Get Ready To Get The Brushes Going!! Posted on Monday 22 November 2010 | 0 comments

We’re super delighted to let you know that Mat’s all ready to get super revving again and getting the My A’th Kar Newquay murals completed – BUT HE NEEDS YOUR HELP PLEASE!

Painting sessions with Mat McIvor will be happening at the wall at the side of Burger King on Station Approach on Wednesday 24^th November from 3pm until 5pm and from 11am until 5pm on Saturday 27^th November. PLEASE COME ALONG AND GIVE OF YOUR TIME. WRAP UP WARM!

We’re also urging you all to join Kasha’s campaign from last week and post up your pictures, film clips and words about the parts of Newquay you love and hate on the My A’th Kar Newquay Facebook (search for My A’th Kar Newquay on Facebook to find it) and to access the My A’th Kar blog at the link to the new blog. http://iloveyounewquay.blogspot.com/2010/11/our-newquay.html

Just to give you some updates:

In the last few weeks, the committed My A’th Kar Newquay crew have also been busy gathering inspiration for why they want to lobby for physical changes around the town. They’ve been out on the streets creating film excerpts and taking photos of the areas of the town they most love and those that they want to see transformed asap.

The project is also gathering momentum around the county with councillors, youth organisations and young people alike. One of the My A’th Kar Newquay team, Kasha Miller, recently gave a stunning presentation to over 100 people at the launch of the Cornish Young People’s Manifesto. She showed the gathered audience how Newquay is being perceived in the national media compared to how she sees the town she loves to live in. She also explained how she and her crew are keen to use their artwork to get other visiting young people to pay attention to their surroundings and to think about how they treat the street and how they behave. She received a resounding applause from the audience and was surrounded by people keen to know more after her presentation.

Sarah Pym of the Real Ideas Organisation, the lead organisation for the project, says, “My A’th Kar Newquay has taken on a life of its own and is being talked about in lots of different official circles as well as online. Kasha Miller gave a stunning presentation the other week and the guys have been out on the streets drumming up information and support about what people want to change around the town. Mat McIvor is keen to get the first stage of the Burger King mural completed asap and we’re really keen for people to come and pick up a brush and do their bit to change their town. Thanks to everyone involved as always!”

So come along on Wednesday or Saturday and please spread the word to all your mates, brothers, sisters, everyone you can think of so we can get a big posse going!

Our Newquay Posted on Saturday 20 November 2010 | 1 comments

Hate: the Barracuda site

Love: Newquay Town Centre - it's been tidied up in recent years
and during the day it looks pretty good at this time of year

Hate: The Beachtrip Hotel - one of many run-down, ugly sites

Hate: the old Bus Station - still an eyesore

Love: Towan Beach. The surf, the views out to sea and across to the harbour.
Need we say more?

When you pass by somewhere everyday, it often becomes invisible. You're so used to seeing it that you forget that it's there.

We kicked off our new mini film/photo project by taking a walk around the town to revisit the spots we love and hate - and to capture what Newquay's really like on film and in photographs.

We met a number of people on our walk, who we chatted to about the project and what we're doing. Because it kept raining, people didn't want to hang around long enough to let us film them, but lots of people we spoke to said they thought Newquay needed to change.

"It's about time someone did something to make Newquay better." - Newquay resident

Well, that's exactly what we're trying to do. We should be back working on the Burger King mural next week, and that's just the start....

Here's what we found on our Newquay walk. Recognise any of these sites? What do you think about them? Which places would you add to the list? Join in the discussion and post your pictures and video on our Facebook page

Show us your Newquay! Posted on Monday 15 November 2010 | 1 comments

We want to know what you think about places around Newquay....

The places you love. The places you hate. The places you'd love to get your hands on to transform. We want to hear about them all.

If enough people take part, we'll be able to get a good idea about what people living here really think about the place they live in - and it could help us get the best places the recognition they deserve, and get support behind us to make other places better.

If you want to get involved, send us your photos/videos of your top places and 'love to hate' spots around the town. You can upload them on Facebook or email them to fiona@excessenergycomms.com. I'd be great if you could include yourself/group of friends in the photos and videos you make. And if you want to write about them too, even better.

We'll post stuff on the blog as it gets sent in.


Show us your Newquay - Wednesday 17 November
We'll be meeting outside Burger King on Wednesday at 3.30pm for a walk around Newquay with our 'love hearts,' cameras and video camera, capturing different spots on film as we go.

If you're a budding director or photographer, this is your chance to get creative!


We can't wait to hear what you think about Newquay!