Dancing with Spirits by Theda Tammas ending 30th of September, 2016

Make sure to visit Dancing with Spirits, an amazing exhibit by Theda Tammas at Galleria Kakku, ending 30th of September, 2016! (Windlight used in picture: [TOR] SPECIAL - Light Thru Veins).

Theda Tammas exhibit at Galleria Kakku

Special exhibit by Theda Tammas at Galleria Kakku, Luna Soliel, until end of September, 2016. Please make sure to catch it, and bring friends.

Theda Tammas exhibits in Galleria Kakku and DaphneArts

Here is an awesome sneak preview by Schickzal of the exhibit by Theda Tammas: Dancing with Spirits at Galleria Kakku opening 1PM 30th of July.

Also great news: Our performer for the opening is the one and only Samm Qendra!

Here is a picture I took of her at a recent event (Small World Art Gallery) she sang at:

Theda is also featured in this new exhibition at DaphneArts Gallery I: Beautiful Bizarre. Opening Event: Sunday, July 10th 12pm SLT.

Theda Tammas: Lifedance, opening Sunday, 26th of June at Visions of Beauty gallery

New great exhibit by one of our own Gallery Kakku artists, Theda Tammas: Lifedance, opening Sunday, 26th of June, 2016 at Visions of Beauty gallery!

Purple cat for Bri now at Galleria Kakku. Pie's Art Walk Art after event.

Art Walk is over and being taken down today. It is so sad to see it go every year.
I wanted to write a quick note about what happens to my art.

You can still donate to Help Bri with her dream to become a teacher. The 100% donation piece and the poster with the link to her GoFundMe page are at the Galleria Kakku staircase behind the poster wall.

The other few pieces I had up for Art Walk are at my little shop at Small World Art Gallery & Mall alongside my Vio series.

Mutations by Theda Tammas at Serena Imagine Arts Center, opening 1pm SLT 19th of June

New exhibit called Mutations by Theda Tammas at Serena Imagine Arts Center, is opening 1pm SLT 19th of June, 2016 and runs until end of July. The imaginative and eclectic works of Theda are recognizably her own style. She has been an artist in Second Life since 2007 and is one of the Galleria Kakku artists.

Veljkissa / Brother cat - The Shared Adventure 2016 at SL13B

I really recommend this new project by Instincta Van Helsinki at SL13B. The festival opens June 19th at SL noon. I was lucky to assist Instincta in the project as a location and prop manager and costume designer, so I saw the whole creative process. There is the quality and style you would expect from her, with a lot of feeling and thought put into the story the piece tells. The sounds were by Stem Van Helsinki, whom she has done many previous projects with.

Veljkissa / Brother cat - The Shared Adventure 2016 is about love:

"Welcome to the fountain of memories. This is a Story about undying love.
When someone you have a deep affection for becomes a memory, that memory will be your treasure.
That's what happened to our little guy, who never imagined his brother would be so far away.  But he knows that they will meet again in Nangijala or some other place". 

Instincta owns and runs the Valo gallery with Stem.

She also has a booth at Galleria Kakku and a sculpture on our courtyard. If you have not visited yet, now is the time!

New exhibit at Oller Belair Art Gallery by Pencarrow Oller

Pencarrow Oller has a new exhibit at Oller Belair Art Gallery, where she exhibits exclusively. She is a real life artist, who is practicing owning a gallery in Second Life to get ideas for her future plans to own one in real life. She seems to have a real appreciation and love for art: "When I paint I feel joy.  Painting connects me to the joy of living.  When I finish painting I am more often than not elated not just because I have finished but because I lived."

Rosa Philosophorum is her third exhibit in Second Life. The name is "a very small nod to the Rosarium philosophorum - The Rosary of the Philosophers, a treatise the name of which refers to a 'rose garden' metaphoric of an anthology of wise sayings.  Rosa Philosopher refers to the people who provided me with wonderful feedback on my first exhibition", according to Oller.

Oller is interested in how others perceive her art and how it affects them. This is a collection of 12 paintings, which are "directly related to their personal visual perception which I was able to assimilate a little but gain much.  The challenges presented were in essence technical".

Oller Belair Art Gallery also has a "sculpture park", where Pencarrow Oller is showcasing 8 sculptures that according to the artist "are exercises in understanding design, construction and rhythm". "I'm very interested in the idea of rhythm in both painting and sculpture. You will recognise homage paid to Calder, Nevelson and others", she continues.

In addition to this showcasing, there is a real life guest artist for June: Orsini Tarantal, whom I blogged about recently, and a permanent exhibitor Jaime Poutine.

Vio series by Pieni and opening of exhibit by Karma Weymann today 12pmSLT

I have owned Galleria Kakku for a while now and finally decided to get my act together and showcase some of my own art. I have had exhibits in Second Life before but quite sporadically. I do some art in real life, but not as much as I would like to.

Vio is a series of 22 images made by combining Second Life photography and materials such as watercolor papers on Gimp. I have also included a quote that inspired me.

