AUNTIE’S AVATARS

ABC Art Spaces are seeking a range of works broadly interpreting the theme ‘Australian Flora and Fauna’ for the first exhibitions in the new gallery spaces on ABC Island. Let’s make this a celebration of Australian Second Life art! Ideas for art related events are also welcome. Please send a notecard named ‘ABC Art – [your avatar name]‘ with brief details of the work you would like to exhibit to Juanita Deharo or Juko Tempel before April 24. Opening events will be held from the following week.

Guidelines for Artists

[Update] We would still like to hear from more Australian artists with Second Life art to display in Art Spaces. If you know someone who would be interested, please let them know that the Spaces are available. This exhibition will showcase multiple artists and will run for six weeks.

[Update] This exhibition has been withdrawn, with apologies to the artists who gave their time and their pieces.

Following on from the first two forum meetings four gallery spaces have been created/modified on the ABC Island to accommodate approx. 80 2D art works and 15 3D indoor sculptures. ABC Friends are keen to start the process of having a flow of Australian art come through the island in the next weeks. To achieve this in the four galleries (photos and slurls below) we welcome suggestions from friends as to works they would like to see.

We would also like two people to jointly curate the art and make sure it is a wide representation or have a strong theme and one or two people to publicise it. Please contact Shai Khalifa or Juanita Deharo or Juko Tempel inworld who will collate names and distribute conditions.

Here are the first four galleries (three are in Laneways which now makes all the interior spaces active across the site) and slurls:

1 – Outdoor three level ‘Festival Gallery’ (construction WIP)

http://slurl.com/secondlife/ABC%20Island/218/64/22

2 – Laneway’s ‘Fed Sq’ Gallery

http://slurl.com/secondlife/ABC%20Island/38/146/23

3 – Laneway’s ‘Corridor’ Gallery

http://slurl.com/secondlife/ABC%20Island/80/110/23

4 – Laneway’s ‘Cafe Gallery

Auntie’s Avatars have just been contacted by Shae Jaxxon who is keen to work with AA’s on the thinking behind an arts community on the island. More details below

Re: #13 in post below.

Jypsy Jaxxon and I are setting up an art gallery in SL to promote our web site www.artsconnect.com.au. It a web portal profiling australian artists. We currently have over 560 of all media eg. painters, fashion designer, writers, film makers, actors, jewelry designers, etc. We charge a small fee for an artsConnect profile but there are no fees for referrals through the site.

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