about us
Crawlspace was started to celebrate a small community of artists in Seattle and continues as a way to connect, organize, and support those artists by hosting events like art shows and meetups, as well as publishing the work of artists outside of those events.
code of conduct
We don't expect you to be a perfect professional, but we consider some behaviors to be a safety issue, and we are responsible for the safety of all of our artists and attendees. These rules apply to all events, art, and communication with or in Crawlspace.
no bigotry
Jacobellis v. Ohio rules--you know it when you see it.
no cops
If you're a cop without a court warrant, you aren't welcome at any Crawlspace event and you'll be asked to leave.
no minors
We're not trying to be kid-unfriendly, but we're not going to institute the rules necessary to make events kid-safe. This is honor code for most events, but if the event involves nudity, graphic content, alcohol, etc. we will ask for ID.
no AI
Use of Generative AI isn't permitted in any works at Crawlspace. We don't care why you used it. If genAI is involved, it doesn't belong here.
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 equally. Crawlspace receives the same compensation as any individual artist. For example, if an artist makes 50 cents per sticker sold, Crawlspace also makes 50 cents. If each artist in a zine makes 25 cents, Crawlspace makes 25 cents.
Prices for some things may be set so that after artists are paid, Crawlspace has more than expected. In that case, any excess will be donated to a cause of our choice.
limited licensing
We don't have any interest in limiting how artists use their work in their own time. When we use work submitted to us, we will ask for a license to copy and distribute the work for commercial purposes, for a specific use(s), for 12 months. This license will not affect the artist's own publishing or sale of that work.
Art submitted to us is not our art, it is your art that you have granted us permission to use.
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 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