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

Making Creative Sparks Fly
17 Apr 2023Creative 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

Reflecting on Pushing Boundaries
16 Feb 2023Artists from the Pushing Boundaries project have been talking about the benefits of taking part

CAN’s work is celebrated in Rochdale
25 Jan 2023We 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

Community Arts North West (CAN) is confirmed as an Arts Council England NPO for 2023 – 2026
2 Nov 2022It was announced today that CAN will continue as part of Arts Council England’s national portfolio of regularly funded organisations

Creativity is one of the joys of life!
21 Sep 2022CAN 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

Discover what FREEDOM means to CAN Young Artists
20 Jun 2022Watch 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.

Unique networking event for CAN Do Creatives
11 Mar 2022CAN Do Creatives met Greater Manchester's cultural organisations at the CAN DO Creatives showcase

CAN DO Creatives – latest news
13 Dec 2021Catching 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.

We can’t underestimate the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on communities in Greater Manchester who were already at the sharp end of inequality.

Emmanuela returns to the country of her birth to explore Congo's rich musical heritage.

Brouhaha music performance at HOME’s PUSH Festival 2021 – 7.30pm on Wednesday 27 October
13 Oct 2021Originally developed as part of Horizons Festival, catch Brouhaha created by Iraqi artists Sherko Abbas and Kani Kamil at HOME.

During April – June, the group worked with artists Sanja Govorcin, Jaydev Mistry, and Chelsea Morgan on the theme of their environment.

Connect with the world through two specially commissioned performance and music pieces.

We're excited to be recruiting for a new Chair this autumn. The closing date for applications is Monday 1 November.

Do you want to join CAN as a Creative Producer / Project Manager? Deadline: Monday 11 October
30 Sep 2021Starting this autumn and winter, we’re beginning a new phase of exciting community focussed creative work in Manchester and we’re looking for passionate, creative and organised people to come and work with us and help us on this journey.