Cilla Baynes MBE, Director of CAN, with the Sudanese Cultural Group

ABOUT US – WHO WE ARE

THE TEAM

CAN currently has 6 core staff ; the Creative Director, a General Manager, an Administration and Finance Officer, two part time Artistic Managers and an Arts Development Officer. We also have a number of fixed term staff including a part time Creative Arts Network Co-ordinator, a Toolkit Information Worker, an Exodus Coordinator, 2 Exodus Artistic Managers and an Administration Assistant.

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FREELANCE ASSOCIATE ARTISTS

CAN have an extensive and constantly evolving database of artists with experience of participatory arts work. On average we employ 60 to 100 freelance artists per year. We also make recommendations to other employers looking for arts workers.

Many of the freelance artists that work with CAN are part of small creative businesses, groups and projects, many that we have helped to get going and encouraged either through regular employment and/or development, training and mentoring.

These include companies such as AfroCats, Britannia Rhumba, Urban Voice, Little Star Productions, Cultural Fusion, Company Fierce, Nyrti Jyoti, Naked Sub Culture, TransAction Theatre and many others.

ASSOCIATE ARTIST SCHEME

In 2004 we launched an Associate Artists Scheme to provide opportunities for professional development and support for our regular freelance artists. The first initiative in this scheme is a promotional DVD showcasing the work of eight associate artists and companies.

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THE MANAGEMENT TEAM

CAN have 12 Management Committee members. The management team is creative and diverse, contributing their experience from both professional and voluntary backgrounds.

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OUR EXPERIENCE

The company and its freelance associates have extensive experience of:

A wide variety of art forms and contemporary arts practices

Specialised experience of combined media production and multi media arts

First hand knowledge and experience of culturally diverse arts practice, particularly within a first/ second/ third generation context

Disability arts

Cultural production with socially excluded groups

Youth arts

Arts development and project management

The ability to operate in this diverse and flexible manner enables CAN to respond sensitively and successfully to client needs. It also creates an ideal climate for achieving new and exciting ways of working.

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