Madame du Sketchy’s, our first Manhattan event, as covered in
Flavorpill (http://flavorpill.com/newyork/events/2008/5/4/madame-du-sketchy-s-a-drag-drawing-salon)
and
Village Voice (http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0818,sunday-05-04,427366,2.html)
I can’t wait!
Finally live and for sale… and it’s soooo pretty.
Solid silver art monkey Jewelry!
Available for sale at …
http://www.rocklovedesigns.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16&products_id=101
photo by Dr. Simon
“Dr. Sketchy’s Art Monkey
$50.00
Calling all art monkeys…
…RockLove Jewelry is proud to present the Limited Edition 2008 OFFICIAL Dr. Sketchy’s Art Monkey Necklace
A solid hand carved and cast cheeky little devil designed by our illustrious leader, Molly Crabapple, and immortalized in top quality nickel-free sterling silver. Made right here in our NYC studios.
Spanning a comfortably hefty 1.25″ in diameter, the back is signed “Dr. Sketchy’s ‘08″ along with “RockLove” and “925″ in script - only to be sold in limited quantities this year. It has been oxidized and repolished for a contrasting gunmetal glow.
It hangs from your choice of glossy black 15mm wide satin ribbon (vegan friendly) or black 2mm round Greek Leather cord with a sterling clasp in either 16″ or 18″ lengths. Please specify during checkout. Both options can be conveniently removed and replaced with your own chain.
Proceeds go directly back to Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School, meaning that you not only get a wicked new piece of jewelry, but your purchase is supporting the organization for which we know, love, and expose!
Includes FREE International Shipping and comes in a stylish RockLove gift box.”
for the Dances of Vice Festival. Lovely muse Amber Ray was also in the roundup
With the rest of the Act-i-vate crew. I’m a “downtown phenomenon”. Thanks to Susan the writer, Jeff Newalt, and Douglas Rushkoff for making this happen!
Hey All,
I’m putting out my yearly call for folks interested in joining the sinister legions of Dr. Sketchy’s helper monkeys. Dr. Sketchy’s is the largest chain of alternative life-drawing sessions in the world- a fifty city labour of love that brings together artists, burlesque dancers, booze and prizes. You can find out more about it at http://www.drsketchy.com
As befitting an endeavor of this size, Dr. Sketchy’s is looking for folks from a variety of backgrounds to help out
You:
Enthusiastic
Have 2-4 hours a week to spare
Able to give realistic assessments of what you can do
Computer savvy
Can live anywhere
Pleasant, articulate and fun to work with
Areas we’d like help in:
Graphic/web design
Grant-writing and grant research
Event help (NYC only- no skills needed- just a pleasant disposition)
Research
Maintaining and researching social networking sites
Documentary film-making (NYC only)
Building things
Researching and contacting sponsors
Researching organizations to work with
Web programming
What we can give you:
Free admission to Dr. Sketchys anywhere in the world
Free Dr. Sketchy’s merch
We might be able to toss you paying work, depending on what you do
Referrals to folks with paying work
Press and promotion help with your projects
Letters of recommendation
If you’re a student, we can work with you to try to get college credit
An inner view of a DIY empire
Alcohol
Nicola Black, who started out helping Dr. Sketchy’s with graphic design, and now runs Dr. Sketchy’s Philly, has this to say about her experience
“One of the most interesting and beneficial moves of my career, so far, has been responding to a Dr. Sketchy’s help wanted ad. The projects I’ve done with Molly are sooo much fun and allow me to get really creative with my designs — there’s nothing like doing work that you love!”
~ Nicola Black,
Nicola Black Design, L.L.C.
Interested? Email molly@drsketchy.com with a little bit about yourself, your skills, and what aspects of the Dr. Sketchy’s empire you’re interested in working with. Also, what you’d like to get out of helping Dr. Sketchy’s.
Hope to hear from you!
Remember the Dr. Sketchy’s jewelry I told you about? RockLove’s been hard at work, and just got me pictures of the wax prototype. I love it so much!
We’re debuting the actual silver necklace at New York Comic-Con.
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Speaking of ComicCon, here’s my schedule…
April 18-20
New York Comic-Convention
Jacob Javitz Center in NYC
We’re taking over New York Comic-Con. Molly Crabapple will be exhibiting all weekend at Booth 33-34 in Artist’s Alley, with Lady J, Legs Malone and other guest models. Plus, we’re doing the following events and panels.
Friday, 2-3 pm: Webcomics Round Table with “Act-i-vate”
I talk Backstage, along with fellow Act-i-vators Dean Haspiel, Dan Goldman, Michael Fiffe and more. Room 1E08
Friday: 4-5 pm: Weird Tales: 85 Years, 85 Storytellers
Creators talk about working for the legendary fantasy magazine.
Saturday, 12-12:30 AM: Dr. Sketchy’s w/ Legs Malone
Mini-Dr. Sketchy’s on the variant stage with the beautiful burlesque queen Legs Malone. Bring your sketchpads
Click on the promo graphic below to for increasingly mysterious events
See the entire Backstage archives at http://www.mollycrabapple.com/backstage . Thanks to Mekenzie, they have all sorts of new functionality and spiffiness.
Also check the quotes from two of my favorite writers, which leave me so honored I could faint.
BACKSTAGE is dazzling retro-fetish. Just enough histro-smut, transgressive comedy, and wacky badgirlism to make you wish there were MacArthur Genius Awards for Sultry Artist/Writer Duos Kicking through the Web. Manhattan never looked more deadly.
- Mel Gordon. Author of Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin
Molly Crabapple is an American Renaissance woman. In a market that increasingly demands simplicity, she delivers the opposite, juxtaposing a candy shoppe visual aesthetic of sweetness (all pinks and curlicues) with a harsh tale of the sordid underbelly, justifying the title “Backstage”…the truth behind the beauty.
- Trav S.D. Author of No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous
Click on the promo graphic below to see Johnny penetrate the inner sanctums of the showgirls’ dressing rooms.
My “Curtains” piece (based off the beautiful Stormy) is now available as a limited edition print. I’m only making 10, and when they’re gone they’re gone.
Get ‘em below
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=10694439
Of the beautiful Porcelain Twinz
