I’m Stella Aster ✨, a socially engaged creative practicioner from Leyland, Central Lancashire. My work looks at how art, social research, and activism can be used to support local communities and cultures.
I’m currently working on a number of projects, most of which are focused on my home of Central Lancashire, an unfinished Mark III New Town:
I am a PhD student at Leeds Beckett University. My research is a place-based materialist inquiry into weight stigma and weight discrimination in healthcare in Central Lancashire. If you would like to participate in the research please visit https://centrallancashire.co.uk/research.
I maintain the Central Lancashire Homepage which provides free Web and mailing list hosting for people in Central Lancashire.
I’m founder and caretaker of the Leyland Trans Group 🏳️⚧️
I am founder of crackle, the community research accelerator for Central Lancashire.
Some things I’ve worked on in the last couple of years:
Music by Belisha beacons, where I turned zebra crossing beacons into musicians. The piece has been covered by Blog Preston, the Lancashire Post, and Shots! TV. I would like to deliver an installation in the future.
I perform poetry and spoken word at events across Central Lancashire. My work has been published in Pressed Town and The B’K.
I have exhibited at the Snapes Open Call and Response in Preston.
If you would like to support me and my work, please get in touch! I am eager to hear from people and to find opportunities to work together 😊
Sincerely,
Stella ✨ <hello@stella-aster.com>