Rachel Baynton meeting: 1st November 2021
Rachel Baynton is a senior lecturer and Creative Engagement Producer for the University of Lincoln. She is also a co-artistic producer of Proto-Type Theatre and a Producer for the Lincoln Company. She focuses within Performing arts and theatre so when discussing with her about access within the arts she had a strong theatre contextual response.
She agreed that it is very challenging in regards to accessing the arts, as she explained that there is so many varieties of resources and methods to try and find the information, which everyone uses differently and you have to actively search for keeping up to date. Some of the forms she used as an example were: Social media, mailing lists, brochures, and newsletters.
Rachel Baynton brought up the issue this creates for the public, as more barriers are places in between people and information on the arts, not only this but it creates a risk for events.
The Public have only got so much time and money, and that is very valuable to them. If the value is not high enough, it would be seen as too risky to attend the event... People tend to stick with what is familiar and what you know.
While time and money is still a factor, Baynton also mentioned that pricing itself is very tricky as if the event is free there is the perception of it being 'amateur' and not being a high quality or valuable event for them to attend. Even if an individual books to attend, as it is a free event there is no risk created by missing the event due to mild inconveniences, such as light rain.
However, if the event is paid, again that creates the risk of time and money, as the public only would be interested in paying for an event they know they will find valuable. However, as Baynton also pointed out in the discussion, creatives cannot just mass produce work for everyone within the Public to appeal to them, there are risks and there is experimentation but that is what art practice is.
Public events – Context audience, and unaware audience, levels of audience are both of interest to have different perspectives view the work.
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