China Uk Culture And Arts Association

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.