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Molly
Crabapple, Founder of Dr. Sketchy's
Websites
Molly
Crabapple
Dr.
Sketchy's New York
Dr.
Sketchy's Sydney, Australia MySpace
Dr.
Sketchy's Anti-Art School is both a burlesque cabaret
and life drawing event originated in Williamsburg,
Brooklyn at the Lucky Cat. Dr. Sketchy's was founded
in New York City in 2005, by illustrator and former
artist's model Molly Crabapple and illustrator A.V.
Phibes. Phibes later left to attend to her design
studio.
A
Dr. Sketchy's class consists of a burlesque dancer
(or other performer) modeling, with drawing contests
during breaks. Sketchers are known as "art monkeys",
a term borrowed from the Madagascar Institute. Dr.
Sketchy's features heavy drinking games and onstage
go-go dancing. Its alcoholic content was created by
John Leavitt, a cartoonist for The New Yorker referred
to as a "wino" by The Village Voice.
Dr.
Sketchy's Anti-Art School was featured in episode
219 of "Deadline" on HD.net.
Time
Out NY magazine featured Dr. Sketchy's in "The
Scene" section in issue 555, May 18th-24th, 2006.
In
spring 2006, Dr. Sketchy's went from a New York event
to an international franchise. As of December 2006,
Dr. Sketchy's branches exist in Los Angeles, Philadelphia,
Phoenix, Norfolk, London, Detroit, Philadelphia, Toronto,
Scotland, Portland, Denmark, Melbourne, Raleigh, Auckland
and Austin. Branches vary in their conservatism, nudity
levels and the skill of their artists. However, Ms.
Crabapple insists that they pay their models high
wages.
The
Official Dr. Sketchy's Rainy Day Colouring Book, by
Molly Crabapple and John Leavitt, was released by
Sepulculture DIY publishing in December 2006. It is
also distributed in the UK, by Freak Ash Books. (Credit:
Wikipedia).
Profiles
Jac
Bowie
Dr.
Sketchy's
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