Raglan Shire is noted for being a “tiny” community. But this month, it’s hosting an art show for residents of all sizes. So art lovers big and small are invited over to see “art on the hedge.”To read the article, Click Here to go to Community.
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Showing posts with label Artists. Show all posts
Fifth Annual Artwalk at Raglan Shire
Raglan Shire is noted for being a “tiny” community. But this month, it’s hosting an art show for residents of all sizes. So art lovers big and small are invited over to see “art on the hedge.”To read the article, Click Here to go to Community.
The Chilbo Community
It began as a dream among a few people, a place where people could live not just as virtual neighbors, but a community. Since then, Chilbo has grown not just in area and numbers, but has attracted and continued to attract a number of artists and musicians, while continuing to help newcomers to Second Life. Today, Second Life takes a look at the Chilbo region and community.To read the story, go to Community.
Criss MCA Anniversary Celebration
Today, we examine the Criss Museum of Contemporary Art. The MCA will be celebrating one year of being in Second Life. Reporter Gemma Cleanslate describes what the museum will be planning throughout the month of May.For the story, go to Community.
StarZ Art Sidewalk Sale
Today, our reporter Gemma Cleanslate takes a look at a sidewalk art sale at StarZ Art. Here, one can find a variety of paintings and other examples of decor to please the eye.For the full story, go to Community.
Kat2 Kit’s Commercial Cyanotype Art
Residents in Second Life whom have been to Pooky Amsterdam’s “The 1st Question” game show, or seen the episodes online (http://www.the1stquestion.com/) have seen a tiny panda named Kat2Kit, doing the opening acts. Kat (as his friends call him) is also among the "tinies" in Pooky’s Second Life Machinima “I’m Too Busy to Date Your Avatar.”
As it turns out, not only is Kat a talented virtual actor and game show star, he is also a skilled and inventive artist in real life.
Outside Second Life, Kat2Kit is Matt Shapoff of New York City. He creates one of a kind artwork using a 19th century non-silver photographic technique called “cyanotype.” His unique work has been described as “combining 19th Century printmaking techniques with 21st Century digital photography and design.”
Kat has been doing artwork, “Officially after dropping out of collage for aerospace. " When asked how Matt got started, he stated "I got into NYU photography as an undergrad after discovering a love for photography and art. Using a a portfolio I made in high school under the basement stairs in my house. (I) took one class in "non-silver" where I learned several processes, but cyanotype soon became my favorite. In the early 1990's I began doing this more extensively. Because the process is a "contact" process, it requires a negative the size of the final print. Most often this is done with BIG cameras, but I prefer to use a laserwriter and overhead slides. The department chair will now admit I was the first to do digital art in the department.”
Kat also commented that the initial response wasn't enthusiastic, "I heard alot of 'why blue?' " But over time their attitude changed, “Now the department is called Photo and *Imaging*!"
The idea of selling artwork never really came until about fifteen years later. “A dozen or so,” pictures were sold on his first try, Kat described, “It was a jewelry sale for my wife, and we put a few out to see.” What surprised Kat the most was, “I offhandedly set a price, and they paid it! Well, it was what I guess I would part with them at. Pretty high I thought, $75 for an unframed one of a kind 6" wide by 30" long print of local botanicals.” Kat used the plants themselves in the pictures, saying they worked, “but they somewhat expensive in commercial terms. My cards are created in much larger, more repeatable, volume via offset or inkjet. I have cyanotype cards, but they are a bit pricer.”
Kat first began advertising his commercial art online in 2005, “First with etsy ( http://www.etsy.com/shop/handmadeonpeconicbay ) and then with supermarket ( http://hmpb.us). He got the idea of selling them in Second Life, “pretty quickly, as I started making film again, but this time using SL as the camera.” Kat had been a part of Pooky Amsterdam’s “The 1st Question” from the beginning, “I was doing my bike tricks at ‘Brooklyn is Watching’ and she asked me if I would be the opening act for her show.” He also did the filming, “If SL years are like dog or cat’s years, it feels like 10 years.
