Workshop led by artist Alex Michon to make fabric corsages inspired by the dress Joan Crawford wore in the 1932 film 'Letty Lynton', part of the 'Reflexion' exhibition.
Alex Michon is leading a corsage-making workshop at Worthing Museum & Art Gallery on Saturday 9 January 2027. You'll be making fabric corsages inspired by the dress Joan Crawford wore in the 1932 film Letty Lynton.
The workshop is part of Cathy Lomax's exhibition Reflexion: enchantment, self-identity and film, which runs from 26 September 2026 to 13 February 2027. The show brings together painting, installation, video and found objects to look at the captivating power of film and the image of the star, with the mirror as a central motif. Lomax draws on Hollywood figures like Joan Crawford, Kim Novak and Jennifer Jones to examine how a star's makeup, hairstyles and clothes shape the spectator's identity.
A new body of work in the exhibition is informed by that Letty Lynton dress, and the show includes responsive pieces by artists Alex Michon and Tamar Jeffers McDonald, alongside talks by Lomax. At the centre is an installation of printed mirrors that merge your own reflection with that of a film star. The whole thing also inspired the Hollywood Reframed season at Worthing Theatres and Museum.
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So the workshop is one of the ways you can get involved with the exhibition rather than just walking through it. You'll be working with fabric to make a corsage that takes its cue from Crawford's 1932 screen wardrobe, and you'll take it home with you. It's on Saturday 9 January at the museum, and since the exhibition runs until mid-February, you've got plenty of time to see the rest of the show around it.
