“When we talk about “barriers to access” we don’t mean just ticket price, we mean all the psychosocial dynamics that keep people from “taking part in art.” Large institutions, by definition, create barriers to entry. Even if the tickets were always cheap, it wouldn’t matter. They feel elitist and exclusionary. I’m not suggesting that we dumb things down or play to the lowest common denominator – rather I am suggesting that we do away with some of the formality and self-regard that comes with being an “arts person” and start making new institutions and audiences that look more like America.“