Kat went on to say he and Pooky would be on real-life television on December the 31st 3 PM in New York City, “I made the tape. (For) over year I have trying to get the files. I have worked in broadcast media both at Showtime networks, and BBDO. Finally we got enough short together for 1 hour special. Pooky submitted it, and we feel honored to have been chosen for December 31st. We will stream it in-world, and have a part in-sync with real-life. We are considering a weekly show for the Dating Casino ... a real-life slot on MNN TV ... public access.” Pooky later told me the episode was broadcasted as planned, and was very pleased with Kat’s work.
Kat’s personal blog is at - http://handmadeonpeconicbay.com. He pointed out a short webfilm on cyanotypes at (http://blip.tv/file/341745?filename=Mattlabs-DigitalCyanotype664.flv). Kat is sometimes seen in Second Life operating a printing press with the tiny panda. He pointed out another short webfilm “Using the Pearl” at - (http://mattlabs.blip.tv/file/1884211/)
Matt Shaphoff's work can be viewed and purchased online at http://hmpb.us . His digital art can be purchased in Second life at his store in the LlSound New York sim (http://slurl.com/secondlife/LISound%20New%20York/134/163/24). Commissioned work can be created or brought into Second Life on request.
Bixyl Shuftan
As it turns out, not only is Kat a talented virtual actor and game show star, he is also a skilled and inventive artist in real life.Outside Second Life, Kat2Kit is Matt Shapoff of New York City. He creates one of a kind artwork using a 19th century non-silver photographic technique called “cyanotype.” His unique work has been described as “combining 19th Century printmaking techniques with 21st Century digital photography and design.”
Kat has been doing artwork, “Officially after dropping out of collage for aerospace. " When asked how Matt got started, he stated "I got into NYU photography as an undergrad after discovering a love for photography and art. Using a a portfolio I made in high school under the basement stairs in my house. (I) took one class in "non-silver" where I learned several processes, but cyanotype soon became my favorite. In the early 1990's I began doing this more extensively. Because the process is a "contact" process, it requires a negative the size of the final print. Most often this is done with BIG cameras, but I prefer to use a laserwriter and overhead slides. The department chair will now admit I was the first to do digital art in the department.”
Kat also commented that the initial response wasn't enthusiastic, "I heard alot of 'why blue?' " But over time their attitude changed, “Now the department is called Photo and *Imaging*!"
The idea of selling artwork never really came until about fifteen years later. “A dozen or so,” pictures were sold on his first try, Kat described, “It was a jewelry sale for my wife, and we put a few out to see.” What surprised Kat the most was, “I offhandedly set a price, and they paid it! Well, it was what I guess I would part with them at. Pretty high I thought, $75 for an unframed one of a kind 6" wide by 30" long print of local botanicals.” Kat used the plants themselves in the pictures, saying they worked, “but they somewhat expensive in commercial terms. My cards are created in much larger, more repeatable, volume via offset or inkjet. I have cyanotype cards, but they are a bit pricer.”Kat first began advertising his commercial art online in 2005, “First with etsy ( http://www.etsy.com/shop/handmadeonpeconicbay ) and then with supermarket ( http://hmpb.us). He got the idea of selling them in Second Life, “pretty quickly, as I started making film again, but this time using SL as the camera.” Kat had been a part of Pooky Amsterdam’s “The 1st Question” from the beginning, “I was doing my bike tricks at ‘Brooklyn is Watching’ and she asked me if I would be the opening act for her show.” He also did the filming, “If SL years are like dog or cat’s years, it feels like 10 years.
