We’re excited to announce that The 2024 Autoptic Festival will be held on Saturday, August 17th, 2024 and Sunday, August 18th. This year’s festival will continue our exciting, two-day split schedule format with our floor show exhibition on Saturday and all of our Panels and Programing on Sunday.
On Saturday, August 17th, we’ll have exhibitors tabling at The Coffman Memorial Union on the beautiful campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Then, on Sunday, August 18th, we’ll be hosting a day of panels and programing at The Minneapolis College of Art and Design in Minneapolis, Minnesota in a hybrid, in-person/remote format.
We first used this 2-Day split format at our last festival in 2022, and the response was overwhelmingly positive. We hope that utilizing this format again will allow exhibitors and attendees to enjoy the floor show on Saturday, then pivot to enjoying and participating in as much of the programming as they’d like to on Sunday. At the 2024 Autoptic Festival, you won’t have to miss out on any of the programing, even if you are an exhibitor.
We will update you all with specific event times, exhibitors and panels in the future!
As in years past, the 2024 Autoptic Festival will be a juried exhibition. So, we are also happy to announce that Exhibitor Applications will be open from March 1st – April 30th, 2024. You can use this link to apply: https://airtable.com/appZWEpfged7Y8UyX/pagi0DH53kXs42QSV/form
Any applications received after April 30th will be added to our waitlist.
For those who might not know, The Autoptic Festival is an independent bi-annual festival celebrating the best of DIY print culture, with an emphasis on comics, zines, posters, and other printed materials. The Autoptic Festival will include panels, workshops, interviews, book signings, parties, and a day-long floorshow where over 120 artists can display their art, sell their work and meet the public.
We will be monitoring public health developments in the coming months and adjust our plans and event specifications as needed. At this time both the Autoptic Foundation and our venue partners are confident that we will be able to hold a safe, responsible, in-person event in August. Should that change, we will let you know as soon as possible.
So, yeah! The 2024 Autoptic Festival will be held on Saturday, August 17th and Sunday August 18th, 2024 at The Coffman Memorial Union and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Please mark your calendars, follow Autoptic on social media and stay tuned for more information!
We hope to see you soon!
Volunteer for Autoptic
The Autoptic Foundation is an all-volunteer run organization devoted to supporting independent creative culture of all kinds locally, nationally and internationally. We are always in need of talented, driven and self-directed people who are willing to help out, both in advanced preparation for and onsite during our events. If you are interested in volunteering with Autoptic in any capacity, please e-mail volunteer@autoptic.org