china uk culture and arts association
London
WHAT IS CHINESE ARTS NOW? Chinese Arts Now (CAN) commissions, produces and
presents high-quality art that reflects diasporic voices in modern times. Since
becoming NPO in 2018, CAN has hosted three CAN Festivals which are the first
arts festival across London dedicated to showcasing contemporary Chinese
performing arts with performances at venues such as Southbank Centre, Shoreditch
Town Hall, LSO St Luke’s, King’s Place, BFI, Rich Mix, Soho Theatre. CAN
Festivals presents over 50 British East Asian artists each year from 2019 to
2021. CAN Productions have toured around the UK and internationally and CAN
continues to pioneer innovative digital works. OUR VISION Our vision is for CAN
to produce and present to the public, work that explores Chinese themes, stories
and art forms, and work that blends Chinese and other contemporary art forms. We
aim to be the UK’s leading organisation showcasing this work, to educate, and to
foster cultural understanding and appreciation of the UK’s diversity to
audiences across the country.
