Crawl Partner Opportunities for the 2010 Queen West Art Crawl

We invite you to become a Crawl Partner for the 8th Annual Queen West Art Crawl (QWAC), taking place on September 17th to 19th 2010.

During the Queen West Art Crawl, art lovers stroll and shop along Queen Street West from Spadina to Roncesvalles as they check out the many events the festival has to offer. Each year, various locales are asked to participate as satellite locations for the Community Partner Crawl. Whether you are in West Queen West or Parkdale, the streets will be full of visitors eager to explore new and exciting art illustrations and happenings   

What are the benefits of becoming a Crawl Partner?


  • Become an Official QWAC Destination in order to showcase an art event (exhibition, installation, performance etc.) in your place of business.
  • All Crawl Partners will be granted a full-colour 2.5 by 1.5 inch advertising space in the 2010 expanded Event Guide, as well as being listed in the Guide and on the QWAC website as a satellite location. Listings will include a description of the artwork and event.
  • 125,000 crawl guides will be distributed in NOW Magazine on September 16th, reaching a receptive, relevant audience of 375,000.
  • Queen West Art Crawl expects to attract 80,000 visitors in 2010.


What is required of a Crawl Partner?


  1. Cost of participation is $99 (+HST).
  2. In order to be an Official Crawl Partner, you must program an exhibition, installation or tour of your gallery space at some point during Crawl weekend.
  3. You must complete the Crawl Partner Programming and Event Description Form and submit a 200-word description of your event by July 31st, 2010 in order to be considered for QWAC partnership.


Here you can download Crawl partner Programming Event Description Form