See It To Be It

A brand new project to help more young Cumbrians build careers in the creative industries. Discover more

CACN is a network for arts and cultural organisations and individual creative practitioners based in, or connected to, Cumbria.

We connect, empower, champion and extend arts and culture within Cumbria and beyond.

Current opportunities

4 August 2026 in Opportunities, SEE IT TO BE IT

Associate Artists Call Out – The Dukes

The Dukes in Lancaster are looking for up to five theatre makers/creatives to join them as associate artists for a period of 18 months. Theatre makers, companies or individuals from…
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Got an opportunity to share? Send it to: hello@cacn.co.uk

Training & Events

The Big Meet – The Power of Culture in Cumbria’s Future

The Big Meet – The Power of Culture in Cumbria’s Future

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Behind the Scenery podcast

Ep 38 Lark Rise To Candleford at Theatre by the Lake

Ep 38 Lark Rise To Candleford at Theatre by the Lake

28 March 2026
Ep 37 Blacksmith/welder Ellie Barden

Ep 37 Blacksmith/welder Ellie Barden

9 December 2025
Episode 36 Barrow Music Weekender

Episode 36 Barrow Music Weekender

1 October 2025

News

22 July 2026 in News

The Big Meet – The Power of Culture in Cumbria’s Future

What contribution can culture make to the new combined mayoral authority for Cumbria? How do we make sure it’s realised? In May next year, Cumbrians will elect a mayor to…
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Friday Zooms

Friday Zooms happen every Friday morning from 09:30-10:30. They enable Cumbrian artists, creatives and cultural organisations to connect, share ideas and help each other grow.

Upcoming Friday Zooms…

“Every Friday morning I am inspired, cheered and educated. You should be able to get it on prescription.” Andrew Deakin
July 31st: The Whitehaven Weekender; Muncaster Fringe; Michael Barry from Cumberland Council on The Sands reopening and le Tour coming to Cumberland !

We’re taking a break from Friday zooms in August – back on September 4th !
246
Friday Zoom calls since 2020
8,709
Friday zoom attendances in total
92.31
Tonnes of carbon saved through meeting online

CACN website Image Credits

Home (except image carousel): 

Top Left: Detail Moth Trap Light Installation by Hannah Brackston, Barra Night Life, Art Gene 2019, Image Credit – Maddi Nicholson.

Top Mid: 39 Steps, Theatre by the Lake, Image Credit – Tony Bartholomew.

Top Right: Temple of Cultures Mural by Blank Wall Assasins and ATMA, Tullie House, Image Credit – Stuart Walker.

Mission Page: Somewhere Nowhere, Image Credit – Rob Fraser

Press Enquiries Page: Theatre by the Lake, Image Credit – Theatre by the Lake.

Image Carousel:

Composer Rebekah Okpoti & photographer Ian Clegg, Ruskin’s Seven Lamps of Architecture at St Andrew’s Church, Coniston |  Kate Davis reading poetry at the Norman Nicholson Festival, Beggar’s Theatre, Millom, Credit: Charlie Lambert | Andy & Rosie, Prism Arts, Credit: Prism Arts | Artist for Change Danielle Chappers-Aspinwall, Playcations, Credit: BarrowFull | Ceramics by Catriona Archibald, Credit: Catriona Archibald | Cockermouth Live, Credit: Tom Kay | Creative Games at the BarrowFull Playcations, Credit: John Rennie | Dove Cottage Costumes, Credit: Wordsworth Grasmere | Festival of Colours, BarrowFull, Credit: Helen Bartosinski | Gallery 4 Abbot Hall, Lakeland Arts, Credit: Robin-Zahler | Green Croft  Arts, Credit: Kit Haigh |  Halima Cassell Momento (2022) Lakeland Arts, Credit: Robin Zahler | Harriet Fraser holding up the installation ‘What Rises Above the White Noise’ over the Langstrath Beck, The Long View project, Place Collective, Credit: Rob Fraser | Julie-Brook, Abbot Hall, Lakeland Arts, Credit: Robin-Zahler | Laila Sakini performs at Full of Noises, Barrow Park, Credit: Laurence Campbell | Moss Hut, Wordsworth Grasmere, created by Charlie Whinney, Place Collective, Credit: Rob Fraser | Prism Arts, Carlisle Puppet Pageant 2019, Credit: Prism Arts | Felicity Hammond, In Defence of Industry Exhibition, Signal Film & Media, Credit: Signal Film & Media | Signal Film & Media, Audience Interacting with LAB 212 installation, Credit: Signal Film & Media | Signal Film & Media, Audience at Will Kendrick Exhibition, Credit: Signal Film & Media | Signal Film & Media, Emerging Digital Artists Workshop, Credit: Signal Film & Media | Split Rock, Place Collective, Credit: Rob Fraser | StudioKGB, Carlisle Fireshow, Credit: The Studio Morland | StudioKGB, Four Critters, Credit: The Studio Morland | StudioKGB Sunshine, Credit: The Studio Morland | The Legend of King Arthur Exhibition, Tullie, Credit: Stuart Walker | Tullie Art Group, Credit: Stuart Walker | Vega Brennan, Drypoint printing at Richard Rose Central, Credit: Vega Brennan | Vega Brennan, In press room, Linden Print Studio, Credit: Vega Brennan | The Studio Morland, Credit: The Studio Morland | Woodland Connecting with Nature, Credit: Wordsworth Grasmere | Wordsworth Grasmere TM5, Credit: Tom McNally

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