Arts Activities Support
Arts Activities Support
Twin Cities Book Festival
Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayala: Artist, Board Chair El Arco Iris; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Colleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Vice President for Advancement; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of MN Founder and Executive Director; See More Perspective: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach St. Croix Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Community Education Adult and Youth Programs Coordinator; Lynne Bertalmio: Retired Director Stillwater Public Library; Wendy Lane: Retired Human Resources Consultant; Donna Saul Millen: TPT-Twin Cities PBS Events Director; Sara Wilson: Gislason and Hunter, LLP Attorney; Alejandra Iannone: Sparkle Theatricals Creative Co-Director; Deanna StandingCloud: Tiwahe Foundation Program and Community Network Director; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Wu Chen Khoo: Technical Tools of the Trade: Stage Technical Designer and Director.
Heather Bunch: Artistic, Education, Disabilities Specialist; Jada Pulley: Youth Programming, Education, Community Education; Max Erickson: Audience Development, Marketing, Volunteerism, Fundraising; Megan West: Artistic, General Administration, Organizational Development; Taous Khazem, Artistic: Youth Programming, General Administration; Tiffany Lange: Artistic, Community Service, Development, Education.
ACHF Arts Access
The 2018 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 278 authors participating. Readings attracted nearly 1500 people. The Book Fair featured 149 exhibitors. 90% attendees rated the event a 4 or 5. Nearly 60% attended 4 or more times, while for 17% it was their first. Over 40% spent $30 or more. Most exhibitors made $100-$1000, indicating interaction with community was excellent.
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