Molly Crabapple

Molly Crabapple
Born	Jennifer Caban September 13, 1983 (1983-09-13) (age 28) Far Rockaway, Queens, New York
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Artist, Entrepreneur
Official website

Molly Crabapple (born September 13, 1983) is an American artist, author and entrepreneur.

The AP Wire once compared her work to "limerick shared amongst good company in a Victorian parlor."^[1]

Early life

Molly Crabapple was born Jennifer Caban in Far Rockaway, New York. She received an Associate's degree after majoring in Illustration at Fashion Institute of Technology (A.A.S. Illustration)^{[citation needed]}

Career

Crabapple began her art career doing covers for the pornographic newspaper Screw. She has since illustrated for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Playgirl. She was at one time a regular contributor to Coagula Art Journal.

She has also worked on a number of comics (often with writer John Leavitt), creating the graphic novel Scarlett Takes Manhattan,^[2] drawing stories for two Marvel anthologies Strange Tales vol. 2^[3] and Girl Comics vol. 2, as well as providing art for the webcomics Backstage at Act-i-vate^[4] and Puppet Makers at Zuda.^[5][6]

Dr Sketchy's

Main article: Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School

Drawing on past experience as an artist's model, Crabapple founded Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School in Brooklyn in 2005. Dr. Sketchy's is a burlesque life-drawing class. It has since been covered on National Public Radio,^{[7][dead link]} The Washington Post^{[8][dead link]} the Onion AV Club,^[9] the BBC,^{[10][dead link]} Time Out London^[11] and Time Out New York.^[12]

Beginning in July 2006, Dr. Sketchy's began opening branches in other cities, which now number 50.^[13]

She is also the author (with John Leavitt) of The Official Dr. Sketchy's Rainy Day Colouring Book.

Events

Molly Crabapple has used Kickstarter.com to appeal for the funding of an event called "Molly Crabapple's week in Hell." The event will entail Molly renting a bare room for five days. The room will be covered from floor to ceiling with blank paper. She will spend that work week using fine tip markers to cover every square inch of paper with her illustrations. Backers will be entitled to; view a live-stream of the work in process, make suggestions, 4" X 6" section of the drawing, 8" X 11" section, 11" X 14" section, 18" X 24" section, 24" X 36" section, or 30" X 132" section (floor to ceiling) for various levels of financial support.

The funding amount originally requested was $4,500; the actual final amount is $25,805 meaning that she received almost six times the amount originally requested. The project will use live web-cam feeds, a hired photographer and hired videographer and two hundred (200) fine tip permanent markers. The markers will also be awarded to backers as a return on the investment pledge.

Exhibitions

Solo

• "Ink! Babes! Irony!-Molly Crabapple Says Goodbye to Pen and Ink" Jigsaw Gallery (February 2005)
• "Peepshow: The Art of Molly Crabapple" Trinity Art Gallery (January 2007)
• "Licentious Behavior" Perihelion Arts (May 2006)
• "Tarts and Flowers- A Valentine's Day Show" Jigsaw Gallery (February 2006)
• "Peepshow: The Art of Molly Crabapple" Trinity Art Gallery (January 2007)
• "Demimonde. Arena Studios" (February 2008)

Group exhibitions

2003

• Resistance, a Festival of Peace, Theater for the New City (April 2003)
• "Visions of New York" Antique Café/Gallery (July 2003) (solo)
• The Lower East Side Festival of the Arts (August 2003)
• "Queer Artists Talk Back" The DUMBA Collective (October 2003)
• The DUMBO Festival of the Arts (October 2003)

2004

• Terrible Toy Fair, CBGB 313 Gallery (January 2004)
• The Writer as Visual Artist" Theater for the New City (February 2004)
• "Self Portraits" Theater for the New City (March 2004)
• "The Hip Hop Show" Asterisk Art Project (April 2004)

2005

• "Dirty Detroit Erotic Art Fair" (February 2005)
• "Propaganda" Encrypt Gallery at Columbia University (April 2005)
• "Patterns and More Patterns" Bamboo Lane Gallery (Los Angeles) (April 2005)
• "The Smut Show" Green Door Gallery (Kansas City) (May 2005)
• "The Mermaid Show" Coney Island Museum (June 2005)
• "New Erotix - Third Annual Juried Erotic Art Show" Art at Large Gallery. (July 2005)
• "BlueShow" BlueSpace Gallery (Los Angeles). (July 2005)
• "Cannibal Flower" Los Angeles (August 2005)
• "Our Own Show" Museum of American Illustration (September 2005)
• "Cannibal Flower" Los Angeles (September 2005)
• "Halloween Show" MF Gallery (October 2005)
• "Untitled" Bluespace Gallery (October 2005)
• "Exquisite Corpse" Toyroom Gallery ( Sacramento ) (October 2005)
• "Werwolf Bongo Party" DVA Gallery Chicago (October 2005)
• "Broads on the Bowery" CBGB’s Gallery 313 (October 2005)
• "Grope Show" Zito Studio/Gallery (December 2005)