Kat went on to say he and Pooky would be on real-life television on December the 31st 3 PM in New York City, “I made the tape. (For) over year I have trying to get the files. I have worked in broadcast media both at Showtime networks, and BBDO. Finally we got enough short together for 1 hour special. Pooky submitted it, and we feel honored to have been chosen for December 31st. We will stream it in-world, and have a part in-sync with real-life. We are considering a weekly show for the Dating Casino ... a real-life slot on MNN TV ... public access.” Pooky later told me the episode was broadcasted as planned, and was very pleased with Kat’s work.Kat’s personal blog is at - http://handmadeonpeconicbay.com. He pointed out a short webfilm on cyanotypes at (http://blip.tv/file/341745?filename=Mattlabs-DigitalCyanotype664.flv). Kat is sometimes seen in Second Life operating a printing press with the tiny panda. He pointed out another short webfilm “Using the Pearl” at - (http://mattlabs.blip.tv/file/1884211/)
Matt Shaphoff's work can be viewed and purchased online at http://hmpb.us . His digital art can be purchased in Second life at his store in the LlSound New York sim (http://slurl.com/secondlife/LISound%20New%20York/134/163/24). Commissioned work can be created or brought into Second Life on request.
Bixyl Shuftan
Walking in Art
Wonderful artists abound in SL. I was invited to attend an interactive art exhibit by the group Heart2Art. The group presenting describes itself as “A transposition of real in SL. Movie, events and art transposed into 3D new ,second, life.” Eros Boa and Giovanna Delphin , Sicily Zapatero with the help of many other avatars who “acted “ in the tableaus created a Walk In Art. The project is amazing. Wonderful world famous paintings are displayed through out the Sodom Sim .Eros Boa created avatars, postures , backgrounds , to represent the painting in 3D in sl. As we walked along MrSigmund Fride, a renowned art critic, guided us through the art, artist and the representation we were seeing. At almost every site there was the “original” art piece with a link leading to a youtube video about the artist so it was a real learning experience. There will be a show on 28 December. If you would like to attend contact Eros Boas or Sicily Zapatero for an invitation.
Gemma Cleanslate
Visions in Color
For weeks I have been meaning to take a tour of The Criss, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Alajuela. I have been hearing such wonderful things about it.
As I arrived I was struck with the structure of the museum. It is very contemporary itself and a fitting vessel for the art. There are walking tours every Monday, Wednesday and Sunday at 2:30. Kathy Nikolaides, our guide met us at the entrance and with her was one of the new artists, Kirle Adamski. We entered into one section of the building which displays the wonderful abstract watercolors of Antenna Rae.
They are splashes of color to the eye and the mind. We moved on to the next section and there were the delightful works of Genevieve Silvercloud in which you see features in 3D within the art piece.
The next exhibit made me feel I was in the old west of the US. Van Caerndow executes his art on glass and is wonderfully vibrant. As soon as we arrived in the next gallery I was taken with a work called “Sunrise” . Kathy told us we were privileged to be with the artist who turned out to be Kirle!
“ I use storm colours in abstract themes . i never draw the motiv before i paint, the motiv just grows by itself”.
Her works were lovely. Rolling Shuffle was the final artist we viewed. The exhibit is called Jazz in Oslo and I actually saw the music before I heard the name.
Outside the building again we admired the view. There is a poetry reading area with a relaxation rug for comfort. Across from the museum is a large amphitheatre where building classes are held. You can check on events at a Board in the front.
You will enjoy your visit whether you take a guided tour or wander alone.
Ours was a quick visit so I know I will be back to see more. Begin here,
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
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Gemma Cleanslate
Literary & Artists’ Villiage
In the Astrid sim is a place where people with a love for writing have small shops and boutiques to display their craft, as well as getting together occasionally to listen to each others works, the Literary and Artist Village. Since it’s official opening on November 7, it and it’s group have been ways promising writers can meet and find an audience.A poetry reading on it’s official opening had some readings to offer, done in voice. Kalli Birman read some romantic poems. Persephone Phoenix read a “disturbing” poem of a woman who committed suicide from mental stress from her time in Iraq. Corwyn Allen recited poetry one reader commented he liked for his touch of “dry humor,” including “Spanish Dancer” one he had written that morning, and “Saturday Morning” about a lawn mower covered with the first frost of fall, near a lawn that won’t need it until spring. Stosh Quartz had a grandmotherish voice, and read what one called a “pot poem,” one about her cat and an encounter with the dog that left the canine running, and “EEP!! There’s a Spider on My Computer Screen!” Kalli Birman finished the reading, “I’m kind of in a ‘I hate men’ mood” and recited “Social Nos,” which had lines like, “You are a little man, living in his father & mother’s basement, being what he dreams ... lover of many, but provider to none.” A few hung around after the poetry reading to chat about various subjects.
