An interactive printing event that occurs on the first Friday in September each year highlighting the talented design and print communities in Lancaster PA.

 

Thank you to everyone who participated on Friday!!!

Save the Date for next year
Friday, September 6, 2024
5:00-9:00PM

(content on the website will be updated next year)

(registration opens at 4pm)

YOU MUST PURCHASE A BLANK POSTER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CRAWL!

Join us for our 6th Annual Print Crawl!

YOU MUST PURCHASE A BLANK POSTER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CRAWL! (you can buy your poster here) You can buy a poster in advance and show your receipt to receive your poster the night of the crawl or you can purchase posters the night of the event although we don’t recommend this option as we might sell out ahead of time. There are options when purchasing posters. If you purchase a t-shirt or a tank top, you get a free poster to participate in the crawl.

The Print Crawl is a short walk around downtown Lancaster, PA that occurs on the first Friday in September each year from 5-9pm. You will need to pick up your poster at the designated registration table in Heritage Square. Registration will open at 4pm, but none of the print shops will be open until 5pm. Your poster will come with a program booklet that has the map in it you will need to use. Follow the map around downtown to each of the print shops to complete your poster. Stops include screen printing, letterpress printing, stamping, laser cutting and vinyl sticker graphics. The whole crawl is about 1 mile (one way) walking start to finish.

The event is set up as “pay-what-you-can” ranging from $0-$20 (buy your poster here) with the additional option of donating at FORCEpkg to our fundraisers the night of the event OR through our GoFundMe campaigns. The money generated from poster sales goes towards the event costs to ensure we are able to continue coordinating the Print Crawl each year. We also raise money for one graphic design student at Pennsylvania College of Art & Design (https://gofund.me/d465f14f) and one design/printing student at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology (https://gofund.me/9c06beb2). Donations go directly to whichever school you choose to support.

Purchase your poster ahead of time so we are sure to have enough posters for everyone!

The event is rain or shine. We will have clear sleeves in case of rain to put your posters in to protect them as you walk around town.

View the Print Crawl Program Book Here

PAY WHAT YOU CAN | FAMILY FRIENDLY | FUNDRAISER

PARTICIPATING PRINT SHOPS:
Typothecary Letterpress
420 W Grant Street (upstairs)

Steadfast Screen Printing Co.
420 W Grant Street (downstairs)

FORCEpkg
Griest Building, 8 N Queen St Building, Mezzanine West

PCA&D - Pennsylvania College of Art & Design
204 N Prince Street (outside - Art Garden)

Foxduck
11 W King Street

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology at Hempfield Botanicals
100 W Walnut Street

Larkstone
213 W King Street

A Day In The Life Records
24 W Walnut Street

A huge thank you to Land and She for designing the poster for this year's crawl!

If you’d like to be considered as an artist for future Print Crawl posters EMAIL US with a sample of your style of work. To be considered, you must be able to create a layered, vector, Illustrator file.

 

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