Every Wednesday night in my town's comic book store I organize a sketch night for artists to come in and have a little drawing jam session. 

Just recently it made the local paper.  Yay!  Hopefully this will get more artists to come in and draw.  I think artists are better working with other artists side-by-side, because when you see them create something the motivation rubs onto you and gives you the itch to create something too.  Being away from the daily distractions helps too :-)