Art Beat
Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School is a unique drawing program founded in 2005 by artist Molly Crabapple in Brooklyn, New York. This will be the first Alberta branch. In addition to having branches all over the U.S., United Kingdom, Asia, Europe and South America, there are Canadian branches in Winnipeg, Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal.
“We’ve been following Molly Crabapple on Twitter and I’ve been reading her blog and books and looking at different needs in the community. It’s more about the art experience. It’s a fun, community building exercise,” said Kelaine Divine who, along with Loralee Edwards, is working together to bring this international program to Lethbridge. It kicks off at Henotic, Jan. 29 with special guest, Calgary performance artist Demonika, who will be the model and is known for lying on a bed of nails.
Dr. Sketchy’s subjects — burlesque performers— strike several poses, quickly to begin with to “build the artist’s drawing muscle and eye,” then they strike longer poses for the artists to draw. Even stick figure drawings are all right, it’s the act of drawing that matters, not the end result. Works aren’t shown around the room, though they can be if the artist chooses.
“Visual artists do tend to work alone a lot so this is a chance to come out, have a beer and draw together. It’s a lot more fun” she said.
“It’s about the experience not the project,” she said.
Chris Moore set up his ‘Cuddle Commando’ recruitment booth right outside of the gallery hosting the new exhibit, which is a celebration of pop art with a Canadian and sometimes political twist. 
Edmundson. The exhibit features several artists with southern Alberta roots including Christopher Moore, Lisa Brawn, Dave and Jenn, Jason Mathis, Len Komanac plus Shanell Papp in the main gallery, runs Jan. 15- Feb. 26.
