Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School Melbourne

Ticket price per session: $20 full / $15 concession for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: 2 hours approx

Miss Jessy Dee delighted the crowd at our 2008 Season Finale with tassles and tease galore!

Visit our Flickr for all the gorgeous photos!

A very big thank you to all our wonderful models throughout 2008,
The Butterfly Club and all our lovely Art Monkeys!

Dr Sketchy's Melbourne will be back with a big start to the year, in Midsumma Festival 2009!  See you there!

With the very sad news of Lola LaBelle returning to LA early we are most honoured and pleased to welcome Miss Jessy Dee to our stage.  Our thoughts and warm wishes are with Lola.

Miss Jessy Dee, one half of Australia's art burlesque duo, The V Dentatas will the fill the stage next week with her opulence and style. 

Renowned for subverting the traditional burlesque genre, Miss Jessy Dee will rock 'n' roll, bump 'n' grind, jazz dance, even throwing cake (Marie Antoinette style of course), as long as it's decadent, as long as it's ridiculous, and as long as it's funny!  Beware the woman with vulva dentata...

Not only a burlesque performer with The V Dentatas but mastermind of events such as Baron’s Bourgeois Burlesque Bonanza at The Espy, costume designer extraordinaire and occasional addition to the most glamorous troupe around, HiBall Burlesque, Miss Jessy Dee is sure to bring the tease to our 2008 Finale!

See you there for a big send off to 2008!

When: Wednesday 26 November 8pm
Where: The Butterfly Club 204 Bank Street South Melbourne
$15 a seat
with Miss Jessy Dee performance and Dr Sketchy Melbourne 2008 finale!
BOOK ONLINE www.thebutterflyclub.com

Art Monkeys faced quite the challenge at our recent Halloween session.  Spoilt for choice with Hedy Lamarr look-alike, Miss Limber L’amour on stage twisting and bending accompanied by her beau, Sir Antonio Alessandro and his pin striped double bass!  But of course, our Monkeys rose to the challenge and we got a great set of Halloween themed sketches - dismembered heads, models turned to vampires - the usual ghoul stuff really…

Thank you to our lovely models, those that missed the performance and the spectacle of posing on top of a double bass can catch our Carny duo at the East Coast tour of KC & the Moonshine Band

Check the photos here for the details!






 

Join us on Wednesday 29th October for Halloween Party Time as Limber L'amour twists, bends and contorts while Sir Antonio Alessandro charms us (and Limber L'amour!) with his double bass! Performers in true carny style!

Limber L'amour is a 1920's/30's inspired carnival burlesque and contortion performer. Trained contortion, rythmic and ballet en pointe and an inspired by all! With recent performances at Red Door Burlesque, Cristal Burlesque and Toff in Town's Aint No Sin!

Sir Antonio Alessandro, rock-a-billy/psychobilly double bass playin sweetheart of Limber L'amour! Double Bass player with "Perfect Sin" and guest bass player with the upcoming Australian Tour of KC and the Moonshine Band!

$15 per seat
Book early via www.thebutterflyclub.com ($1 online booking fee)
or in person at The Butterfly Club 204 Bank Street, South Melbourne (no booking fee)
(03)9690 2000

BRING YOUR SKETCHPADS!

Dr. Sketchys Maine Model a Victim of Homophobic Assault

Awful news from the Dr. Sketchy's community. I'd appreciate if you guys could send your well wishes. We all know how devastating healthcare costs can be, particularly for a victim of a violent assault.

Thank you,
-Molly

From: Katie Diamond

Hi Molly,

We've had a pretty upsetting event happen this past weekend here in Portland--my September model was attacked. Two men approached him around midnight on Friday, and started saying homophobic slurs to him, and then proceeded to beat him enough to concuss him and cause bleeding of the brain. You can read more about it here: http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/032723.html

This is, of course, very scary and outrageous. Already, local Portland queers and artists alike have rallied around what happened, and are doing their best to organize and educate, and the police are searching for the attackers.

A close friend of our model has created a website -- healportland.com -- to let people know about our model's status, donate money (since he has no healthcare), and leave well-wishing messages. I was wondering if it would be possible to send this out to the Sketchy's list, so we could, at minimum, let our art community know what has happened.

Thanks,
Katie

Engines roaring, racing flag at the ready and Rosy Rabbit performing her Motor City Baby routine was the kick off to our latest installment of Dr Sketchy's Melbourne!  Rosy wowed the art monkeys with her gorgeous Isis wings and we raced home with a competition inspired b y all things Egyptian (just like Isis, get it?).  Check out the photos, swoon over Rosy and admire our art monkeys efforts.

Thank you to Rosy Rabbit, Alex, and all the lovely sketchers!

Check out all the photos at the flickr!

Next session Wednesday 24 September!

Miss Peachy Keen wooed us with songs dedicated to the sun and moon, accompanied by the man with magic fingers, Andy Volmer.

Miss Sugar Lee aka RollerGirl covered us with gold dust and stars with the most amazing dance ever seen to Spandau Ballet's 'Gold', yes dear Art Monkeys this was Dr Sketchys Melbourne 2nd Birthday....

Always believe in your soul
You've got the power to know
You're indestructable
Always believe in, because you are
Gold

Sugar Lee = Gold



Miss Peachy Keen and Andy on the keys



All the photos and sketches under the cut!

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Pin up pocket rocket and dancing sensation, Little Kelly Ann Doll, set hearts a’ fire and left sketch pads smokin at last Wednesday’s session.  Kelly Ann treated lucky art monkeys to a burlesque performance mid session and was every bit as, ‘hot, fast and down right dirty” that we had hoped for!

Many thanks to Kelly Ann Doll for an wonderful session and all the lovely art monkeys -
we’ll see you this July for our 2nd birthday session!!

For all the photos visit Dr Sketchy’s Melbourne Flickr

“Miss Kelly Ann Doll is undeniably Australia’s pinup pocket rocket. Her style has been described as “hot, fast and down right dirty”, “foot work that it needs to be seen to be believed” and “aerials that will make your head spin, she has no fear” - Mx Magazine

Champion swing dancer, actress & burlesque performer, Kelly Ann Doll has most recently been seen performing in Dolls, Doves & a Diva at the Melbourne Comedy Festival staring along side Katie Underwood, Cath Jamison & Erin Walsh. A feature of the Australian Burlesque scene performing at Australia’s biggest burlesque tours, The Absinth Club, Good Drugs Bad Women, & the Burlesque Ball.

Take part in our next session on Wednesday 25th June 8pm with Australia’s pin up pocket rocket, Miss Kelly Ann Doll!

Mama Lou: Strong Woman visits Melbourne this April with her phenomenal feats of strength.
Our Art Monkeys will be in for a treat as Mama Lou flexes her muscles and bats her lashes.

See the Strong Woman Show at Dr Sketchy’s Melbourne on Wednesday 30 April 8pm.

Watch Mama Lou in action here



Be prepared for anything tomorrow night folks, this one will be special!

$15 per seat
Book early via www.thebutterflyclub.com ($1 online booking fee)
or in person at The Butterfly Club 204 Bank Street, South Melbourne (no booking fee)

inquiries via www.drsketchymelbourne.com

What a fantastic session! Gala Darling rocked Dr Sketchy’s with her bunny roller disco persona and a bad ass recreation of Tank Girl.

Art Monkeys drew comic covers featuring Gala, Crabapple cupcakes were given away and everybody got in nice and tight for a packed out session!

Thank you Gala and to all the art monkeys that came along!

See all the photos here  and here