Six myths preventing people from experiencing your art form

We all know the excuses people make for not attending arts events, but how should we best respond to them?
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Bryn Terfel as Wotan in the Metropolitan Opera’s Das Rheingold. Image via www.fact.co.uk

There are a variety of reasons why some people – even those who identify as ‘interested non-attenders’ – don’t become regular arts audiences. Some may be nervous about engaging with an art form they see as the exclusive domain of the privileged; others may believe the experience is out of their price range, too far out of their way to attend, or even too intellectually challenging.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts