Little Bookniks

Festival Curation and Outreach

The Brief:

Little Bookniks was a successful literature festival for families with a focus on Jewish story-telling. The festival was delivered by three main partners (JCC, Jewish Book Week and the Jewish Museum). The brief was to widen and diversity partipation in the festival.

Putting it into action:

• Programming Little Booknik's participative strand, which included 'hands on' workshops in claymation, puppetry and audio-art.
• Highlighted no-cost 'entry points' to the festival, including free workshop activities and exhibitions.
• Identified key project funders and stakeholders who would support subsiding ticket costs.
• Pioneered the Festival's first schools outreach programme which involved partnership with 3 local Camden based primary schools and the curation of the children's work at the Jewish museum.
• Developed marketing, documentation and project evaluation.
• Budgetary management.

Audio:

The results:

• Record-breaking attendance numbers at the venue (Jewish Museum) with over 400 visitors during the event.
• Developed new relationships with local Camden based schools, reaching over 120 young people directly.
• Curated the Jewish Museum's first ever exhibition of art created by children.