Since 2005, Dr. Sketchy's has been the name in alternative drawing. From illegal flashmobs to the Museum of Modern Art, Dr. Sketchy's has brought artists a rule-breaking cocktail of dames, drinking and drawing. Dr. Sketchy's branches draw in over a hundred cities around the globe, from Akron to Zagreb. Whether you're an artstar or a scribbling newbie, Dr. Sketchy's is the perfect place to get your fill of life-drawing
Dr. Sketchy's is the brainchild of artist Molly Crabapple
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New Year, New Venue, New Models and New Performers!! Modelling in January is Sketchy’s darling Postmodern Sleeze and popping her Sketchy’s cherry, the stunning Ta-Tu Sedition. Joining the girls on stage, we are very thrilled to announce Tribal Fusion Belly Dance pioneers The Orchids.
The Orchids blasted onto the Irish scene in July 2009 as a newly formed 4 piece troupe of tribal fusion bellydancers. The Orchids compromise of uber talented and eclectic Irish ladies all hailing from Dublin, each a performer in their own right came
It’s not that long ago that we were saying goodbye to the Twisted Pepper and moving on to a bigger and better space in Shebeen Chic. We loved our new venue and were quite content… but we were still a bit squished!
Unfortunately, we were left with very little extra elbow room and were definitely restricted if we wanted to grow.
Enter ‘The Good Bits’ – formerly Radio City, and before that it was Isaac Butts – newly refurbished, under new management and with a Main Stage
Greetings, Art Monkeys!
For those of you who, like me, have not yet bought a new calendar, I have some news for you: It's a new year! At least it is by the Gregorian calendar, or as we in the Western world call it, "The Only Calendar that Matters." We rang in the New Year the best way we knew how, with a Dr. Sketchy's session scant hours after New Years. Our model was Velocity Chyaldd, the noiresque, pseudoLynchian femme fetale. I say pseudoLynchian, because real Lynch features Kyle MacLachlan or at least Crispin Glover. I'm sorry, that's how I was raised. Justin Lussier, give me some of those photographs that you do so well.
No, not Roanoke. Charleston. The other one. It's the capital. The Capital of West Virginia. Yes, that's a state now. Since the Civil War.
Sound familiar? Did this conversation hit a little too close to home?
Charleston, West Virginia, is getting her own branch of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School. Our first event will be on March 20th at the World Famous Empty Glass Cafe. Enjoy drinks, dames, and drawing without the perplexed looks of the other art monkeys when you tell them where you're from. Our first show "A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Rock 'N Roll" with Conway Titty and Pepper Fandango fits in right at home at the Empty Glass.
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