Tonight!!!!

Meltdown University DrawMelt Life Drawing Class: Clothed Figure Drawing

Come to Meltdown and take a Life Drawing Class 7-10 every Monday & Tuesday.
All levels & experience welcome.

All Mediums welcome.$20/person

TONIGHT: Clothed Figure Drawing

MODEL: Tiffany Chin-Sim

You can learn more about Tiffany HERE

Join our DrawMelt Community for free for Class Updates: http://meetup.com/DrawMelt

Light snack and water will be provided.

For those who need instruction *Satine Phoenix will be moderating the evening. Let her know ahead of time what you need and she will accommodate you.

*Satine Phoenix runs DrawMelt’s Weekly Life Drawing Classes every Monday and Tuesday. Monday: Cosplay. Tuesday: Clothed Figure drawing. 7-10 $20/person. To RSVP http://meetup.com/DrawMelt. No RSVP required although it helps in case the class gets full.

DnDMelt’s Celebrity Charity Dungeons and Dragons Event!

When: January 28, 2012. Time: 1-6 pm Where: http://meltcomics.com (online) Charity: Reach out and Read Los Angeles Http://rorLosAngeles.org @ReadTogether

Meltdown’s own Satine Phoenix (http://satinephoenix.net/) is Hosting a 4 table Celebrity gaming event. Each table, with up to 6 players per table, will be running the same adventure written by Celebrity Writer Keith Baker (creator of Eberron, who will also be DMing one of the 4 tables.)

The fundraising part of this event starts HERE! We’re working with Stickam.com to bring to you, wherever in the world you are, Pay Per View access to each table. With a minimum payment of $1 you can watch how one table of creatives solves this adventure. Don’t limit yourself to one group, watch all 4 tables! But that’s not all, you’ll be able to purchase the adventure as a PDF for $5 to play with your own group of gamers!

The proceeds will then be announced the following Monday (allowing all who wish to continue to donate through the weekend to do so) and presented to Reach Out and Read.

What exactly is Reach Out and Read?
Reach Out and Read Is an evidence-based nonprofit organization that promotes early literacy and school readiness in pediatric exam rooms nationwide by giving new books to children and advice to parents about the importance of reading aloud.

Visit Http://rorLosAngeles.org for more info or chat with them directly on Twitter @ReadTogether

If you want more information about this event email DnD@meltcomics.com

http://www.meetup.com/DnDMelt/

Go behind the scenes of the making of the #TMNT Mural at Meltdown Comics, painted by Ninja Turtle creator Kevin Eastman and Graffiti icon Mark Bode. Filmed and Edited by Adam Dorsey.

For more information on all of the events in the 35 Days of Kevin Eastman celebration at Meltdown Comics, visit http://tinyurl.com/meltdowneastman

November 30th: “TMNT” Exhibit Opens
December 7th: “Underwhere” Exhibit Opens
December 14th: “Biz and Buzz” Exhibit Opens
December 21st: “Lost Angeles” Exhibit Opens
December 28th-January 4th: Heavy Metal 35 Anniversary Exhibit Opens

35 Days of Kevin Eastman Calendar

UPDATE: Nov. 11th, 2011: Pretty? Pretty? A Divine Art Show at @Meltdown Gallery

Art, Do Something, Events, Friends of MLT, Hollywood, Meltdown Gallery, MTV, Music, Nightlife No Responses »

Oct 122011

“Pretty? Pretty?” is the phrase uttered by Divine as Dawn Davenport, when her bandages are removed after a disfiguring acid attack in John Waters’ 1974 film, Female Trouble. Pretty? Pretty? A Divine Art Show is a celebration of this iconic actor, pop star and cinematic legend, as interpreted by an eclectic, wide-ranging collection of artists, opening at Meltdown Gallery on Friday, November 11th at 8:00 PM.

With his first group show, curator Lawrence Snelly (a visual artist himself) has assembled a diverse gang of talented and creative degenerates ready to show the world what “The World’s Most Beautiful Woman” means to them. The show’s roster is an eclectic cross-section of animators, cartoonists, illustrators, comic book artists, crafters, designers, musicians, sculptors and painters, all paying tribute to one of cult film’s most enduring favorites through a variety of mediums.

Opening night festivities will feature select artists in attendance (schedules permitting), special guest stars, live DJ, free booze, drag’s finest performers and more special Divine-themed surprises.

Writing a book, hippie?! Crime is beauty and excitement is not always clean. Come and see “The Filthiest Woman Alive” as you’ve never seen him before! Join us for a celebration of one of the greatest pop icons of the 20th Century. A man without equal. A man known simply as DIVINE!

The grand opening is Friday, November 11th at 8:00-11:00 PM with the show running through Nov. 17th.

Check out the Pretty? Pretty? A Divine Art Show Facebook Page for updates, artist announcements, work-in-progress shots and other special surprises: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114862211955343

MTV: 100 Music Videos Get Immortalized In An EXTREMELY AWESOME Music Video Art Show, Oct. 7

Art, Friends of MLT, GeekChicDaily, Hollywood, KCRW, Meltdown Gallery, MTV, Music, Nightlife 2 Responses »

Oct 062011

I WANT MY MELT TV!!

Thanks for the coverage http://www.mtv.com/

Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” by Chrystal Chan

If you’re taking the time to read this blog (and thank you!!), there’s almost no chance in hell you’re not a fan of the music video. Hell, we think music videos are mini works of art. We can rattle off music video stats and facts like baseball fans know RBIs and plate appearances. And here at MTV, we’re pretty proud to be part of the entertainment legacy that made music videos a mainstream art form (#humblebrag).

So we’re happy to see that someone took music videos as art form seriously enough to actually, well, put them in an art gallery. Chris Marrs Piliero – he’s an accomplished video director AND FOB (Friend Of Buzzworthy) — is the brains behind “I Want My Music Video Art Show,” an art exhibit completely dedicated to art inspired directly by music videos.

Chris has been more than busy, well, directing music videos, most recently Britney Spears’ controversial “Criminal” video after directing “I Wanna Go” as well as Ke$ha’s unicorn- (andJames Van Der Beek-) battling “Blow” video and The Black Keys’ “Tighten Up” video, which won Best Breakthrough Video at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, to name a few of his contributions to the music video canon. And this weekend, he and artist Dave MacDowell are set to open the “I Want My Music Video Art Show” at the Meltdown Gallery at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles, where more than 100 artists will feature art inspired by music videos such as Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance,” Pulp’s “This Is Hardcore” video, Smashing Pumpkins “Tonight Tonight” video, and other iconic videos by Björk, Blondie, Weird Al Yankovic, Nirvana, Janet Jackson, Suicidal Tendencies and more.

“I Want My Music Video Art Show” features more than 100 pieces by 100 different visual artists in a compellingly creative, almost post-modern twist on music videos: While videos are all about movement and motion, video-inspired art is about an artistic analog moment that still breathes new life into videos in a brand-new way. Not to get all emo-term-papery on you, but as people who constantly consume music videos, it’s intriguing to watch videos become reinterpreted by an older medium.

“Music videos encompass the visions of the musicians, the directors, the stylists and the production designers. It’s really cool to be able to put together a show where artists take those visions and pay tribute through their own mediums,” Piliero said. “I’m hoping we get a bunch of people who worked on the actual videos to come through and see how their art inspired more art.”

“I Want My Music Video Art Show” opens Friday, Oct. 7, at 8 p.m. and runs through Oct. 20. The exhibit is only scheduled for an L.A. run, but make enough noise about it and maybe they’ll take their show on the road. Until then, check out some images from the show: