Did you know that one of the strongest assets and institutions in Fort Wayne is its art community? With hundreds of working and flourishing innovative artists, our town is on par with some of the great cities of our nation. As well, Fort Wayne is home to several nationally and internationally recognized artists.

With the area's top artists in hand, Art Crawl 2008 is jam-packed with great talent. Each artist will have their own exhibition space and will be displaying and/or selling their work. As well, the center of Downtown Fort Wayne will host a large stage for performances by some of the area's favorite institutions, including the Fort Wayne Children's Choir.

What's an art event without the pretentious party where you can rub elbows with the cultural elite? Well, it just wouldn't be a real art event at all. So we've created the Liquid Art Lounge, featuring beer, martinis, food and entertainment. All kidding aside, this is going to be great!

Aside from all the great art exhibitions of Art Crawl, there are tons of activities for everyone to enjoy! This is a "crawl" after all, and if you walk around enough, you'll find tons of interesting and unique types of entertainment.

What do you do when you're having so much fun that you don't want it to end? You go to the after party -- Get Out & Dance!

Events are like movies, they are big productions and one small team cannot do them all by themselves. The Downtown Improvement District relies on many organizations to make events like Art Crawl possible. In particular, our planning and organizational partners Arts United and Artlink have been instrumental in getting this event off the ground.