Extended Cloister on Torre Abbey Green

All this week... workshops with young people from Hele Village and Torquay. Where are the news stories about this?

How can a paper print two weeks worth of negative press, and put out a call for local artists to be utilised and then disrespectfully ignore those same hard-working local artists when they are out doing good work? It's always easier to whinge than it is to walk your talk...

Or praise good work.

I say - well done. Well done to the youth centres, to the mural artists, to all who have been involved from the council, to all who's creative and open minds make public art like this possible. That's the article that should have been written.

What's that Toni Morrison quote?

"If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."
— Toni Morrison

More from the White Carpet.

a response

The Mayor, Nick Bye, speaks.

'Our talented (and very small) team who work to promote art and culture in Torbay are really trying to wake everybody up, get us thinking and enrich our lives. Their mission is to provide us with diverse opportunities and make the most of what is already here, under our noses.

There is method in their madness.'

See the article.

Here's to a vigorous public dialogue. Thank you, Noisemaking event!

Extended Cloister on Torre Abbey Green

Public Art

The Torbay Connected Noisemaking Event has come and gone... and wowzers, did it make some noise! Three negative newspaper articles (I won't bother to link to them, just google it if you're interested), public debate, dialogue and a resulting 48-hour durational public art installation that was, quite simply,

amazing.