2024 Autoptic Festival Exhibitor FAQ

We’ll be using this page to share important information for exhibitors at the 2024 Autoptic Festival. We will also be using e-mail to communicate updates to this page. If you’d like to guarantee that those updates make it to your priority inbox, please make sure that info@autoptic.org is whitelisted in your e-mail client.

Exhibition Location on Saturday, August 17th

The floor show for the 2024 Autoptic Festival will be held on Saturday, August 17th at the The Coffman Memorial Union:

Coffman Memorial Union
300 Washington Ave. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Exhibition Hours on Saturday, August 17th

The floor show for the 2024 Autoptic Festival on Saturday, August 17th will have the following schedule:

  • 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.: Exhibitor Registration and Load-In
  • 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.: Festival Open
  • 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.: Exhibitor Load-Out

Exhibition Table Map

Venue Location Map and Walking Directions

Directions to Coffman Memorial Union Great Hall from the East River Road Garage:

  • Take the parking garage elevator to the plaza level (Level “1”) and go north across Delaware Street to Coffman Memorial Union (CMU). Once inside, the Great Hall will be on your left.
  • In inclement weather, take the elevator to “Level A” and follow the signs to the “Gopher Way” tunnel to Coffman. You’ll emerge in the basement of Coffman. Take the stairs, then the escalator up to the ground floor. The Great Hall will be on your left.

Programing Location and Hours on Sunday, August 18th

Panels and Programing for the 2024 Autoptic Festival will be held on Sunday, August 18th at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design:

MCAD
2501 Stevens Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55404

Panels will also be streamed on our website and YouTube channel. Streaming URLs will be released soon.

It will be open to the public from 11:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Masking Policy

Masking will not be required but will be encouraged at the 2024 Autoptic Festival. Free masks for exhibitors and attendees will available upon request.

Table Specs

  • Tables will not be covered, so if you’d like a tablecloth or other decorative covering, please bring your own.
  • All table numbers listed on https://autoptic.org/exhibitors are subject to change. You will be notified via e-mail prior to the show if we need to change your table number.

Social Media Assets

We have a few social media assets that you can use if you’d like to promote your table on your social media channels. A right-click or long-press on the images below should allow you to copy them, save them or open them in a new browser tab.

Here’s an 1024 x 1024 image with text you can use as is:

Also, for folks who would like to personalize their post, we also have a 1024 x 1024 transparent PNG frame that you could use in a program like Photoshop or Pixelmator to add an image of you or your work to post:

Odd Mart Consignment

All Autoptic Exhibitors are welcome to offer their work via consignment at Odd Mart, located at 2520 Lyndale Ave S. in Minneapolis. Odd Mart offers a 60/40 maker/store split, so if you have some inventory you’d like to drop off with them after Autoptic, make sure you swing by. Odd Mart will be open from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday the 18th.

You can use this form to start the consignment process: https://glorpgum.com/pages/consignment-form

You can find more information about Odd Mart here: https://glorpgum.com/pages/odd-mart

More Updates Soon!

We’ll be updating with page with more information as the show approaches. Watch this space!