Arts Activities Support
ACHF Arts Access
The 2014 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. 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.
The Festival set an attendance record of over 6500, with over 176 participating authors and 123 exhibitors. An attendee survey revealed that for 60% it was their first visit to the Festival. Over 50% stayed up to two hours, with over 40% staying over three hours. Over 94% intend to attend next year. When asked to give three words to describe the Festival, the most word used was “fun!”
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