Arts Activities Support
ACHF Arts Access
The 2015 Twin Cities Book Festival will attract 7500 adult and child attendees to the day-long celebration which features over 200 participating artists exhibiting and presenting their literary work through signings, mingling, readings, panel discussions, and more. Qualitatively, the Festival will provide unique experiences and opportunities for attendees to engage with authors of all kinds through mingling, signings, readings, and short presentations, as well as soaking in the rich literary quality of the Twin Cities has to offer for 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, to get a general count of attendance as well as gain some general demographic information, and capture emails in order to send out a post-Festival survey. All exhibitors will also receive surveys after the Festival to gauge their success that day, as well as guest authors and participants who will give feedback about their experience during the Festival.
Nearly 6000 attended the Festival. The adult readings attracted over 2000, and the children's/youth stages attracted 1100 over the course of the day. 236 authors and organizations presented or exhibited at the Festival, with 140 local authors appearing and 18 visiting authors. Over 62% said it was their first visit to the Festival, with 40% staying 3+ hours. Over 90% intend to go next year.
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