about us

Crawlspace is an anarchist project in Seattle, WA. We publish radical art and writing, provide at-cost printing services, and support local causes and aid groups. Our main publication is the monthly Crawlspace zine, which you can order by mail (if you know where to find us) or pick up at a local bookstore.

Want to help out? Send in your art, or email us and see if we've got any posters that need hanging up or other help. If you want to contribute financially, the best way is to purchase art from us so that it flows back to artists while supporting ongoing projects on our end.

safety first

If you're on this list, don't come to our events, don't submit work, don't buy our stuff.

1. no cops
2. no bigots
3. no ai
4. no minors

artists first

This is a project to uplift and support artists. It is not a project to take their work, their rights, their freedom of expression, or their profits.

equal compensation

All artists involved with a product (show, zine, sticker, etc.) will be compensated transparently and equally. Generally, Crawlspace will retain cost of materials, donate 20%, and split the rest evenly across itself and artists.

your art, your rights

If we publish your work, you can still use it however you want. We don't have any interest in controlling what you do with your art.

free expression and refusal to publish

We encourage subversive, obscene, lascivious, or otherwise interesting submissions to any Crawlspace publication. We want artists to feel free to explore subject matters how they see fit, so we're going to lean towards allowing your expression over suppressing it.

This doesn't mean we'll publish anything. We reserve the right to refuse to publish a work for any reason, including:

• We ran out of space in the publication
• We think it would get us in very serious legal trouble
• It violates our code of conduct
• The artist violates our code of conduct separate from the work
• We didn't see your email

Where does the money go?

We have a three-step process for distributing money from sales:

1. We keep cost of materials when those costs are easy to determine.
2. 20% of the remainder is donated, split between local organizations we support. Right now that's Carolyn Downs Family Medical Center and the Chief Seattle Club.
3. The rest is split evenly between contributors, including us.

The money we keep helps us pay for incidental costs like ink and toner and buy/replace equipment.