Cornerhouse

Creative Stars is an exciting project run by Cornerhouse in partnership with Band on the Wall, Contact Theatre, the Library Theatre, the Royal Exchange, Unity Radio and Zion Arts Centre.

The project is funded by Manchester City Council and involves 19 talented young people living in the Greater Manchester region. The Creative Stars project will run for 12 months from April 2011 – March 2012 and will give the 19 successful applicants the fantastic opportunity to develop and showcase their talents.

We received over 100 applications from young people wanting to take part in the project and the standard was high. The successful applicants have a fantastic selection of skills between them in the areas of visual art, design, filmmaking, photography, music, performing arts, radio production, writing and events production so we expect the year ahead to be a fantastic experience for all involved.

So far the team have undertaken a huge range of skills workshops to help develop their talents. They have programmed a young people’s cinema takeover day and Christmas film at Cornerhouse, and most recently they have curated and produced a fantastic exhibition at Cornerhouse called Lost Is Found. The team are now working towards their final project showcase which will feature their own work.

Meet the team

Adele
Adele is passionate about performing arts. She can’t wait to produce a show with the rest of the Creative Stars.

Alastair
Alastair enjoys combining his love for science and art. He is interested in architecture and manages to merge his talents by creating sculptures.

Alex
Alex is a talented young artist. He is mostly looking forward to working with other artists on the project to produce a new piece of work.

Arkadiusz
Arkadiusz is a photographer and also enjoys painting and drawing. He’s looking forward to working with a creative group of young people to produce new work over the next year.

Charis
Charis loves dance and drama and is also involved in radio production with Unity Radio. She goes to a lot of concerts and can’t wait to get to know her fellow Creative Stars.

Elizabeth
Liz specialises in photography and filmmaking and is particularly interested in wildlife photography. She hopes to go into journalism and photography as a career and is looking forward to having a say in how the Creative Stars partner organisations are run.

Emma
Emma loves film and photography and her life long dream is to become a professional filmmaker. She is looking forward to picking up some new skills over the next year during Creative Stars projects.

Jennifer
Jennifer is a keen performing artist. She loves music and drama and dreams of eventually working in theatre.

Katie
Katie is into film and television. She loves stop-motion animation and dreams of working on her own projects professionally.

Kennedy
Kennedy is a passionate performer. She loves theatre and is a fantastic singer. She is inspired by working with other talented young people and can’t wait to learn about all the art forms that the other Creative Stars specialise in.

Lee
Lee loves illustration and animation. He creates his own work and would love to eventually work in television or illustrate for marvel or DC comics.

Liam
Liam is a keen graphic designer and has a particular interest in advertising. Last year he was on the production team for Cornerhouse’s underexposed film festival and this year he aims to expand on his experience through the Creative Stars programme.

Liza
Liza is a young visual artist. She is also a musician and has appeared on a young people’s talent show on Ukrainian television. She is keen to develop her skills with the Creative Stars and is particularly interested in finding new ways to visualise her ideas with the rest of the team.

Maisie
Masie loves writing and hopes to one day work as a screenwriter. To date she has written short stories, poems and plays and is looking forward to developing her writing in collaboration with the Creative Stars.

Mike
Mike is a keen scriptwriter and filmmaker. He aims to make a career out of his passion for filmmaking and is looking forward to working with the Creative Stars team on collaborative projects.

Neetu
Neetu loves art and is interested in how an artist can challenge people’s thoughts. She is particularly into illustration and would love to go into a career in this area. Neetu can’t wait to start producing her own events with the Creative Stars.

Oliver
Oliver is a natural presenter and is really into acting. He is hoping to excel in his talents over the next year whilst working with other creative young people.

Paddy
Paddy is a dedicated young filmmaker. He has already made a feature film and likes working with people and being creative. He is also a talented musician and creates his own film soundtracks.

Zuqiang
Zack loves music and has a lot of experience in creating shows for radio. He’s really excited by bringing new creative ideas to the world and can only see himself working in the creative industries in the future.