We collaborate with communities and partners to deliver workshops, consultations, projects, events, exchanges and festivals that represent diverse communities, platform their work and amplify their voices.
Horizons Festival
Horizons Festival (in partnership with HOME) is a programme of workshops, events, steering group meetings, and artist and community commissions, culminating in a free two-day global arts festival in Manchester City Centre.
The festival platforms new creative voices from Greater Manchester, sharing contemporary migration stories through performance, music, family activities, film, workshops, comedy and public discussion.
Arts and Migration Network
A Greater Manchester network for artists and creatives, particularly those with lived experience of forced migration, working in socially engaged arts and connected to CAN.
Co-designed with local artists, the network will offer regular meetings, training and professional development, alongside new Artist Associateships that create stronger connections between artists and CAN.
Building Bridges
This programme builds meaningful relationships with new communities who are underserved and least represented in the cultural landscape. with focus on the next three years on the ESEA Community. Building Bridges includes community building taster sessions, pilot projects and fully developed co-created projects.
Partnership Projects
In collaboration with voluntary and cultural organisations, these partnership projects deliver creative activities, events, and opportunities across Greater Manchester’s diverse communities. Co-designed with communities, they uncover hidden stories, focusing on heritage, place and local need.
