Established in 2004 as the the Australian Talented Youth Project (ATY Project) was conceived as a multi-arts mentoring program for young Australians in the areas of music, dance, visual arts, creative writing, film production, and drama. It is aimed at fostering young people's cultural leadership, while developing their artistic potential. In 2021 we relaunch under the direction of Liz Lea as The
Stellar Company - excellence in ability! Mission
• To enrich the culture of Australia through the mentorship of emerging artists, of all abilitues
• To advocate for the access to and accessibility of Arts in contemporary living
Aims
• To develop artistic capacity and cultural leadership skills of young artists of all backgrounds and abilities.
• To encourage collaboration across all art forms – music, dance, visual arts, creative writing, film production, and drama.
• To develop and expand artistic networks.
• To support artistic endeavours and celebrate effort and achievement. Values
• Excellence – fulfillment of artistic potential
• Diversity – of art forms, artists, ideas, cultures and places
• Connectedness – artistic identity within diverse communities
• Celebration – bringing the creativity and achievement of young emerging artists together into the Nation’s Capital. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands and the people of the Ngunnawal nations where I live and work and show my respect to elders past, present and future
