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.
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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.
Star Trek Museum to Close
I am sorry to announce that unless things drastically change (like my winning the lottery) I will be closing the Star Trek Museum as of July 31, and will be giving up these islands. Its been a great nearly 4-year run, but it is time to move on. I hope you will continue to visit until then.
For a long time our house sales and donations have been inadequate to pay the huge Linden Labs bills. On top of that, Linden Labs has made it more difficult to attract people to the museum. We cannot be in the Showcase because we use copyrighted material. Our events, which brought hundreds of new visitors a week, and donations, have been disallowed, while yard sales, nude beaches, penis stores and fake contests are allowed to flourish) and it is especially difficult to sell homes with all the limitations and expense of advertising.
Without visitor donations and house sales, it is impossible to pay the bills. I have hung on as long as possible to try to save the museum, all the hard work by the staff and volunteers, and all the homes.
Besides the monetary cost of running this place, taking care of the museum, fixing and finding things, helping visitors and residents, advertising, bookkeeping, all require a huge amount of time and energy, and I cannot afford the expense or the many hours per day any longer. To be honest, I am really looking forward to having more time for my real life ;-)
To all of you who have been helpful around the museum, supported the museum with your tiers and rents, and generous with donations, you know who you are and how appreciative I am. I sincerely thank you again. To others, my only advice is to donate to the places you love in SL, or they may disappear too, as so many have.
With our home-world gone, Tsora and I will most likely be retiring to our little corner of the universe, the Vulcan colony in Eridani, and do look forward to your visits.
P.S. Although the museum per se is not for sale (we could not bear to see it taken over and changed by others), if anyone knows somebody looking to purchase a used island, either empty or including the homes, scuba, and non-museum things, please give them my name. I will pay 10% finders fee on sale of a sim. Tsora Enoch indicates she will entertain offers regarding her creations. I would just like to recoup a little of my investment.
Live Long and Prosper!
Wabisabi Matahari
The Star Trek Museum is at the TovaDok sim at (24, 212, 34)
"Second star to the right and straight on till morning..."
For a long time our house sales and donations have been inadequate to pay the huge Linden Labs bills. On top of that, Linden Labs has made it more difficult to attract people to the museum. We cannot be in the Showcase because we use copyrighted material. Our events, which brought hundreds of new visitors a week, and donations, have been disallowed, while yard sales, nude beaches, penis stores and fake contests are allowed to flourish) and it is especially difficult to sell homes with all the limitations and expense of advertising.Without visitor donations and house sales, it is impossible to pay the bills. I have hung on as long as possible to try to save the museum, all the hard work by the staff and volunteers, and all the homes.
Besides the monetary cost of running this place, taking care of the museum, fixing and finding things, helping visitors and residents, advertising, bookkeeping, all require a huge amount of time and energy, and I cannot afford the expense or the many hours per day any longer. To be honest, I am really looking forward to having more time for my real life ;-)
To all of you who have been helpful around the museum, supported the museum with your tiers and rents, and generous with donations, you know who you are and how appreciative I am. I sincerely thank you again. To others, my only advice is to donate to the places you love in SL, or they may disappear too, as so many have.
With our home-world gone, Tsora and I will most likely be retiring to our little corner of the universe, the Vulcan colony in Eridani, and do look forward to your visits.
P.S. Although the museum per se is not for sale (we could not bear to see it taken over and changed by others), if anyone knows somebody looking to purchase a used island, either empty or including the homes, scuba, and non-museum things, please give them my name. I will pay 10% finders fee on sale of a sim. Tsora Enoch indicates she will entertain offers regarding her creations. I would just like to recoup a little of my investment.
Live Long and Prosper!
Wabisabi Matahari
The Star Trek Museum is at the TovaDok sim at (24, 212, 34)
"Second star to the right and straight on till morning..."
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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