What happened at our most recent Big Meet? 75 creatives and cultural leaders from across the county met in November to tackle the question of supporting young people to build…
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Young people in Cumbria who want to build a career in the creative industries across the county will be the focus of attention for a day later this month. Cumbria…
The Big Meet – if you missed it, there’s a podcast available! Much talk and discussion took place at Rheged on 1st May, when over fifty people got together…
#CatalystCumbria PRESS RELEASE Catalyst: Creative residencies in Cumbria – three artists selected and awarded £25,000 each. A poet, a visual artist and a musician have each been awarded £25,000 to…
Catalyst: Creative residencies in Cumbria – call for three artists to take up creative residencies thanks to brand new Catalyst project. A brand new project in Cumbria to showcase world…
Join our Friday Zooms! Friday Mornings, 09:30-10:30, Zoom Our Friday morning zooms are a chance for artists, creatives and cultural organisations from across the county (and beyond) to get together…
The latest episode of our podcast Behind The Scenery featured in the News & Star and Cumbria24. For this edition we found out about Helping Hands a project aimed at…
Our last in-person meeting took place in October 2023. 65 people came along and we explored the topic of co-creation with speakers from across the north: Helen Barker – Assistant…
CACN is getting a little bigger, better and brighter this autumn. Thanks to a recent grant of £29,900 from Arts Council England, we will be delivering more training, mentoring and…
Cumbria Arts & Culture Network Visual Artists Get Together: How did the first session go? Twenty three Cumbrian visual artists got together in mid July 2023 on zoom for the…
Two minutes of your time? We have a big chance to secure some funding to help create more training and development opportunities for you. We need your help now, to bring…
Our Quarterly meeting took place on 3rd March at the beautiful Annie Mawson’s Sunbeams Music Trust near Rheged. Over 50 people attended and we discussed how the Cumbrian cultural sector is…
Cumbria Arts & Culture Network Mentoring Programme We are delighted to say the first Cumbria Arts & Culture Network Mentoring scheme is now underway, with 6 mentees paired with 6…
Happy New Year from the crew at CACN! It’s very much new year and new beginnings for Cumbria Arts and Culture Network. Having been hosted for the last 4 years by…
One of Cumbria’s best known artists, Conrad Atkinson, sadly died in October 2022. Network member and writer Sue Allan, who knew him well, reflected on his life and his influence…
