Linden Endownment For The Arts

July 14, 2015

The University Of The Arts In Second Life

The Linden Endowment for the Arts (LEA) is an artistic program in Second Life with a very noble mission :

The Linden Endowment for the Arts (LEA) was established to help create a center of arts activity in Second Life. It is a collaborative venture between Linden Lab and the arts community. Guided by a dedicated board of renowned Second Life artists, the LEA is committed to providing access to engaging experiences in the arts for the Second Life community. Through its exhibitions, programs, and events, the LEA fosters awareness of artists’ contributions to our virtual world and encourages others to get involved and be inspired.

The LEA is run and organized by users of Second Life, with resources generously donated by Linden Lab.

Applicants put forth proposals for an exhibit and those who are selected by a committee get six months use of a sim for their project. In the latest round (round 9) one of the successful applicants was Carla Ives, who is creating a University of The Arts project.

The project will have exhibition space, with a young artist having a permanent exhibition there. There are also plans to incorporate a learning space within this project which will be designed to teach people how to make a dance show in Second Life. This will go through the process of building a set, choreography, use of particles and animations.

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April 8, 2015

The History Of The Vehicle Exhibition In Second Life

Courtesy of The Linden Endownment of The Arts, Sapphire “Sapph” Hotaling (Chief Exhibit Builder & Designer) has put together an exhibiton of The History of the Vehicle in Second Life.

The exhibit contains more than 130 vehicles created by 50 Second Life content creators and has examples of vehicles from all the way back in 2005, long before Mesh vehicles were on the grid.

A wide variety of vehicles are on display, whereas there are a lot of cars, you will also find trucks, camper vans, bikes, planes and even a horse drawn carriage.. Bear in mind that this is an exhibition with a lot of different vehicles and therefore a lot of different textures, so it may take a little bit of time before everything rezzes nicely, but don’t let that put you off, there’s a wealth of Second Life history and creativity on display here.

The region is nicely designed, so everything isn’t parked on top of each other, this gives you room to explore and find open spaces away from the traffic.

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January 28, 2013

I Haven’t Yet Arrived At The Arrival But It Looks Awesome

I haven’t yet managed to find the time to visit Rose Borchovski’s The Arrival art installation, but I really should because I’ve seen videos and blog posts about it that make the place look well worth a visit. Unfortunately as I haven’t been there and utlised my amateur photography I don’t have any images to share with you, but I do know a couple of people who do! Hurrah!

Inara Pey has an excellent review, complete with excellent imagery, which you can read here.

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