This was in large part thanks to the spatial concentration, the development of an institutional completeness which runs parallel to the mainstream institutions, and to the use of resources which stemmed from co-ethnic residents or entrepreneurs.
On the other hand, maybe mainstream institutions are doing better at recruiting members of minority groups.
This led to a sudden interest in diversity and equality in mainstream institutions.
The question remains whether the V&A can truly compete for attendance with more mainstream institutions.
Mainstream institutions cannot really represent the range and diversity of voices in BME communities.
"Most mainstream institutions never make the point to reach out to these communities.
But art — in the narrow sense that mainstream institutions define it — is not the primary reason for going.
Mr. Bey, who now teaches in Chicago, says En Foco exists alongside the mainstream institutions because it is as important.
"These artists are not generally visible to the world because there's been a resistance from mainstream institutions to them".
Its primary mission, playing new American works with finesse and commitment, has become more common among mainstream institutions.
People who aren't straight will still sometimes feel like outsiders – but they will be participating in mainstream institutions, too.