DaSaved Eros passed around a notecard with another poem:
I'm friend with all I love all
I make God a pocket universe to joy for the making of being just to re-build the devil wings was it seen ?
I love all Plus you
Would not God love the devil God best that was once lost
missed
lost
but whole and once again love all
friends with love
Besides poetry readings, there are other events, such as live music, and informal “Night Cap” discussions in which people come by to talk about things such as love and relationships.
SL-Newspaper had a chance to talk to one of the women behind the Literary and Artists’ Village, Cath Munro. “We service well-known authors and just starting authors as well and are involved with many international authors who are trying to break into US market,” Cath explained, “I allow for authors to feature their work on Second Life and we also advertise the community in real-life and in the publishing world. Readings, meetings, networking are basically the goal here, except in more real-life targeted environment than is customary for other literary outfits on SL. The sole goal is to help authors to get published in real-life, and the Second Life events are just a ‘workshop’ to do that.”
Cath informed there was more planned than just readings, “We also plan on having live music regularly, and other events that will be organized by Kalli Birman.”
The group interested writers would join is the ALA, which announcements are made, “ALA announcements include real-life calls for writers, and other real-life opportunities as well as just promotions of the events and readings of our residents and writers anywhere on Second Life.” Cath also showed a mailbox in the village, “a real-life literary agency mailbox here where the authors can place their samples and potentially be contacted and get a contract of representation. This is the drop box for anybody to leave a sample. It is forwarded onto the real-life literary agency. “
Cath says so far, they have been getting, “about 500 queries per week” total. “Well, this is exactly why this village was opened, to find new talent without having to run around the whole (of) Second Life. ... the poetry reading at the Grand Opening opened my eyes to how many talented people are really around here. It's just that it is time consuming having to find them (laughter). So having them read here helps. Anyone can do events here.”
Cath Munro mentioned a few of the more talented writers by name. One was H3 Turbo, a self-described “rouge scientist” with a place called the “Clockwork Orange H2onE2 University” whose writings discuss politics and science. Chaos Priestman “writes scifi and we had a few readings for him. He took a short brake to get married to a wonderful lady that he's met on Second Life.” She also mentioned Paul Levinson, “whom I've met on Second Life and who actually was the person who kept asking me to open this village. He recently wrote a book, New New Media.”
As it turns out, this is not the villiage’s initial opening, but it existed before. “It was up last year,” Cath explained, “but then the agency got really busy with real-life inquiries and there was simply no time to manage it. We have since hired more people both in real life and on Second Life, and Kalli will be helping to manage the Literary village now. We are trying to read all the queries that come via email and sometimes it means reading 1000 pages a day. So we have two additional people helping out.”
“On Second Life, we have asked Kalli Birman to help managing the events for writers. Hopefully that will help but we still aim for quality not quantity and want to remain a boutique environment with a personalized assistance to writers. For example, I am currently working on a PR story for a writer that will be publicised to promote his book. That is a bit different from other agency services. The writer and I communicate both via SL and real-life email, but Second Life is truly helpful to be able to communicate faster and more vividly, as well as being able to "test" some visual promo ideas.”
Cath says all are invited to the “make up” Grand Opening party, which came about as the one on Saturday November 7 was marred by the major glitch in Second Life then, “I hope to have this event in mid December as the upcoming holidays might cause busy schedules. After that we will have regular readings, networking, live music and literary competitions.”
Bixyl Shuftan
Don't let your virtual creations DIE - WILL your WORK day
Dear fellow photographers of Second Life:
About two weeks ago, virtual artist Vanfarel Kupfer died. Had he not left copies of most of his work (no trans, no mod) with his virtual girl friend, Native Aeon, his only legacy would be what is currently rezzed today.
