Arts Project Support
Arts Project Support
Twin Cities Book Festival
Lynne Bertalmio: Retired Director Stillwater Public Library; Cristeta Boarini: 826 MSP Program Director; Craig Dunn: Arts Accessibility Consultant; 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 Professional; Alejandra Pelinka: City of Bloomington Director of Creative Placemaking; Tommy Sar: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Coordinator of Community Programs; Lue Vang: McKnight Foundation Accountant; 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; Robyn Cline: City of Savage Economic Development Commissioner
Afton Benson: General Administration, Artistic, Finance; Chris Harrison: Artistic; Dustin Steuck: Artistic, GeneralManagement/Administration/Support, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion; Emma Saks: General Management/ Administration/ Support, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Program Development; PHILLIP MCGRAW: General Management/ Administration/ Support, Artistic, Marketing/Audience Development; Rodrigo Sanchez-Chavarria: Artistic.
Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Kathy Mouacheupao (651) 645-0402
ACHF Arts Access
Minnesotans will have the opportunity to engage with over 250 authors and 150 literary organizations at the Twin Cities Book Festival. Local authors and organizations will interact with over 6000 attendees, displaying the rich literary culture of the state. Surveys showed over 80% attendees rated high satisfaction with the Festival, and over 44% spent three or more hours at the event. Rain Taxi evaluates the success of the Twin Cities Book Festival through Attendee, Exhibitor, and Volunteer counts and surveys, as well as Participant feedback. In addition, we measure the attendance at each speaking event at the Festival. We also evaluate through Google Analytics of the website, social media and blog response, and media reportage.
Minnesotans engaged with more than 120 presenting artists and discovered information about 85 literary organizations and individual artists. 35% attended the Festival for the first time, and about half perused the Exhibit Hall. Over 6000 people viewed the 19 live events and the pre-recorded Minnesota Writers Mashup and Can't Stop Won't Stop chapbook launch by 9 Black Minnesota poets.
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