Highlights of recent years have been major projects bringing people from different communities and cultures together. Creating new work, new networks and above all exciting cross-fertilisation and ideas for future work.
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Sparks of Freedom - creative taster sessions to find the next generation of CAN Young Artists.
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Young people created art work for the Rochdale date of the international tour of acclaimed visual artists Luke Jerram's stunning art-work Gaia.
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We're thrilled to introduce our talented CAN Do Creatives to Greater Manchester's art organisations.
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Older Asian women from KYP’s ESOL group and young women from M6 Theatre Company explored the place of women and girls in the world.
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Our Kámoši Juniors Performing Arts Group, used their creative ideas and activities from the Summer and Autumn terms to create a stunning animation film about the threats to our planet.
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Discover what CAN Young Artists are up to...
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We're thrilled to introduce our new group of CAN DO Creatives.
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Originally developed as part of Horizons Festival, audiences were fascinated by Brouhaha created by Iraqi artists Sherko Abbas and Kani Kamil at HOME.
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Over in Leigh, Kámoši Junior Performing Arts Group started their new term and met in person.
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Families joined storyteller and musician Emmanuela Yogolelo for a storytelling, singing and music performance.
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CAN was a partner in a live and online panel discussion at University of Manchester with refugee arts networks from Europe
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Families tried out drumming, dance, and craft at Beswick Library.
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Families tried out drumming, art and circus skills to celebrate Libraries of Sanctuary
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Families joined in with music, singing, drumming, and craft workshops
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A free event explored the barriers musicians with refugee backgrounds face and how support organisations and venues can better support them.
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On Saturday 25 September there was a free mini-festival at Oldham Library giving a world perspective on climate change and its impact on people.
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Across September and October, we created exciting live events featuring music, art, discussion, poetry and family friendly workshops in Bolton, Manchester, and Oldham Libraries.
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We celebrated Bolton Libraries joining the Library of Sanctuary movement with live music from the Democratic Republic of Congo from Britannia Rumba.
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Climate Connections was a new arts project to develop greater awareness about climate change and enabling Oldham’s diverse, working-class communities to have a louder voice in the environmental movement.
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HUNGER was a site-specific, filmed performance piece with three international artists exploring the collections of Manchester Museum
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The internationally acclaimed musician and composer Seyed Ali Jaberi and the Hamdel Ensemble were thrilled to return to live music performance with an event
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We were delighted to present four films inspired by the theme We Cannot Walk Alone to wrap up 2021's Horizons Festival
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Audiences enjoyed the Horizons Festival 2021 at HOME between Saturday 12 – Friday 18 June 2021
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