In this cold, we want to take you back to Summer 2021! Our Summer of Creativity saw 232 young people take part in puppetry, performing, technical theatre & lots more. This vid created by The Lowry Social Media Intern @amytelferphoto gives you a taste of what we did last summer! In partnership with The Lowry and Stage Directions as part.

'The Queer Icon is a multifaceted arts project centring around the LGBTQ+ community with a specific focus on Greater Manchester based individuals. The project aims to explore how Queer identity is reflected and portrayed across different media platforms, with a blend of historical & contemporary contexts along with insights of personal experience from our broad range of interviewees. The project, in its current form, will be examined through a feature length documentary (similar to Disclosure / Paris is Burning). This a fugitive project trailer pitched at the MIF Matchmakers forum and used part of coursework for the 'Managing Creative Projects' course with The Factory (MIF). Not all material is my own and is copyrighted.

In associations with Rhea Ley Illustration and Levenshulme Inspire. The Encapsulation of Teenage Angst is a short film exploring the close relationship I have with my childhood & best friend, Rhea. We have been friends since birth, which sounds cliché but with the thanks to our parents, Rhea shares our past memories disclosing our bond in its purest forms. This is a piece for us both to discover how far we have come, growing, learning how we have inspired and help each other reach new heights. This baring the bad, the good, the strange and wonderful. Thank you Rhea This piece was inspired by @aracelilopes_ short film - ‘Looking for Belonging’

Solstice performance created by Visioning Labs, a 3D online Space to create new ways of showing what online art can offer and explore the possibilities of a virtual arts festival. This art festival includes a line up of local Chorlton artists from all areas of visual and performance art. Artwork Cover - Anna Violet. Music - Peggy Chorlton. To find out more follow the link below. chorltonartsfestival.org/chorlton-arts-festival-2020-launch/ Artists - Chuyun Hu The Dead Xtra's Ivan Hovorun Red Rae Rose Condo Amy Telfer Anna Violet Cathy Duggan Mike Beard Nerissa Cargill Thompson Susan Parry The Sea Cat