consults - collaborates - co-works on projects involving the written word - photographic imagery - 

installation - mixed media art forms for creative - critical projects

blog posts  - podcasts -  magazine articles -  documentaries.

MELANIE DANTE  resides in the old "Pleasure Point" neighborhood - Fishtown/ Kensington - of   Philadelphia. In 2003 she graduated with an IBA from Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont where she studied creative and critical writing, media arts, and photography as a tool for cross cultural communication.  Examples of her photography and collage art have been involved in community exhibitions since the summer of her graduation.  In 2006 she received her Masters in the Health Arts & Sciences.  Prior to moving to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1999, Melanie spent eleven years between New York City & San Francisco working as a crew member on independent film, documentary and theater, along with participating in numerous venues involving cutting edge art exhibition and promotion. Melanie works in health care, along w/ maintaining diverse connections for continued creative collaboration and consult on a myriad of projects from educational workshops to popular culture venues.

COMING SOON - 

APRIL 2012:  HeadPress UK collaboration interview. John Szpunar & Melanie interview V.Vale of ReSearch Publications on his history in the San Francisco counter culture.

April 2012: Melanie continues to host a workshop on dynamic forms of commmunication w. K.C. Bietinger at the Community College of Philadelphia.

APRIL 2012:  Eliza Alys Young has approved for Melanie to show the DXY classic film Klaxximo on G+.

JULY 2012: 4th annual PEX Summer Festival at Ramblewood in Darlington MD.The festival will be hosted on 200 private acres overlooking the Susquehanna River with Tons of Dj's, Bands, and Performers + Art Installations, Effigy burn, Workshops, Speakers, Camping, Lake, Pool Parties, Hiking Trails & Fire Arts.

NOVEMBER 2012: One of Melanie's favorite Philadelphia events - Noir Con (aka The David Goodis Festival) will be at Society Hill Playhouse the second weekend of November.

PAST EXHIBITIONS of PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGERY & MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE -

·         jasharp Custom Jewelers

·         Kalargyros Gallery

·         Dosie Dough Bakery

·         Dog Star Books

·         Millersville University/ Ganser Gallery

·         Franklin & Marshall College

FUND RAISER AFFILIATION -

·         Clare House (Shelter for Women)

·         Crispus Attucks Community Center

·         Team American Spirit  / The American Spirit Parade

·         The National M.S. Society / Cental PA Chapter of the M.S. Society

·         The Red Thread

CREATIVE FREELANCE & COMMUNITY EVENTS -

·         Andy Black's Necronomicon, UK

·         Barrel Entertainment, Detroit

          CB Richard Ellis, Philadelphia

·         Christina's Pantry, Lancaster

·         DJ Gerri Hoff & The International Network, Lancaster

·         Dog Star Books, Lancaster

·         Eyes Wide Open /American Friends Service Committee, Lancaster

·         Gallery 141, Lancaster

·         Goodman Creations, Lancaster

          HeadPress, UK

·         Jam Studios, Lancaster

·         Mimi Shapiro, Lancaster

·         Octavia & the Earthblood Blues Band, Paradise

           Padmani Kundalini Yoga Products, Lancaster

·         Party of One, Lancaster / NYC

·         The Maternal Diva Rose Hudson, York

SOCIAL NETWORKING on Flickr,  Google +, LinkedIn and Scribd. 

Melanie's Google Voice (267) 573-9365.

BDC Lancaster has been the  evolution of  a decade +  long performance  experiment entitled  Black Dahlia Creative