Molly Crabapple

Molly Crabapple draws from reality

September 5, 2019Arts

Molly Crabapple on drawing AOC and what makes a true New Yorker.

An pen and ink illustration shows a chaotic scene of women holding children in a crowded area

Illustrator’s sketches from a border bus station show a ‘miserable, degrading and demeaning’ experience

December 25, 2018Immigration

Illustrator Molly Crabapple creates rare glimpses of life under ISIS with her drawings

February 10, 2015Conflict

Volunteers prepare to remove the bodies of people who were suspected of contracting Ebola and died in the community in the village of Pendebu, north of Kenema July 18, 2014.

US tells African health officials there’s not enough experimental Ebola serum for them

August 7, 2014Global Scan

What life is like for a construction worker in Abu Dhabi, through the eyes of an artist

August 7, 2014Development

Molly Crabapple's portrait of Fatima Meghlaj, age two, who died in a bombing of her hometown in Syria

Why artist Molly Crabapple decided to sketch Syria’s dead

March 13, 2014Arts, Culture & Media

From the Occupy Wall Street movement to the economic crisis in Greece, artist Molly Crabapple has never shied away from politically charged stories. Now, she’s lending her artistic talents to a project commemorating the more than 100,000 Syrians who have died during the past three years of conflict. The idea, she says, is to remember these people as individuals, not statistics.From the Occupy Wall Street movement to the economic crisis in Greece, artist Molly Crabapple has never shied away from politically charged stories. Now, she’s lending her artistic talents to a project commemorating the more than 100,000 Syrians who have died during the past three years of conflict. The idea, she says, is to remember these people as individuals, not statistics.