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 The Bathing Beauties initial concept was based on taking a traditional seaside icon ‘ 'the beach hut ‘and giving it a creative twist, to bring about a unique collection of contemporary beach huts, appropriate to a new age, changing expectations and locally distinctive known as the ‘Bathing Beauties’. Our Bathing Beauties Festival seeks to use the same alchemy, exploring the traditions of our sea side through a high quality, innovative creative arts festival rooted in the East Coast and its coastal heritage.
The coastal landscape, the beach, the foreshore, the promenade and beach huts come alive over the festival with amazing creative experiences. The beach huts are turned into mini art and craft galleries, theatre spaces, puppet workshops, photographic exhibition spaces with many opportunities for participation. The beach becomes the perfect canvas and backdrop for contemporary art installations, outdoor art galleries, sculpture, shouting poetry at the sea and much more. The five mile promenade from Mablethorpe to Sandilands is dispersed with many art activities, the longest linear dance, the ‘ Beautiful Beach Hut Competition’ and the ‘Bathing Beauties Beach Hut Trail’ and for the more serious coastal art and architecture fans you can follow ‘The Structures on the Edge’ trail down to Anderby creek taking in the new ‘bird hide hut’ and the ‘Cloud Bar’ huts.
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