These stars demonstrate the creative breadth of our sector, producing attractive visuals both online and in printed form. With our support they are able to take the next step in their career and continue to evolve their creativity by developing practical skills and expanding their capabilities.
Kate Samuelson
A freelance journalist and in-house copywriter and editor for ActionAid, the international women’s rights charity, Kate launched the CHEAPSKATE London newsletter, a free, weekly email curating the capital city’s best free events, including film, theatre, live music, exercise classes, talks, workshops and more. In her opinion, there is no job quite like being a reporter and stories she has covered include the #MeToo movement and reporting from Ariana Grande’s One Love benefit concert in Manchester.
Liorah Tchiprout
An experienced printer of etchings, Liorah has a BA Fine Art Printmaking from Brighton University, spent a semester at Bezalel school of Art and Design in Jerusalem, and has recently graduated with an MA in Print at Camberwell. Currently working as a freelance, junior printer at Huguenot Editions, she plans to learn about lithography. Her work has been selected for shows with the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers and shown at the Affordable Art Fair.
Maya Elese
Maya is a multilingual, multimedia journalist in her final year studying Language & Culture at UCL, who is passionate about platforming marginalised voices and narratives worldwide. Her print and digital magazine, I Am Hip Hop, aims to use Hip-Hop culture to reinforce positivity within society and provide a creative outlet for young voices. Her I Am Hip Hop Podcast is available on all streaming platforms and YouTube and she hosts her own radio show, Diaspora Digs.
Melissa Carne
A Cornwall-based, freelance graphic designer, Melissa was constantly painting as a child. She loves graphic design for its ability to distil challenging topics and subjects into an art form that transcends language and cultural barriers. Graphic design for her is about communication in its simplest form, the more people communicate on a global scale on important matters, the better the world will hopefully be for it. To publish her book, The A-Z of Cornwall, would be magical.