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Again in Second Life

Getting back into Second Life and having fun with art from a new perspective has been enjoyable! I get to tour all of the galleries that as a museum and art gallery proprietor, you do not have time to see!

It’s also fun discovering new issues on the Second Life art scene. One of the biggest discoveries is that Linden Labs has endowed the SL arts, “Linden Endowment for the Arts (LEA). They provide “land” free of rental fees to up and coming artists in Second Life. The committee, fashioned of famous and revered Second Life artists make up this committee, has an art gallery sandbox and new artists looking for funding can show their work here.

As soon as a month, the committee members meet at the sandbox and vote on the very best artwork based on pre-agreed upon criteria. Then the artist who won the votes will get of have land for their art for 3 months. Touring the LEA lands is enjoyable and inspiring. Some great examples is LEA6, which options, Dante’s 9 Ranges of Hell and Catharsis, which is a 24-minutes of machinima magic! Read the rest of this entry »