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CAN is delighted to announce the appointment of Anna Vu Thompson (née Nguyen) as its new Creative Director

UNHCR and CAN co-hosted a reception on Friday 14 June at Manchester Art Gallery

Artists are often among the first people forced to leave their countries in times of conflict or oppression as they are often seen as a threat by oppressive regimes.

Together with HOME, we’re excited to be announcing four creative opportunities for 2024’s Horizons Festival

On Monday 4 December at the McrCultureAwards, held at Aviva Studios, the project Pushing Boundaries, developed by Community Arts North West in partnership with Curious Minds, won the Promotion of Culture and Education award

We are delighted to be featured in the Great British Welcome exhibition in London

We’re absolutely thrilled that CAN and Curious Minds have been nominated as a finalist for a Manchester Culture Award.

After four and a half years as CAN’s Creative Director, Stella Barnes is moving on

Creative workshops celebrating Manchester as a home for everyone

2023's Rochdale's Women's Voices event brings together different generations

CAN is committed to lowering its carbon footprint

Artists from the Pushing Boundaries project have been talking about the benefits of taking part

We were proud to receive recognition for our work in Rochdale with two award nominations in November 2022

Huge thanks to the festival for inviting the group to the UK’s largest celebration of animation

It was announced today that CAN will continue as part of Arts Council England’s national portfolio of regularly funded organisations

CAN Young Artists were inspired by the idea of freedom this Summer

An afternoon of creativity and coffee for artists from a forced migration background

CAN's Creative Director Stella Barnes's paper from a symposium at the University of Manchester in June 2022

Watch a fantastic film made by CAN Young Artists and find out what's coming up in the Summer

CAN co-curated and co-hosted the panel discussion Refugee Arts Networks: Extending The Frame Panel Discussion In November 2021.

CAN Do Creatives met Greater Manchester's cultural organisations at the CAN DO Creatives showcase

Catching up with our CAN DO Creatives before we break for Christmas

We’ve finished the Libraries of Sanctuary project working with Crossing Footprints, Manchester, Oldham and Bolton Library Services and we’re celebrating the project’s impact.