Avatars in Second Life devote thousands of hours to creating content, and all that work is LOST when they die. Yes, even if they backed up that work by giving it to an alt. Even if they gave their account password to someone. When you die and unless you have taken appropriate measures, no one, not even Linden Lab, can legally access your work. It is simply lost forever.
I have been in communication with Linden Lab regarding the correct procedure for "willing" one's artwork - or for that matter, any assets - in SL. Legally, the correct and ONLY procedure boils down to this: support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=441...
In a nutshell, I propose that we establish one day a year, May 18, to encouraging content creators to "Will your Work."
The goal would be to celebrate Van's art while at the same time encouraging people to either give copies of their work to one or more avatars (not their alts) whom they trust, or add them to their Real Life will.
Also on May 18 and for one week, and working with his beloved Native Aeon, Vanfarel Kupfer's work will be exhibited at four locations: his former home sim, EnLuminaria, the Crescent Moon Gallery, the Blackwater Gallery, and Chakryn Forest. Understandably, Native is still very much in mourning over her loss, and when I asked her how I could help, she stated that her greatest wish is that Vanfarel's work become known throughout the grid. So be it.
I am asking all my fellow bloggers, photographers, community leaders and more to join me in writing about and promoting May 18th - on Monday, May 18th - as Will your Work day, to generate awareness of this important objective. If you speak more than one language, please help us to get this message out to your fellow residents in their native language. Won't you please help?
Feel free to create your own artwork. Help us to get the word out with your powerful images.
Here's to enduring great virtual content!
Bettina Tizzy
Source:http://www.flickr.com/groups/willyourwork/
About two weeks ago, virtual artist Vanfarel Kupfer died. Had he not left copies of most of his work (no trans, no mod) with his virtual girl friend, Native Aeon, his only legacy would be what is currently rezzed today.
Avatars in Second Life devote thousands of hours to creating content, and all that work is LOST when they die. Yes, even if they backed up that work by giving it to an alt. Even if they gave their account password to someone. When you die and unless you have taken appropriate measures, no one, not even Linden Lab, can legally access your work. It is simply lost forever.
I have been in communication with Linden Lab regarding the correct procedure for "willing" one's artwork - or for that matter, any assets - in SL. Legally, the correct and ONLY procedure boils down to this: support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=441...
In a nutshell, I propose that we establish one day a year, May 18, to encouraging content creators to "Will your Work."
The goal would be to celebrate Van's art while at the same time encouraging people to either give copies of their work to one or more avatars (not their alts) whom they trust, or add them to their Real Life will.
Also on May 18 and for one week, and working with his beloved Native Aeon, Vanfarel Kupfer's work will be exhibited at four locations: his former home sim, EnLuminaria, the Crescent Moon Gallery, the Blackwater Gallery, and Chakryn Forest. Understandably, Native is still very much in mourning over her loss, and when I asked her how I could help, she stated that her greatest wish is that Vanfarel's work become known throughout the grid. So be it.
I am asking all my fellow bloggers, photographers, community leaders and more to join me in writing about and promoting May 18th - on Monday, May 18th - as Will your Work day, to generate awareness of this important objective. If you speak more than one language, please help us to get this message out to your fellow residents in their native language. Won't you please help?
Feel free to create your own artwork. Help us to get the word out with your powerful images.
Here's to enduring great virtual content!
Bettina Tizzy
Source:http://www.flickr.com/groups/willyourwork/
Is there room for art in SL?
I waited for a while before talking about whether there is room for art in Second Life because of my previous personal involvement in a photo gallery. But having taken a step back, I want to raise the issue.
Is there room for art in Second Life? Can someone sell genuine art, whether it is photography, sculptures, music, or just any creative work?
Having run the Ally's Scenic Views photo gallery for almost a year before, I was highly disappointed with the lack of interest of most people towards art here. Sure, customers who purchased showed their appreciation for the photos, but there are other "industries" in SL that pay more. It is much easier to sell a gadget that took half an hour to script for L$500 than a stunning photo which required a high level of taste and skill to shoot for L$300.
