CAN (Community Arts North West) is featured in the A Great British Welcome a powerful outdoor photography exhibition, produced by…
It was announced on the 4 October 2023 that our innovative project Pushing Boundaries has been shortlisted as a finalist…
Stella has successfully led CAN since 2019, having joined us from a freelance career, which followed a 13 year career…
Over five Saturdays in March and April, CAN produced Creative Sparks workshops for families, adults, young people, and children, many…
We were thrilled to celebrate International Women’s Day 2023 at Touchstones on Friday 10 March, with the women who’ve been…
In March, CAN had training from expert Carbon Literacy trainer/consultant Safia Griffin to grow our understanding of climate change and…
Over 2023’s February half term, CAN Young Artists, together with four workshop artist facilitators and CAN’s Creative Producer Michelle Udogu…
With our partner Curious Minds, we had an enjoyable evaluation session with our Pushing Boundaries artists and mentors. Pushing Boundaries…
The Rochdale Women’s Voices project was a finalist in the Community Education Project category in the annual Rochdale Borough Sports and…
Hosted at different Manchester venues including HOME, the festival brings UK and international film-makers and fans together for a five-day-long…
We are proud to take our place amongst thousands of arts and culture organisations that will realise the objectives of…
CAN welcomed young people with asylum seeker or refugee heritage who have roots in Iran, Sudan, Kuwait, Syria, Nigeria, and…
Nearly 20 artists with forced migration backgrounds joined the creative teams from HOME and CAN at the chilled Horizons Creative…
Here’s an edited transcript of Stella’s presentation which was featured in the symposium: Transnational Lived Citizenship Through Creative Production. We…
You can’t help but be inspired and moved by the film SPARKS OF FREEDOM based on the theme “freedom” created…
The hybrid event featured CAN (Community Arts North West), the University of Manchester and European refugee arts networks from Germany,…
Our innovative project CAN Do Creatives, funded by the European Social Fund, culminated with a showcase and networking event at…
Just before we break up for the holidays – Happy Holidays, by the way – we held an evaluation session…
Through great art, Libraries of Sanctuary raised awareness of what it means to be a sanctuary seeker with staff, volunteers,…
CAN’s work is more important than ever. Most of our face-to-face projects were cancelled during lockdown, but we still made…
Emmanuela Yogolelo is our Assistant Creative Producer working on our Children and Young People’s programme. She is also a nationally…
Featuring newly built handmade unconventional instruments, Iraqi artists Sherko Abbas and Kani Kamil, the performance Brouhaha reflects the “brouhaha” of social…
This was their first term after lockdown restrictions were eased. We decided to create an audio recording for the children…
We’re very excited by the line-up for this year’s PUSH festival at HOME, which celebrates the North West’s creative talents….