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Akin's Winter Art Crawl

January 11, 2020 by Akin Collective in Event, Exhibitions

Akin's Winter Art Crawl | January 18th, 1-4PM, Artscape Youngplace, 180 Shaw Street | PWYC (suggested $10 donation): http://tiny.cc/tnq1gz

Akin Projects invites you to join us for special tours conversations during the 2019 edition of DesignTO in the Queen West area - an Akin Art Crawl focused on local design in alternative spaces!

Come along as artists, curators and staff provide special walkthroughs and tours of their special festival exhibits and projects.

Crawl Schedule
1:00PM - Visit Artscape Youngplace for ‘Can’t Say Nothing (Lorem Ipsum, Moving Patterns)’

1:30PM - Visit Artscape Youngplace for 'Dying.exhibits'

2:00PM - Visit 55 Ossington Avenue for ‘Daydream Under the Penny Vine’

2:30PM - Visit 1010 Queen Street West for ‘(AI) – Aesthete’s Items’

3:15PM - Visit Black Artists’ Network in Dialogue (BAND) 19 Brock Avenue for ‘Akwaaba | Welcome Home.’

4:00PM - End the crawl at the Gladstone Hotel for ‘Come Up to My Room’

PWYC (suggested $10 donation), but please register at: link coming soon!

All are welcome, open to the public. The more the merrier!

Any attendees who wish to explore ‘Come Up to My Room’ at the Gladstone Hotel at the end of the crawl must purchase a special discounted ticket here http://tiny.cc/g09vgz. Please be advised that not all areas of the building are open to the public.

Please let us know of any other accessibility needs so that we can do our best to assist you. Please email janet@akincollective.com at least one week before the event and we will do our best to accommodate. Thank you!

January 11, 2020 /Akin Collective
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Call for Sumissions - Queen West Art Crawl!

March 06, 2017 by Jen Pilles in Call for Submissions

Apply now to the QUEEN WEST ART CRAWL! All artistic mediums are accepted! Artists are selected by a jury of prominent community leaders including gallery owners, art professors and well-established artists. Jury selections are released in May.

Drawing 80,000 visitors to its various events, the Queen West Art Crawl is hailed as one of Canada’s most popular cultural and art attractions!

The 15th annual festival will take place in Trinity Bellwoods Park on 790 Queen St West, September 23-24th, from 11 am to 6 pm.

Click here to learn more or apply
March 06, 2017 /Jen Pilles
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Call for Submissions

Call for Submissions - Queen West Art Crawl

January 30, 2017 by Jen Pilles in Call for Submissions, Event

Submissions are now open for the Queen West Art Crawl!

Click here to apply

The Queen West Art Crawl is happening on September 23-24, 2017 in Trinity Bellwoods Park. This annual event features a two day exhibition of Ontario artists and artisans. All different artistic media are accepted, including visual art, photography, ceramics, fabric art, hand-made accessories, wood/metal art and jewellers. Artist booth fee is $300 if you apply by February 14, 2017. Artist booth fee is $325 if you apply after February 14. The application deadline is April 1, 2017.

Artists are selected by a jury of prominent community leaders including gallery owners, art professors, journalists and well-established artists. Jury selections are released in early May.

For more information visit www.queenwestartcrawl.com or contact info@queenwestartcrawl.com

January 30, 2017 /Jen Pilles
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