‘I want us to be loud’: Arts Council England’s new chair aims to reconnect young people with culture
In first interview since starting job – and after visiting school where arts are central – Dawn Airey says she wants to fix ‘shocking’ lack of accessOnly half of children in England have been to a museum or the theatre in the past year, while three-quarters have not been to an art gallery, research shows.Dawn Airey, the new chair of Arts Council England, said the figures were “shocking” but also “an ama…