Dr Sketchy Anti-Art School

Dr. Sketchy’s at A Center for the Arts in Fergus Falls

2012-01-04T19:02:12+00:00

It's been a helluva weekend. Bad Weather Burlesque made its big debut in Fergus Falls Minnesota on Friday December 30. We did a burlesque show in conjunction with Joel Hegerle's art exhibit at A Center for the Arts in Fergus Falls.

Joel does wonderful mixed media pieces almost reminiscent of surrealist assemblages, but with a regional flare. He also does neon sign bending, and was even gracious enough to do some neon set pieces for the stage.
I was also invited to do a Dr. Sketchy's session with The lovely Miss Anytime Jones. I jumped in for a few poses as well. The session was backstage of the theatre, and it was the perfect mixture of visual art and burlesque. Our gracious host Michael made sure our glasses not runneth empty and even fed us fine cheeses so we wouldn't have to move to finish our cheese plates. It's not every day I'm fed wine by such a handsome man!

A special Thanks to Roxanne Gritt for her photo wizardry, the folks at Acenter for the Arts, Michael Burgraff, and our good friend Joel Hegerle for sharing the spotlight with us!

Dr. Sketchy’s featuring The Dizzy Dame!

2011-12-23T18:23:07+00:00

We had a pretty decent turn out for out December session of Dr. Sketchy's Fargo with the lovely Dizzy Dame. Fargo is pretty new to Dr. Sketchy's so I have been testing out venues for the event. This time around I held it at The Red Raven Espreso Parlor.

The Dizzy Dame has a bit of Vaudevillian in her blood. Two women in her family were dancers in the golden age; one danced on broadway as a rockette in the 30s and 40s, the other toured the famous vaudeville circuit and sang in night clubs in nyc-- she was even proposed to over Ginger Rogers. Perhaps she gets her passion from that side of the family!

The Dizzy Dame brings to mind the golden age of Hollywoodland and what better prize to dole out but tickets to the beautiful art deco Fargo Theatre (Fargo's only independent movie house). The Dizzy Dame is also one of the newest additions to Bad Weather Burlesque (Fargo's burlesque troupe) not only does she do a mean fan dance but she is also a wonderful photographer as well. She did the promo shots for Bad Weather earlier that day,so one can imagine it was a full day!

To see some of her work please check out her blog:

http://thedizzydame.blogspot.com/

The Exquisite Corpse with Janessa Jaye Champagne

2011-11-30T03:11:30+00:00

During the October session of Dr. Sketchy's in Fargo we were graced with the presence of the lovely and talented Janessa Jaye Champagne. Our theme was "The Exquisite Corpse" inspired by the surrealist drawing game, Janessa came prepared dressed as Medusa with a serpentine head dress (the costume was of her own design!)

Exploring New Frontiers at DK Framing

2011-09-28T00:51:38+00:00

One of the best things about North Dakota is that there still are frontiers to pioneer. Within the past couple of years Fargo has seen its first roller derby team and burlesque troupe. So obviously the first session was appropriately titled "Exploring New Frontiers". Our first models were yours truly (The Alabaster Disaster) dressed to the nines in her cowboy garb, and her good friend Mr. Levi Shipley donning his finest feathers. (It's not everyday you get a pair of tall dark and handsome fellers like us to grace the same stage.. HA!)

We had a pretty diverse group, ranging from experienced drawers to people enjoying their first figure drawing session. We were also lucky enough to have had prizes and advertising from our friends at The High Plains Reader.

I'm pretty excited for the next session. We are aiming to have a session devoted to the Exquisite Corpse next time around.

Holy September…

2011-08-17T14:25:00+00:00

Well, well, well, it looks like Fargo has been tangled up in that world wide web again, but now for the sake of art and burlesque...combined. I finally got all of the webwork done on the Fargo branch page, and I must say I'm pretty proud of it. Though I'm not the most computer savvy person on the block. The first session is going to be in conjunction with my first solo art show, and I am also the first featured model. Mainly because then I don't have to pay myself and then I can spend more on advertising. Plus I do have eight years of figure modeling experience. The overall theme is "Exploring New Frontiers"... and have what else but a western theme, which seems very appropriate for North Dakota. I would rather embrace my inner cowgirl than raise tribute to the movie "Fargo".. I love the Coen Brothers but I think Fargo misrepresents us North Dakotans.. that's my opinion. Please keep in mind that this is coming from the girl that wouldn't understand why people were more impressed with a wood chip sculpture of Marge (from Fargo the movie) than a fully restored art deco theatre complete with a restored Wurlitzer Organ at the Fargo Theatre. Plus the said theme also works with the art on the walls, all of which is very whimsical and serves as a bit of an ode to the prairie. Yeah September is going to be a big month. Bad Weather Burlesque is going to do a final Cruise Night Special on September 1, My art opening is September 8, we have a North Dakota themed show on September 9, and then Dr. Sketchy's September 25.. I figure I have most of October to breathe.. and maybe sleep a bit. I have also been fortunate enough to have some good friends help me out with some of the graphic design elements...yeah this is a huuuuuge thank you to Raul Gomez and Jay Miller.. and the High Plains Reader in general... They have been very supportive of all of the burlesque endeavors.