I stopped counting the number of artists who told me that their works in SL do not cover tier for their land. Some lose money. Some have to heavily promote their art for no profit. Some rather provide services for those who want their wedding pictures or custom builds to generate money with their creativity.
The people who are ready to shell out a few cents for a decent piece of art seem few and far between. I even heard some naysayers say that selling a picture L$300 means making L$290 profit for something that can be found on Google Images and uploaded anyway. Such dishonest words.
Is there room for art in SL? Or should content creators focus on clothing, club supplies, skins and sexbeds because it is all that really works? I am afraid of the answer.
ART expo opens TODAY
The special detail, the X-factor of this SL-expo is the fact the paintings shown can be seen and bought in RealLife as well.Contact info can be found at the Expo itself.Jolanda Gerrmann studied at the 'Rietveld Art Academy' in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and 'Minerva Art Academy' in Groningen, where she graduated in 1994 mastering in Autonomous Art and Lithography.
Jolanda Gerrmann expresses divergence of poetry on the canvas.
She succeeds in subtely expressing the most important themes in life such as love, decay, alienation and death. Her compositions and modest use of colours invite you to broaden your vision. Gerrmanns' work has been shown on several art exhibitions all over the world and has been bought to expand very prominent collections.
In 1997, she received a grant from the Dutch Foundation of Artsas a encouragement for this very promising painter.
Location http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seyanforth/216/233/84
THE GALVESTON ISLAND ART WALK
Click image to go to M.A.C.E. to find out more about this exciting show happening TODAY!
The Meta Art Gallery
At the STA art show last month, I never did get a chance to interview any of the sculptors. Well, one approached me and offered an interview: Zero Ball of the Meta Art Gallery.read more in M.A.C.E.
Got! Art Gallery Syl Darcy Exhibit
If you ain't got art, Got! Art Gallery is a place to get it. That's what I would have written in the notecard if it'd been me as I read it.
Whats it all about? find out in M.A.C.E
Holocausto
The Jewish community has always been represented well online. Whether it's the endless number of websites, numerous bar mitzvah clips on Youtube, or even representation in Second Life.
In May of this year, a fellow named Carter Giacobini opened up a new sim to the public, called Ir Shalom. This sim is dedicated to the Jewish religion and has been a popular place for many people so far, Jew or non-Jew. Not only as a place for Jews to call home, but also to inform non-Jews about Judaism. It looks superb and the place has a really nice feel to it. Ir Shalom is actually another name for Jerusalem and means 'City of peace'.
As you can imagine, most of the things in Ir Shalom are related to the Jewish religion and things like that. And this is why they currently have an exhibition in the Jewish Historical Museum in Ir Shalom going on that I think you should see, at least if you like (or even love) art.
The Argentinian paintress Lilian Matalón-Goldhar is very gifted. Let me just quote what the welcome sign at the exhibition says about her (I couldn't have summed it up any better myself):
Lilian majored in psychology and worked in the field for 20 years in areas ranging from teaching in the university level, publishing a book and having her own practice.
At the same time, she studied drawing and painting and in 1993 she decided to dedicate herself entirely to that area. She has been sculpting for a number of years as well.
Her pieces tend to include a wide color spectrum and the create and transmit a powerful mood that reaches the viewer. She has been part of several RL exhibitions, including several of her own for which she has received a number of rewards and special mentions.
One of her major projects was a collection about the holocaust and human rights. This took 3 years of preparation and included reading a large amount of testimonies of survivors, and numerous interviews with survivors in Argentina, Mexico and Uruguay. These works were exhibited in the Riel Gallery, the AMIA (Israeli-Argentine Culture & Welfare organization), as well as throughout various provinces in Argentina.
I will not tell you too much about it. Seeing it for yourself works so much better and there is plenty of extra information to be gained at the location and on her website (although that one is in Spanish). Oh, and while you're there, don't forget to check out the other exhibition going on there, a series of portraits of famous Jews from all over the world.
