Podcast Episode 34: Matt Cadman and the responsibility to make the arts accessible to everyone

This Friday, January 12, the PAC is presenting The Mountaintop, a powerful play about Martin Luther King’s last days. We spoke about the play, the Every Kid at the PAC program and why he values and promotes equality, fairness and access for everyone.

Here’s how Matt described the value of exposing people to art. “I really believe, in the long run, art changes lives. It changed mine. I’m saying it’s a priority for the human spirit.”

Matt has led an effort at the PAC to make sure the arts are accessible to everyone and reflect the diversity of our communities. Their Every Kid at the PAC program provides opportunities to bring kids to the theater or take performers out to the schools to give them that cultural experience.

Here’s what he says about the value of increasing accessibility: “Everyone deserves that opportunity to experience the arts or to partake in the arts or to appreciate the arts. It’s not a zero sum game where there’s a winner or a loser.”