PRESS RELEASE – MONDAY 6TH JUNE 2011
MY A’TH KAR NEWQUAY HARBOURS FRESH PLAN TO TRANSFORM THE TOWN
Newquay’s innovative, pride-driven art activists, My A’th Kar Newquay (MAKN), is today (Monday 6th June) pleased to announce that it has been invited to help transform Newquay Harbour by Cornwall Council. Following their recent work on the underpass wall at Burger King, at the Blue Reef Aquarium beachside site, and around the old bus station, the group has been invited to resurrect the original Burger King Mural on the South Quay of the admired Newquay Harbour. The work will be fully supported and sponsored by Burger King UK who is behind the future of the project.
My A’th Kar Newquay means ‘I love you Newquay’ in Cornish and a team of determined young creatives have been working for months to mastermind works which have now gone up around town. 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. As a separate project, four Treviglas Community College pupils have also come together to form a social enterprise to support the overall project which is funded by FEAST and the Real Ideas Organisation.
The harbour site offers a massive canvas however the initial project will see the team working with lead artist Mat McIvor to re-create the much-loved initial mural up to head height on the available wall. The hope is that once this phase 1 work is completed, funding and in-kind support can be found to rework the entire area (up to the road level) with an extension of the artwork.
Mat will be starting the project on Monday 13th June and the group’s blog and facebook sites will be carrying updates on the work and publicising days and times when the local community can come along and get involved.
Mat McIvor, lead artist for the project says, “It’s brilliant to be resurrecting the original MAKN image as it was all developed with the core youngsters in the group. It is particularly fitting, portraying the house on the island as a central point with key messages emanating from the heart of it all. The harbour wall will effectively mirror the house on the island and bring together the old and the new of the town in this key spot. We can’t wait to get started.”
David Chadwick of Cornwall Council says, “It’s great to see My A’th Kar Newquay going from strength to strength and their latest project in the harbour promises to be the best of all. It’s wonderful to see young people have such a sense of pride in their town and they are making a real difference to how Newquay looks, supporting the work of the Newquay Safe Partnership so practically. They are to be congratulated and encouraged.”
Paul Golder, Finance Director of Zing Leisure Ltd, the owners of Burger King UK says, "We are delighted to support My A'th Kar Newquay in their endeavours to make Newquay a brighter and better place."
To see more news of the project please go to iloveyounewquay.blogspot.com or the My A’th Kar Newquay Facebook site.
Thank you from the My A’th Kar Newquay crew.
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