I must profess that my regional lifestyle (which is too complicated to fully explain here) perhaps prevents me from getting to know more people in my backyard, which is now the hamlet of Reidsville, NC, population circa 15,000. But, there are indeed some interesting folks in my community. One of them happens to be someone I never met (but her face looks familiar) named Madelyn Greco, 38, aka Foxy Moxy. Greco was profiled in the recent issue of GoTriad (a publication of "The (Greensboro) News and Record") as she is preparing for her first 'art class' at the TwoArtChicks Gallery at 609 S. Elm St. in the heart of downtown Greensboro on Fri., May 12. The tickets for the event are $10 a piece.
Greco told Sue Edelberg of "GoTriad" that her class, known as Dr. Skethcy's Anti-Art School, was an effort to introduce residents to an alternative drawing class. Greco said she got the idea from her friend Molly Crabapple from New York. Crabapple created Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School as a more relaxed environ for those who wanted to learn more about art, dance, and other related ventures.Greco explained what one could possibly expect when they enter her 'class' :
"The idea of Dr. Sketchy's is to be the antithesis to that (traditional art classes). There's music and stuff happening and contests and prizes and music and performance. Even it's life drawing, it's not this plain, dry atmosphere. It's more fun than your average drawing class," Greco said.
Foxy Moxy added that her short-term goals for the class is to get enough interest so that it is an continuing enterprise, saying that "it would be great to have people participate on whatever level."
Greco moved to Rockingham County (NC) from Pittsburgh. She has opened eyes in the Reidsville community (which needs some eyes to open......from an outsider's perspective, it comes across as the sort of town where those of us who do not go to chuch on Sunday are made to feel like we are taking part in a Satanic cult or members of the Ozzy Osbourne fan club). She helps another local resident Scott Fray run the Living Brush Body Painting venture. I wonder what they would say about all my body hair...........hmm.....
For more info, here are some possibly useful links:
Foxy Moxy's web site:
TwoArtChicks Gallery
Phone: 336.273.9885
GoTriad
And, for Ozzy Osbourne's fan club, well folks.........you'll just have to google it
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