Arts Activities Support
Arts Activities Support
Twin Cities Book Festival.
Lynne Bertalmio: Retired Director Stillwater Public Library; Cristeta Boarini: Mid-Continent Oceanographic Institute Program Director; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Alejandra Iannone: Sparkle Theatricals Creative Co-Director; Wu Chen Khoo: Technical Tools of the Trade Stage Technical Designer and Director; Wendy Lane: Retired Human Resources Consultant; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Donna Saul Millen: TPT-Twin Cities PBS Events Director; Christal Moose: Native Pride Productions Inc Manager; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Community Education Adult and Youth Programs Coordinator; Deanna StandingCloud: New Native Theatre; Sara Wilson: Gislason and Hunter LLP Attorney.
Andi Cheney: Organizational Development, General Administration, Finance; Brenda Butler: Education, Youth Programming, Community Education; Bryan Thao Worra: Artistic, Community Service / Development; Edna Stevens: Youth Programming, Audience Development / Marketing, Artistic; Loren Niemi: General Management / Administration, Artistic, Organizational Development / Planning; Nakita Kirchner: Artistic, Organizational Development, Education; Sara Endalew: Artistic, Community Service / Development, Education.
ACHF Arts Access
The 2019 Twin Cities Book Festival will attract over 6000 adult and child attendees (attracting a large portion of first-time festival goers as in previous years) to the day-long celebration, which features over 200 participating artists exhibiting and presenting their literary work through readings, panel discussions, signings, activities, and more. Qualitatively, the Festival will provide unique experiences and opportunities for attendees to engage with authors of all kinds in the aforementioned ways, as well as to soak in the rich literary quality the Twin Cities has to offer adults and children through the plethora of exhibitors, including publishers, authors, interactive book arts, and more. Our evaluation plan includes providing surveys to all who attend the Twin Cities Book Festival in the exhibit hall and at the readings in the Fine Arts building; as well, we will pass out raffle tickets for attendees to enter a free raffle, which allows us to get a general count of attendance, gain some demographic information, and capture emails in order to send out a more thorough post-Festival survey. All exhibitors will also receive surveys after the Festival to gauge their success that day, as will presenting authors and participants, who will give feedback about their Festival experience.
Over 6500 attended, with over 150 authors participating. Readings attracted over 1675 people. The Book Fair featured 146 exhibitors. 80% attendees rated the event a four or 5. 48% said it was their first time, over 30% said they have attended four+ festivals, while 21% said they attended 2-3 times. Over 40% spent $30 or more. Most exhibitors made $100-$500.
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