Minnesota Festival Support
ACHF Cultural Heritage
Baile de las Calaveras Day of the Dead Festival addresses the absence of high quality annually produced Latino arts showcases in Minnesota. Through the overall support of artist/performers featured, festival attendance, volunteer participation, donors/funders, ticket sales, and survey feedback. 2: The festival exposes local Latina/o artists to the Latino and broader Twin Cities audiences with the opportunity to build the festival’s sustainability. Through substantial, intentional financial support, Tlalnepantla Arts is able to produce a high quality Latino arts showcase by and for the Latino community and broader audiences.
Tlalnepantla Arts showcased the artistic excellence of 60 artists and presented nine traditional art forms at Festival de las Calaveras. Evaluation methods included 48 completed surveys; verbal feedback from artists, volunteers, collaborators and attendees during and after the festival; as well as the number of likes, shares, and positive comments recorded under posts of images and video clips of featured artists’ work on the festival’s community and event pages on Facebook. 2: In spite of financial challenges, the festival was still able to reach a broader Latino and Twin Cities' audience than in past years. Evaluation methods included 48 completed surveys; verbal feedback from artists, volunteers, collaborators and attendees during and after the festival; number of tickets sold; reviewing photos and video taken during the festival; social media engagement; and tracking donations made to Tlalnepantla Arts’ GiveMN account.
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