Outdoor art & craft weekend: QWAC & DEAF

This weekend is a big one for outdoor art & craft shows! One of the biggest shows of the year is the Queen West Art Crawl! QWAC runs September 12 through 14 and features a huge art and craft show and sale in Trinity-Bellwoods park, on Queen W mear Ossington. This year some of the talent participating include TEST's own:
Natalie Jubb of Fragmentalist, Scotty2Naughty, Okku Design, Knotted Nest, Baited Hook, Jessica Lin Photography, Black Iris Design, CGMonsters, Illustrated By Anya, ZIPPAN,  The Imagination Spot, Von Estaban, Fitzy Design, Akai Ceramic Studio, Designs By Nature Gems, Inked Lily, Jack and Willa Designs, Nga Dinh Art, Keri Rounding, Landfill Designs, and many, many more!

In the east end, the annual Danforth East Community Association show and sale in East Lynn Park, the Danforth East Arts Fair (DEAF) on Danforth near Woodbine, grows every year. This year it runs September 13 and 14 and features TEST's own Clayshapes, Coy Depot, Your Heart's Haven, Lisa Young Design, Lynn's Lids, sea and lake, Stitch And Spoke, thunderpeep designs, and many more!

Vendor Call: Queen West Art Crawl

Registration is now available for the 2013 Queen West Art Crawl

The application process for the Queen West Art Crawl's Outdoor Art Show & Sale will begin January 3rd, 2013.

Queen West Art Crawl's Outdoor Art Show and Sale will take place in Trinity-Bellwoods Park as part of the 11th annual Queen West Art Crawl.

WHEN - Saturday, September 21 and Sunday, September 22, 2013

WHERE - Trinity-Bellwoods Park, 790 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario

Participation Fee:
Early Bird Participation fee is:
$225.00 + $29.25 HST = $254.25

Early Bird Participation Application will open January 3rd, 2013 and close February 15th, 2013.

General Participation fee is:
$275.00 + $35.75 HST = $310.75

Sign up for our Newsletter to get more infomation about the Queen West Art Crawl.

Please review the QWAC Frequently Asked Questions page.

Please note that any artists who are not selected to the Queen West Art Crawl will receive a full refund, minus a $25 administration fee.
Click here to begin your application.

TEST at QWAC

The Toronto Etsy Street Team had a big presence at the Queen West Art Crawl on the weekend! Thanks to Etsy, we had our own tent, staffed with 6 of our sellers over two days, and many members had there own tents to showcase their handmade wares. Here are some of the TESTy people we saw!


The TEST tent on Sunday! Check out our banner - it's a sneak peek of our new logo by TEST's own Michelle of thunderpeep!


Emma of LandfillDesigns


Rob of Robert Rat Prints


Manko Stone Art


Tara of taragilchrist


Lisa of Girl Can Create


ellecools


Ashley of AshleyWinningtonBall


Linda of stitch and spoke


Wendy of aTanaDesigns


Melissa of jack and willa designs


Penny of the polished penny


minouette


Pris of Modish Laundry


Amanda of JeweLust


Kristen of knotted nest


Avril of avrilloreti


Margaret of magprint


Saskia of Baited Hook and Michelle of Kempton Jones

Though it got a little overcast and occasionally the wind was gusty on Saturday, Sunday was gorgeous and thousands of people came out to see the show. We hope it was a great success for all our sellers, and that everyone who made it out left with something beautiful and handmade to love.

A big thanks to Etsy (& Nada in particular) for sponsoring QWAC and sharing their second tent with TEST! They were out to spread the word about the handmade market place to all the art and craft buyers, lovers and makers in Toronto and hosting some great (free!) workshops to get everyone working with their hands.

Queen West Art Crawl this weekend!

The 10th Queen West Art Crawl is September 14 to 16! The Outdoor Art Show and Sale in Trinity-Bellwoods Park (which is midway from Ossington to Bathurst, and all the way from Queen St to Dundas St) will be running on Saturday, September 15 to Sunday, September 16, from 11am - 6pm.
The main hub of the Queen West Art Crawl, the OASS is a two-day juried art exhibition featuring over 250 artists, food vendors, community booths, an exciting entertainment stage and our family friendly Kidz Zone!

Amongst those 250 artists and many great test members including Magaret of magprint, Leila of ellecools, Rob of robertratprints, Penny of ThePolishedPenny, Tara of taragilchrist, Lisa of GirlCanCreate, Avril of avrilloreti, Danielle of Dolorous, Emma of Landfilldesigns, Kristen of knotted nest, Ashley of AshleyWinningtonBall, , Nick of Manko Stone Art and knotted nest! We will also have our own Toronto Etsy Street Team tent, thanks to Etsy! The tent will include TESTy wares from Amanda of JeweLust, Pris of Modish Laundry and Ele of minouette on Saturday, and from Linda of stitch and spoke, Wendy of aTana Designs, and Melissa of Jack and Willa Designs on Sunday! Etsy will have their own tent with some fabulous FREE workshops too!

Come check out all the wonderful handmade items and enjoy a beautiful day in the park!

(Are you a TESTy vendor we accidentally omitted? Let us know and we'll add you to our list!)