We're having our EIGHTH birthday on June 13th with the incomparable Cherie Sweetbottom!
Eight years ago, on what was one of the hottest days that summer, we had the first session of Dr. Sketchy's Baltimore in the small dining room of one of our favorite bars. Nine people showed up to draw, four of which were friends, and another friend modeled, despite injuring her ankle the day before. A year later, we outgrew our original venue and moved to the Windup Space, where we've been attracting dozens of artists each month. And we've had a slew of amazing performers to thrill and inspire all those artists—contortionists, belly dancers, burlesquers, glass-walkers, sword-swallowers, musicians, magicians, roller girls, and, if the stars were in alignment and someone got caught in traffic, our hostess, Alexis.
Come celebrate with us!
Dr. Sketchy's Baltimore: The 8th Anniversary Session, featuring Cherie Sweetbottom!
Monday, June 13, 2016
doors open at 6 p.m., drawing 7-10 p.m.
The Windup Space
12 W. North Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21201
$10 by midnight the night before / $12 at the door
Remember to bring cash tips for the model!
18+ to draw, 21+ to drink
Proudly sponsored by Blick Art Materials and Pond5
Note: No photography or messy paints, please
Cherie Sweetbottom will be the model—and we only pick the best of the best for the anniversaries. Cherie is one of our favorites—take a look:
https://youtu.be/rShztHts6CY
That was definitely one of my favorite sessions—all sorts of goodies in that one, from Cherie's bubbly charm to a pregnant Alexis getting ready to pop, and a birthday song to one of our favorite regulars!
Don't know Cherie? Here's her bio:
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Cherie Sweetbottom: The Ambassador of Skin!
Armed with a megawatt smile, chameleon-like shape-shifting abilities, and a posterior that’s been described as “hypnotizing”, Washington, DC-based Cherie is a professionally trained actress with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre who has been performing for most of her life, and in burlesque since 2011.
She produces of House of Sweetbottom; co-produces DC's premiere nerdy burlesque troupe, the Evil League of Ecdysiasts; and performs regularly with Naked Girls Reading DC and at L'Enfant Cafe's La Boum Brunch, one of Bravo TV's top five party brunches in the country.
Television credits include “House of Horrors: Kidnapped”; “American Super/Natural”; and “Deadly Affairs”. She is a member of Burlesque is Coming (http://www.burlesqueiscoming.com), the only Game of Thrones burlesque tribute officially endorsed by George R. R. Martin. The tour received international attention from media outlets such as Entertainment Weekly, Playboy, Time, CNN Indonesia, The Telegraph (UK), and more.
Cherie is a core cast member of The Carnivalesque Roadshow, an immersive 1930's Dust Bowl-era traveling circus experience produced by Gilded Lily Burlesque and Armitage Shanks and starring the 2012 King of Boylesque Russell Bruner. The Carnivalesque Roadshow has toured the mid-Atlantic, performing in SC, DC, MD, NJ, and VA.
Cherie has performed in fifteen states and internationally in Toronto, Canada, but she proudly calls the District of Columbia her home.
http://www.houseofsweetbottom.com
Twitter: @CSweetbottom
Instagram: @cheriesweetbottom
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So, fill a bag with your best pads and pencils and watercolors and pens and pastels and whatnot and come draw her—be sure to show up early for the best seats.
Oh, and in case you've not seen it, check out our latest video too:
http://youtu.be/1F9U6Opik3I
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Photo of Cherie Sweetbottom by Jim O'Connor Photography.
