marina, then in all
the parks and central areas of town. There’s a map
online at snowdogsbythesea.co.uk
Rebecca Cunningham interviewed Ruth Cobb
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