Kids are a gateway drug to the arts

Many parents are taking their kids to the theatre and galleries, often for the first time themselves.
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Tatsuo Miyajima: Connect with Everything ​exhibition, MCA, 2016

Whether a newly at-home mother craving some cultural input beyond The Wiggles, an arts-loving father wanting to share his passion with his kids, or a family looking to cater to the needs of all its members, parents and their children are a key demographic for arts organisations to tap into. But while some parents are ensuring that their children have the same arts access that they had themselves when young, other parents are experiencing the arts for the first time as a result of having offspring.

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Emma Clark Gratton
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Emma Clark Gratton is an ArtsHub staff writer.