We are Community Arts North West, but you might know us better as CAN. We work with urban communities in Greater Manchester to create access to cultural opportunities where people can stand up, speak out, challenge social justice issues and inspire change.
CAN is looking for young people – aged between 13 and 20 – to join us to explore the issues that matter to them
We’re sharing the work of CAN Young Artists with visitors to Manchester Art Gallery for a weekend at the end of June
As part of our shared commitment with the higher education sector’s aim to develop the next generation of practitioners in community arts, CAN delivered a workshop for MMU’s Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design (MIRIAD) March 2025 conference for students
Taking place during Refugee Week across Thursday 12 – Sunday 15 June, the Festival celebrates the theme More in Common
A CAN Young Artists project with the Horizons Collective of British East and South East Asian artists and practitioners working in the North West
Without Borders volunteer, Alex Rouault ‘volunteered’ to be the first in the series of interviews with CAN volunteers and artists
CAN and HOME are delighted to announce news of two artist commissions – one for a visual artist and one for a documentary filmmaker – which will feature in June 2025’s Horizons Festival
Creative Industries Trafford and Community Arts North West (CAN) are supporting a group of diverse young people aged 13-20, including those who have experienced forced migration, to create a new piece of work featuring illustration, animation and music responding to a theme important to the group of young people.
Community Arts North West and HOME host a free Arts and Migration Group at HOME three times a year.
Running between October 2024 and July 2025, Spotlight, in partnership with Band on the Wall, features a series of masterclasses and paid showcase opportunities for Greater Manchester-based musicians who have experienced forced migration, displacement, or the asylum process.
