Current Programme.

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.

The next creative delivery phase of the project will run between September and December.  In March 2024, there will be…

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Seven artists from new migrant backgrounds, including those who have experienced forced migration, have been recruited to the innovative programme,…

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This is CAN’s second CAN Do Creatives course following on from our very successful 2019 – 2020 programme, which supported…

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During 2020 – 2021, CAN created a unique project in Rochdale to create safe women-only spaces for the two groups…

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Building on the success of our first CAN DO Creatives’ course, funded by ESF, which ran between September 2020 and…

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In February audiences were lucky to get a sneak-peek preview of the work-in-progress of three CAN artists, Abas Eljanabi, Farjana…

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