Since our launch in 1978, CAN has had a significant regional and national role in supporting artists’ career development, particularly artists from communities that have been historically under-represented in the UK’s creative workforce. Our Artists Development work is delivered though a range of strategies.
Spotlight is part of the two-year programme World of Song, which Manchester’s Band on the Wall leads and in which…
World of Music responds to the significant movement of new migrants to the region, including those who have experienced forced migration….
Spotlight, developed by Band on the Wall and Community Arts North West (CAN), is a series of FREE masterclasses and PAID performances for…
The next creative delivery phase of the project will run between September and December. In March 2024, there will be…
Seven artists from new migrant backgrounds, including those who have experienced forced migration, have been recruited to the innovative programme,…
This is CAN’s second CAN Do Creatives course following on from our very successful 2019 – 2020 programme, which supported…
During 2020 – 2021, CAN created a unique project in Rochdale to create safe women-only spaces for the two groups…
Building on the success of our first CAN DO Creatives’ course, funded by ESF, which ran between September 2020 and…
In February audiences were lucky to get a sneak-peek preview of the work-in-progress of three CAN artists, Abas Eljanabi, Farjana…