Hand over the keys and let in a teen audience

Engaging adolescents in the arts is quite different from - and often more difficult than - family programming. But the rewards for savvy arts organisations are considerable.
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Genext Sept 2015, Energies: Haines & Hinterding. Image Credit: Jacqui Manning 

The arts sector invests heavily in engaging children and their families with considerable success but once young people hit adolescence the system often fails. People disappear, often not resuming their regular attendance until they have children of their own. 

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