2006

• "Victorian Rhapsodies" (Three Person Show) Toyroom Gallery (January 2006)
• "Spin" CVB Space (January 2006)
• "Girls! Girls! Girls!" MF Gallery (February 2006)
• "Dirty Detroit Erotic Art Fair" (February 2006)
• "Native Spirit" Supreme Trading (March 2006)
• "Betty Does Veronica" Femina Potens (June 2006)
• Going Underground. Art at Large (August 2006)
• "Dirty Detroit Summer Show" (August 2006)
• "Eye Candy". Trinity Art Gallery (October 2006)
• "Paper Doll Show" Trunk Space (October 2006)
• "The Drawing Show" Perihelion Arts (November 2006)

2007

• "Don't Say MF" MF Gallery (February 2007)
• "The Erotic Show" Trinity Art Gallery (February 2007)
• "Seven Brides Electrified" Jail Gallery (April 2007)
• "Ladies Only Show" Crybaby Gallery (April 2007)
• "Carnival" MF Gallery (August 2007)
• "Naked Show" Bluespace Gallery (September 2007)
• "DECK" A Show of Skateboard Art Pravus Gallery (October 2007)
• "Masquerade" Dabora Gallery (October 2007)
• "Fountain Art Fair" (during Art Basel Miami) (December 2007)
• "Home Sweet Home" Crybaby Gallery (December 2007)

2008

• "DEEP POP" Kenneth Chapman Gallery (January 2008)
• "Pop Subversion" Ad Hoc Arts (February 2008)
• "Two Person Show w/ Genevive Zacconi" Ad Hoc Arts (August 2008)

2010

• "Queer Couture" Femina Potens Gallery (August 2010)

Awards

• Honorable Mention. Going Underground Juried Show. Art at Large. 8/06^{[citation needed]}
• Honorable Mention. New Erotix Juried Erotic Art Show. Art at Large. 7/05^{[citation needed]}

Notes

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ O'Shea, Tim (August 24, 2009). "Talking Comics with Tim: Molly Crabapple". Robot 6. Comic Book Resources. http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/08/talking-comics-with-tim-molly-crabapple/. Retrieved May 12, 2010. 
3. ^ Collins, Sean T. (August 13, 2009). "Strange Tales Spotlight: Molly Crabapple Q&A". Marvel.com. http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.4752.strange_tales_spotlight~colon~_molly_crabapple_q&a. Retrieved May 12, 2010. 
4. ^ Hofacker, Brian. "DF Interview: Molly Crabapple". Dynamic Forces. http://www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/interviews.html?showinterview=IN12170793562. Retrieved May 12, 2010. 
5. ^ Newitz, Annalee (May 10, 2010). "In "Puppet Makers," The Aristocrats of Versailles Are Cyborg Courtesans". io9. http://io9.com/5534839/in-puppet-makers-the-aristocrats-of-versailles-are-cyborg-courtesans/gallery/. Retrieved May 12, 2010. 
6. ^ O'Shea, Tim (June 7, 2010). "Talking Comics with Tim: Molly Crabapple". Robot6. Comic Book Resources. http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2010/06/talking-comics-with-tim-molly-crabapple-2/. Retrieved June 10, 2010. 
7. ^ KPLU88.5^{[dead link]}
8. ^ The Washington Post^{[dead link]}
9. ^ The Los Angeles Times
10. ^ BBC^{[dead link]}
11. ^ Mark Smith. "Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School " Time Out London February 19, 2007
12. ^ Dan Avery and Erin Clements. "Craft Service" Time Out New York Jan 4–10, 2007
13. ^ Branches page at DrSketchy.com

References

• Molly Crabapple at the Grand Comics Database
• Molly Crabapple at the Comic Book DB

External links

• Official website
• Molly Crabapple on Myspace
• Dr. Sketchy's Official Site
• Richmond Style Weekly^{[dead link]}

Interviews

• Here! Network Podcast w/Jon Leavitt
• Jewcy.com
• Gothamist Interview
• Video Profile at Revel In New York

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Name	Crabapple, Molly
Alternative names
Short description	American author, artist and entrepreneur
Date of birth	September 13, 1983
Place of birth	Far Rockaway, Queens, New York
Date of death
Place of death