Join us at Creative Alliance for our first night of drinks and drawing of 2020, featuring Jacqueline Boxx, the amazing Miss Disa-burly-TEASE, who links burlesque, glamour and spectacle to disability! Enjoy a delicious cocktail or two while competing in our off-the-wall drawing contests for awesome prizes from Blick Art Materials—no drawing experience is necessary, but bring your own art supplies and cash tips for Jacqueline!
Here's more about our January model:
"In 2017, Jacqueline Boxx became the first performer to ever compete in a
Draw the amazing singer/songwriter Sabrina Chap at our eleventh anniversary celebration, which will be our last session at The Windup Space, which is closing its doors after eleven years of hosting a wide range of eclectic and amazing events. The Windup Space has been our beloved home for a decade, and we couldn't have reached this double-digit milestone without it, so on what will be the Windup's last day (which is why this session’s early on a Saturday evening), let's have a few drinks together to celebrate its eleven wonderful years, and ours, all while creating some tipsy sketches of Sabrina, who'll be
Join us for this month’s night of drinks and drawing at The Windup Space featuring one of our favorite models, Maria Bella! We’ve had Maria at our Sketchy’s a few times over our nearly eleven-year history, but we keep bringing her back for more of her dynamic poses, her stunning costumes, and her preternatural ability to smile through a 20-minute pose. She was part of the spectacular cast of our 10th anniversary celebration, but it's been three years since her last solo session with us, so if you were at our anniversary event and wished you'd had more time to focus on Maria, here's your
Join us at The Windup Space for a sensational night of drinks and drawing featuring our amazing March model, Maki Roll! Loosen up your lines with a delicious cocktail or two, and join in our crazy contests to win awesome prizes from Blick Art Materials!
Here’s a little more info on Maki:
"Known as 'The Cosplay Cutie Turned Burlesque Beauty,' Maki Roll is the highly melanated geek of your multiverse. Hailing from Washington DC, Maki explores the intersection of pop culture and sexuality through nerdlesque, sideshow, and other forms of performance art. Combining her love of costuming and comic books with an extensive dance and
Join us at The Windup Space for our last event of 2018 and draw our December muse, the fabulous Betty O'Hellno! Betty first modeled for us nearly two years ago, and we're thrilled to have her back to help us close out this year with one more very sparkly (but always slightly silly) sketch night!
More about Betty:
"Betty O'Hellno is Baltimore's butter-faced burlesque beauty queen. Betty is a queer drag artist, costume designer, corset enthusiast, and graphic designer. She believes whole-heartedly in the incredible healing power of rhinestone sparkle, entrancing nipple tassels, and the positive celebration of the human body in all of its
Join us for our next night of drinks and drawing featuring our November model, the beautiful Bebe Bardot!
A little more about Bebe:
"Standing at a statuesque 4'11", Bebe Bardot is the award-winning 'Brick Dollhouse of Washington, DC'! This petite powerhouse is a burlesque performer, pinup model, and professional rollergirl who proves that big things can come in small packages. She recently competed in the Burlypicks World Championship after taking home the top prize in the Washington, DC regionals, and she was also nominated for the 2018 New York Burlesque Festival Hottest Freshman