A regional daily ‘newshound’ sculpture is set to form part of an exhibition of ‘snowdogs’ expected to attract hundreds of thousands of tourists to its patch.
The Argus, Brighton, has announced its involvement in the ‘Snowdogs by the Sea’ project in Brighton and Hove, which will see 50 1.5 metre high dog sculptures placed across the borough.
Artists will then decorate the sculptures, which are based on the character from the 2012 animated short film The Snowman and The Snowdog.
Among them will be an Argus ‘newshound’ design, created from a basic sculpture such as the one pictured below.
The exhibition is set to take place between September and November next year, and the designs will be auctioned off in aid of local hospice The Martlets once it finishes.
DJ Fatboy Slim, who lives in Hove, will also put his name to one of the pieces of artwork.
The Argus has been designated as the official media partner of the project.
Editor Mike Gilson said: “This is immensely exciting for our city. The unprecedented success of similar projects elsewhere leaves me in no doubt Snowdogs by the Sea will be just as popular.
“As well as being great fun, this will – most importantly – support an extremely worthwhile cause.”
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paw show … should have gone for a black and white mutt that is ‘red’ all over …
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Hasn’t this been done elsewhere with Gromit sculptures? Not exactly original.
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‘Black Shuck’ ought to lighten up. The new character is original and it is part of a project which travels around the country doing different art sculpture animals in different cities. Gromit in Bristol was great, and why not build on something which was hugely popular and raised huge amounts for charity – after all, that is what this is all about. Great news local newspapers are still picked as a media partner, it shows that despite what we are all told, they still have a strong, wide reaching influence on their patches.
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