Molly Crabapple Illustration

DIY Days from Sabi Pictures on Vimeo.

On April 3rd, I’m going to be speaking at DIY Days, a free, roving conference for those who create.

DIY DAYS – fund :: create :: distribute :: sustain
How do we sustain ourselves as storytellers in this day of shifting distribution systems? How do we monetize our work and get the word? Presented by the WorkBook Project – DIY DAYS aims to answer these questions with a day of panels, roundtable discussions and workshops: A look at how to fund, create, and distribute and sustain.

SATURDAY, APRIL 3rd
The New School
66 West 12th Street
Manhattan, New York

9:30pm to 10am-REGISTRATION
10:15am to 5pm- PROGRAM

My speech is…

DIY EMPIRE “how a little art class took over the world” – MOLLY CRABAPPLE
2:10 to 2:30

Four years ago, as a broke art school drop-out Molly Crabapple set up Dr Sketchys, the anti-art school, as a social gathering in Brooklyn. Now a sought after fine artist, comics creator and illustrator in her own right, Dr Sketchy’s has spread to over 100 cities and has grown from an event, to a movement. Weekly, droves of artists and amateurs alike swarm to these experiences internationally to draw glamorous underground personalities from burlesque dancers to fetish models to drag queens. Molly shares the lessons learned and details how she’s using a little art class to build a mighty DIY EMPIRE.