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QUEEN WEST ART CRAWL WEBSITE TO BE LAUNCHED
MARCH 27TH, 2008.
ONLINE APPLICATION
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ARTSCAPE PASSES THE REIGN OF
THE ANNUAL QUEEN WEST ART CRAWL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, February 4, 2008
TORONTO – Artscape today announced that the Parkdale Liberty Economic Development Corporation (PLEDC) will assume ownership and production of the Queen West Art Crawl. The Queen West Art Crawl affectionately known as “QWAC” is an annual local festival of art and community that celebrates and enriches the unique cultural dynamic of Queen West and Parkdale - two of the city’s most distinctive creative districts.
Susan Serran, Director of Community Development with Artscape views PLEDC “as the perfect home for the Queen West Art Crawl. With a mandate committed to local economic development and capacity building, the Parkdale Liberty Economic Development Corporation is exceptionally well positioned to serve as a catalyst for the vital community-based dialogue, exchange and collaboration that the festival personifies for a wide range of partners and participants along Queen Street from Spadina to Roncesvalles.”
Bill Squires, Executive Director with PLEDC commented “The Board of Directors and staff at PLEDC are extremely excited about this new venture and we can’t wait to sink our teeth into it. We are also looking forward to working with all of the community partners who have made the Queen West Art Crawl such a great event over the past 5 years and also fostering new partnerships to assist us in growing the Queen West Art Crawl.”
From the outset of the Queen West Art Crawl, one of Artscape’s key objectives was to build the creative capacity across the participating communities in the hope that one of its event partners would be positioned to assume ownership and production of the event. Artscape views its role in the community as an idea incubator and catalyst for the development of new and evolving creative partnerships. After five enormously successful years, the Queen West Art Crawl has reached a level of independent recognition and stability and the time to turn the event over to another vital community organization has arrived. The Queen West Art Crawl involves a number of key community partners including the West Queen West BIA, the Parkdale Village BIA, The Gladstone Hotel, Urbanspace Properties, Workman Arts, and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).
Artscape launched the Queen West Art Crawl in 2003 as means to help anchor local creative and cultural resources in the community. Since then, it has evolved from a one-day outdoor art show and sale to a three-day multi-neighbourhood festival that speaks volumes about how art and artists, working together with local businesses and residents, make such an enormous contribution to our community. Over its first five years the Queen West Art Crawl has welcomed more than 100,000 visitors and members of the local community, showcased over 1,700 established and emerging artists working in every medium imaginable, and involved the creative efforts of more than 300 local business and community groups. Collectively, they have rolled out the red carpet, and helped throw a party like no other in celebration of Queen Street West’s creative edge.
We look forward to the sixth edition of the Queen West Art Crawl
the weekend of September 12 – 14, 2008.
For information on Queen West Art Crawl 2008 please visit: http://www.queenwestartcrawl.com/
Celebrate the 2008 Queen West Art Crawl at its new home
Contact us!
416.516.8301 x 2 - QWAC hotline
For media inquiries, contact our Media Relations Coordinator - Heather Douglas heather@parkdaleliberty.com
For artist inquiries, contact our Arts Coordinator - Melody Brice
melody@parkdaleliberty.com
To volunteer with this event, contact our Volunteer Coordinator - Kevin Crump kevin@parkdaleliberty.com
Project Manager - Jessica Hum
jessica@parkdaleliberty.com
ABOUT ARTSCAPE:
Artscape is a not-for-profit enterprise engaged in culture-led regeneration.
Its work includes developing and managing creative buildings, stewarding creative neighbourhoods, and designing strategies and tools to advance creative cities. Artscape has played a catalytic role in the revitalization of some of Toronto's most important creative communities including: The Distillery Historic District, Queen Street West, Liberty Village and Toronto Island. Artscape currently has ten building projects in development including the Green Arts Barns, an adaptive re-use of a former Toronto Transit Commission streetcar repair facility as a multi-dimensional arts and environmental community centre. Additional information on Artscape can be found at www.torontoartscape.on.ca
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