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Welcome to Community Arts Network WA

Community Arts Network Western Australia (CAN WA) is the peak body for community arts and cultural development in Western Australia. We inspire and mobilise communities to explore and express their own unique culture through art production, cultural programs, skills development and funding opportunities.

Established in 1985, CAN WA has a long and rich history in the arts and culture sector in Western Australia.

We are driven by the knowledge that culture and the arts play an important part in shaping our communities. We understand the need to involve the community in processes that help them track the past, understand and explore the present, and use their imagination to help manifest the future.

WHAT'S NEWS? Yarns of the Heart: Noongar dolls from the Southern Wheatbelt culminate in a major exhibition at Western Australian Museum. On until the 31 January 2012! For all those talented storytellers and animators in the making that attended the WA Museum school holiday program workshops in October 2011. You can now check out your animations via Vimeo :)

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A Community Arts Network WA production for the City of Perth. View more CAN WA video clips on Vimeo.