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Built by artists for artists - the SKELETON CRAWL is an arts organization hell bent on helping incredible artists thrive.
We host an interactive multi-medium art show experience in NYC once a year in honor of Halloween & the Day of the Dead, showcasing the creepy and surreal works of non-creepy artists who are clawing to get established, just emerging, or well known in the art scene. 

The rest of the year we focus on our online gallery and building our ever-growing Crawl community.

We want to bridge the gap between the artist and the audience in a fun way,
​creating a new stage for artists to be seen, found, and supported.

We rely on donations from generous donors and the sales from our online shop to keep the Crawl afloat. 100% of donations received are used to pay participating artists, keep our website online, and bring to life our annual Skeleton Crawl event. We do not make a profit for our efforts,
​but hopefully our artists do.
​
photographs by Lyndon Perkins
an EXHIBITION of the CURIOUS, CREEPY, & SURREAL
​pop-up gallery
​
2D & 3D works

​performance art

film screening
pay-to-
​play
​
​temporary tattoo parlor

caricatures

​costume prize
dance party

late night​
​
DJs

ONE NIGHT ONLY  |  ALWAYS IN NYC  |  CASH BAR
photograph by Lyndon Perkins

THE ANNUAL
​ART SHOW

an EXHIBITION of the CURIOUS,
​CREEPY, & SURREAL
​pop-up gallery
​
2D & 3D works
performance art
film screening
interactive
​activities
​
​temporary tattoo parlor
caricatures
costume prize
dance party

late night​
​DJs
ONE NIGHT ONLY  |  ALWAYS IN NYC  
​CASH BAR
This collection is a series of reprints of original works sold as postcards to the public. All participating Skeleton Crawl artists have the option to join our Postcard Collection. Postcard proceeds go directly to the artist who made the original image. The only part of the sale of a postcard kept by The Skeleton Crawl is the cost of materials involved in creating, packaging, and shipping; except in some cases where the artist
has chosen to donate their portion.

We hope this collection will make art more accessible - getting artists' work into more hands.
​ 

REVIVING THE DYING ART OF BUYING ART
illustration by Lyndon Perkins
illustration by Lyndon Perkins

THE POSTCARD
COLLECTION

This collection is a series of
reprints of original works sold
as postcards to the public.
All participating Skeleton
Crawl artists have the option
to join our Postcard Collection. 
Postcard proceeds go directly
to the artist who made the
original image. The only part of
the sale of a postcard kept by
The Skeleton Crawl is the cost
of materials involved in
creating, packaging, and
shipping; except in some
cases where the artist has
chosen to donate
their portion.

We hope this collection
will make art more
accessible - getting artists'
work ​into more hands.
​
REVIVING THE DYING ART
OF BUYING ART

OUR MISSION

To bring art to the people WITHOUT jeopardizing the artist.
​
We believe artists should be well paid for their work and their time. Artists spend hundreds to thousands of dollars every year submitting to galleries and shows.

Sometimes they get in. Sometimes they don't. Sometimes they get paid. Sometimes they don't. 

Either way, this decision is rarely based upon the artist's merit or skill and often artists suffer for sharing their art with a world that doesn't want to pay them.  

We believe artists should have access to a platform where they can share their work
with the public without paying out of pocket. 

​We don't charge submission fees for our exhibition open calls. We don't take percentages from pieces sold at our shows.
​All work sold at shows goes 100% to the artist behind the piece. We fund all of our efforts by ticket sales for the event, merchandise,
​& the generous donations from supporters who believe in
​our mission : GETTING ARTISTS PAID.

THE BRAINS BEHIND IT
​

​Hi! My name is Anna Russell and I am the founder and curator of this scary thing. The Skeleton Crawl was born out of a deep love of skeletons and a genuine frustration with the current gallery scene.

For years I have watched my incedibly talented artist peers struggle to be seen. It's a who-you-know world and often this just doesn't work for artists who are too busy making their work to go around trying to sell themselves to the world. It breaks us down and it also costs us a lot of money.  I decided to create something that is attempting to do the opposite - to build artists up, respect them, and pay them. Perhaps the whole experience could even be fun and build community.

Most artists have at least one surreal or creepy work. Many build entire portfolios entertaining this theme. Rarely are these types of works showcased together. I thought it would be horrid fun for both artist and audience to view multiple scary works side by side - and it is! Last year was our first show and it was a huge success with over 20 participating artists in painting, photography, printmaking, illustration, music, and film. We had an artist drawing caricatures and an illustrator applying her own drawings as temporary tattoos. It was a great turn out. 

What I didn't expect was how quickly we would build a community of artists who bond over the creepy things in life (and death!) and long for collaboration. This community has been amazing to watch grow. Every artist involved thus far is so inspiring and deserves to be seen. I want to help them be seen.

I am honored to be a part of the Crawl community, and if you aren't a part of it yet, please consider joining us creepy creatives.
                   photograph by Nisse Lovendahl
With heart,
​Anna

​Anna graduated with a BFA in Photography from Savannah College of Art & Design in 2008. She shoots almost exclusively with large format film and prints with a very old photo-etching
​technique on copper called photogravure.
​ She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband and two cats.
                   photograph by Nisse Lovendahl
​Hi! My name is Anna Russell and I am the founder and curator of this scary thing. The Skeleton Crawl was born out of a deep love of skeletons and a genuine frustration with the current gallery scene.

For years I have watched my incedibly talented artist peers struggle to be seen. It's a who-you-know world and often this just doesn't work for artists who are too busy making their work to go around trying to sell themselves to the world. It breaks us down and it also costs us a lot of money.  I decided to create something that is attempting to do the opposite - to build artists up, respect them, and pay them. Perhaps the whole experience could even be fun and build community.

Most artists have at least one surreal or creepy work. Many build entire portfolios entertaining this theme. Rarely are these types of works showcased together. I thought it would be horrid fun for both artist and audience to view multiple scary works side by side - and it is! Last year was our first show and it was a huge success with over 20 participating artists in painting, photography, printmaking, illustration, music, and film. We had an artist drawing caricatures and an illustrator applying her own drawings as temporary tattoos. It was a great turn out. 

What I didn't expect was how quickly we would build a community of artists who bond over the creepy things in life (and death!) and long for collaboration. This community has been amazing to watch grow. Every artist involved thus far is so inspiring and deserves to be seen. I want to help them be seen.

I am honored to be a part of the Crawl community, and if you aren't a part of it yet, please consider joining us creepy creatives.

With heart,
​Anna
THE SKELETON CRAWL ART BALL
BROOKLYN, NY