Plea for big space to make mural happen
The fresh and exciting collective of determined local young people, My A’th Kar Newquay, has just scored a major coup in their campaign to blast away all Newquay eyesores. The team of youngsters have just announced that after an ongoing process, they have secured one of the town’s most hated sites – the dirty and dragged down old bus station. The team will now be calling on the local community to help them transform the exterior of the space with a huge, colourful, 87 boarded mural masterminded by themselves and lead artist Mat McGivor.
My A’th Kar Newquay means ‘I love you Newquay’ in Cornish and the team of determined young artist activists have already transformed the grimy wall between the train station and Burger King and a number of panels will shortly go up on the Newquay Police Station and at the Blue Reef Aquarium. All of the artwork reflects the pride that these young people feel about their town and messages about how they would like visitors and tourists to see and treat the place.
However the team faces a logistical challenge. They are keen to take a ‘Challenge Newquay’ type approach to this piece of work and along with Mat McGivor, spend the week of half term getting the 87 boards painted and ready for erection. However they need to find a large hall or venue to be able to work in and are asking the local community to respond and make any relevant spaces available. Ideally the space would be within easy walking distance of the centre of town and have access for all of the days of 19th – 27th February from 10am til 5pm daily. Anyone who has access to a large enough space and can help should get in touch with Rhona Gardiner at Excess Energy Communications on 07740 410052 or rhona@excessenergycomms.com. The team are envisaging a school or church hall type space but suggestions on any available spaces that could work would be greatly appreciated.
The My A’th Kar Newquay crew would also like to thank David Chadwick, Chris Cooper-Young and Phil Mason of Cornwall Council, local fencing and hoarding company I-Site - Innovative Site Solutions based in Hayle, and Sarah Pym of the Real Ideas Organisation for all of their help in securing this exciting canvas for their work. To see more news of the project and take part in a key evaluation questionnaire about the value of the project please go to iloveyounewquay.blogspot.com
1 comment:
10.02.11 @ 7.14pm
I am not sure if this has been made aware, but I live across the street from the Burger King mural and someone is out there painting over the all of the hard work put together by everyone to make this area a little better & brighter.
My Mum has just called over to burger king to see if they had been made aware of this and apparently the owner did not like it so has someone out there now!
I think this is a terrible shame and wanted to express my disappointment when all you are trying to do is improve the look of the town. Terrible shame
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