I talked to the owner of Ir Shalom and the organizer of this exhibition, Mr. Giacobini, and he forwarded a few of the many responses he has been getting about the Holocausto exhibition.
"Enjoy is not the right word for what I experienced at the Holocausto exhibit, but I found it very meaningful and sobering. Thanks for your work keeping the memories of those souls alive." - Xtabber Young
"Great exhibit. I am glad to have found such a place on SL. I have my Master's degree in Holocaust and Genocide, and didn't think I would find such a wonderful place. Thank You." - Kimberly Montgomery
Title: "Holocausto - Honoring the victims of the Holocaust"
Artist: Lilian Matalón-Goldhar
Location: Ir Shalom - Jewish Historical Museum (SLurl)
Duration: October 8 through November 8, 2007
Website: www.liliangoldhar.com.ar (Spanish)
Contact artist: lilig@fibertel.com.ar
Contact inworld: please IM Carter Giacobini
ps. Ir Shalom is one of the main sponsors of SL Newspaper. And while you're there, also check out the SL Newspaper coffee corner at the Ir Shalom Community Center.
In May of this year, a fellow named Carter Giacobini opened up a new sim to the public, called Ir Shalom. This sim is dedicated to the Jewish religion and has been a popular place for many people so far, Jew or non-Jew. Not only as a place for Jews to call home, but also to inform non-Jews about Judaism. It looks superb and the place has a really nice feel to it. Ir Shalom is actually another name for Jerusalem and means 'City of peace'.
As you can imagine, most of the things in Ir Shalom are related to the Jewish religion and things like that. And this is why they currently have an exhibition in the Jewish Historical Museum in Ir Shalom going on that I think you should see, at least if you like (or even love) art.
The Argentinian paintress Lilian Matalón-Goldhar is very gifted. Let me just quote what the welcome sign at the exhibition says about her (I couldn't have summed it up any better myself):
Lilian majored in psychology and worked in the field for 20 years in areas ranging from teaching in the university level, publishing a book and having her own practice.At the same time, she studied drawing and painting and in 1993 she decided to dedicate herself entirely to that area. She has been sculpting for a number of years as well.
Her pieces tend to include a wide color spectrum and the create and transmit a powerful mood that reaches the viewer. She has been part of several RL exhibitions, including several of her own for which she has received a number of rewards and special mentions.
One of her major projects was a collection about the holocaust and human rights. This took 3 years of preparation and included reading a large amount of testimonies of survivors, and numerous interviews with survivors in Argentina, Mexico and Uruguay. These works were exhibited in the Riel Gallery, the AMIA (Israeli-Argentine Culture & Welfare organization), as well as throughout various provinces in Argentina.
I will not tell you too much about it. Seeing it for yourself works so much better and there is plenty of extra information to be gained at the location and on her website (although that one is in Spanish). Oh, and while you're there, don't forget to check out the other exhibition going on there, a series of portraits of famous Jews from all over the world.
I talked to the owner of Ir Shalom and the organizer of this exhibition, Mr. Giacobini, and he forwarded a few of the many responses he has been getting about the Holocausto exhibition.
"Enjoy is not the right word for what I experienced at the Holocausto exhibit, but I found it very meaningful and sobering. Thanks for your work keeping the memories of those souls alive." - Xtabber Young
"Great exhibit. I am glad to have found such a place on SL. I have my Master's degree in Holocaust and Genocide, and didn't think I would find such a wonderful place. Thank You." - Kimberly Montgomery
Title: "Holocausto - Honoring the victims of the Holocaust"
Artist: Lilian Matalón-Goldhar
Location: Ir Shalom - Jewish Historical Museum (SLurl)
Duration: October 8 through November 8, 2007
Website: www.liliangoldhar.com.ar (Spanish)
Contact artist: lilig@fibertel.com.ar
Contact inworld: please IM Carter Giacobini
ps. Ir Shalom is one of the main sponsors of SL Newspaper. And while you're there, also check out the SL Newspaper coffee corner at the Ir Shalom Community Center.
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