Imagine Create Texture Challenge

The Imagine Create Texture Challenge at Erato of Caerleon wrapped up on Sunday, September 20 and the first, second and third place winners were announced. The call had gone out from challenge organizer Sabrinaa Nighfire several weeks ago when she announced: Erato of Caerleon is starting a new group of challenges for artists called Imagine [...]

Spiral Walcher at Ball State University II

If you have a chance stop by to see this one, you will not be disappointed. Spiral Walcher’s latest immersive installation, “an ethereal and focused study of the potential of light in virtual form“. From the note card I’d received announcing the opening reception: To see glows please use the Medium Graphics preset setting or [...]

Orfeo’s Oratorio Opens at Ars Simulacra

Alizarin “Ali” Goldflake’s (aka Martha Jane Bradford) immersive installation, “Orfeo’s Oratorio” opens at Ars Simulacra on the NMC Campus on Sunday, September 20, at 1 pm PDT/SLT. I received an announcement from her second life mailer, where she had this to say “This is my largest, most detailed SL build to date, and to have [...]

Conversation with Artis Gallery Owner Patrick Cournoyer

On Sunday, the 20th of September, Artis Gallery opens its newest exhibit at noon PDT/SLT. The gallery is owned by second life resident Patrick Cournoyer, who has been active in the arts scene since rezzing just over three years ago. Artis gallery “is dedicated to discovering and promoting talented in-world artists” and has recently re-opened, [...]

Want to see the Starax Magic Wand in action?

I received a group notice from White Lebed today titled, “Want to see the Starax Magic Wand in action?” Yes, THAT wand. The most famous object ever created in SL that was rumored as broken in fact isn’t. It works! A few wand owners kindly offered to show it to AngelGate visitors. Based on the [...]

Crossroads 2009 Exhibit Opens at the Amicitia Gallery

An invitation and an offer for a preview arrived from Sasun Stenbeck this past Wednesday, informing me that the Amicitia Gallery is presenting sabra Hemingway’s brand new “Crossroads 2009″ series. The exhibit opens on Sunday, the 13th of September at noon PDT/SLT. The invitation being an object, I pulled it out my inventory and waited [...]

AngelGate Gallery Launches History of SL Arts Series

On Thursday, September 10, AngelGate Gallery launched a first in a planned series of events entitled, “The History of SL Arts”. At the inaugural event AngelGate proudly presented “Starax: The Legend” an exhibition that featured one hundred and forty sculptures of Starax and Light Wave, on display from the private collection of second life resident [...]

White Velvet Exhibit Opens

The Pirats Bourbon, “White Velvet” opened on Tuesday, September 8th at 1:00pm SLT where it will run through the October the 4th. The exhibit hosts the work of; luciella Lutrova, Scottius Polke, Fahn Falta, Mirko Matova and MathieuL Bravin. Pictured above are two pieces from Scottius Polke. Pirats Group openings are always a joy to [...]

Kristine Kristan Glass Art Exhibit

“Looking Through a Glass Onion” a glass art exhibit by Kristine Kristan, opened on Saturday the 5th of September. Having missed the event, I ported over my first opportunity for a look around. Rezzing in, the first thing that caught my eye was a line in a text display which spoke to “the place where [...]

Beach Gallery Opening

Cat Boccaccio celebrated the opening of her new Beach Gallery on Saturday, Sept 5th. The new gallery houses her collection of photography and also includes her recent collaborative efforts with two well known second life artists, RAG Randt and Jimmy Debruyere. If you’ve not had an opportunity to see Cat’s exploration of the female avatar, [...]