Two roads diverged in a wood and I

- I took the one less traveled by,

and that has made all the difference.

- Robert Frost

While I was doing a blog post about the Small World Art Gallery, I decided to rent a little shop at their mall. My series is now also available there. This place is good for visibility, so I recommend it to any artist. They have events that bring a lot of people. And plenty of great art to inspire you. (adult sim)

Today Saturday June 11th, at 12pm SLT they have the opening of an exhibit by Karma Weymann, who has not showcased in Second Life before but has quite a following on Flickr. There is going to be a dj and she is promising that these are her best works for your viewing pleasure.

Indigo Puddle and Temba double exhibit at Raglan Shire Art Gallery June-July

Some mornings are tougher than others, but today soon as I logged in SL, I was cheered up by a message from Indigo Puddle. He had sent me his art work of me! I love it! I am so honored to be included. I have to (jokingly) tell you, that you need not paint me to get me to your exhibit, but it does not hurt, either!

 Besides his awesome portraits of friends, Indigo is also showcasing some great abstract works.

The double exhibit at Raglan Shire Tree Gallery by Indigo and Temba will be open June and July, 2016. And as you can see in the background, Art Walk is still open and runs through June 19th!

Book Launch Party of Daisy The Gator 11am today and exhibit by Orsini Tarantal

First I want to recommend a book launch event today Sunday 5th of June, 11 am SLT, at Raglan Shire Studios. Our very own Daisy The Gator has had her writings in several countries in anthologies and online collections, as well as self published her stories, one of which was an Amazon Kindle Short Read Best Seller.

Today we celebrate the launch of her new book: Daisy Gator's Little Book of Remarkable Persons, which consists of eight short stories of speculative fiction. G-rated sim. Everyone is invited.

As you may know from her booth at Galleria Kakku, her own store and her spot at Art Walk, Daisy is a popular artist in Second Life.

Secondly, I was recommended this exhibit recently.

"Almost all the paintings: watercolors, acrylics, drawings and oil paintings belong to a particular time of the author's life.
  A journey that begins in darkness (shipwrecks) and ends in the light (ports)
What better place for a long journey to the vast and open sea, always looking for the lighthouse to illuminate the way and bring us to nuesro destination?
Storms, shipwrecks, lighthouses, ports and cities are the memories of this trip, always in search of that place where nail roots, where land is strong and secure, where you can relax at the end ..."
Javier (Orsini Tarantal )

The exhibit of Javier (Orsini Tarantal) at the Oller Belair Art Gallery is a fantastic showcase of beautiful paintings by a professional artist. The same artist also builds museum grade large scale historic sailing ship models. You can see the model building skill enrichening the artworks in the attention to detail and understanding of the subject.

Art Walk post 9: Tomais Ashdene, Dizzy Sparrow, Lingsais Airy

Our famous group of Raglan Shire Clockhouse raccoons are guarding the artworks of Tomais Ashdene at Art Walk. His beautiful Second Life photography has really enthralled people ever since he started. He is one of the Galleria Kakku featured artists.

Dizzy Sparrow has her lovely works by her store Doolally.

And one more pick from the Clockhouse: Lingsais Airy. He is the owner of Mad Hats at Tiny Outpost and landscaped a really cool enchanted forest there, as well, which would be great for photos.

Art Walk Post 7: Sculpture by Theda Tammas

Theda Tammas is a renowned SL sculptress and has found a spot for her Art Walk piece at Morning Shire. You may also have seen one of her sculptures on the courtyard of Galleria Kakku.

I sneaked a peek at her work in the forthcoming Red White and Blue event art auction at Creations Park.

Today 1pm SLT at Gallery 24: Miss Longtail live for the reception for Ieko Catnap!

Today Sunday May 21st, 1pm SLT at Gallery 24, curated by Kayly Iali, Miss Longtail is singing live for the reception for Ieko Catnap! This will be a lovely event.

Pictures in my personal album.

Art Walk post 5: Mimsie, ArtWolf Eternal, Bear Silvershade, Derry McMahon

Mimsie is a dinkie fashion and furniture designer and a talented real life illustrator. Her captivating images are a new addition to Galleria Kakku. She added her works at Art Walk a bit late, next to where Kimly Crystal's are on the exterior wall of the Theatre, left of the doorway.

Under the Theatre platform to the right, below the works of Kayly Iali, you will find those of ArtWolf Eternal. More of her art can be seen at Art Gallery Route 7, where you can also find the Visual Disability Info Hall.

Derry McMahon and Bear Silvershade have their Art Walk spot by the tree trunk entrance to Raglan Studios. Their works are often found side by side, as you can see at Galleria Kakku or might remember from my blog post about the exhibit they did at Holly Kai Art Garden.

Art Walk post Nr 4: Sculptures by Silas Merlin, Kicca Igaly, Nessuno Myoo

Silas Merlin has his sculptures up at Art Walk. I failed to mention this in the previous blog post. His piece called "Artist in a bubble" is available at Galleria Kakku, as well.

Kicca Igaly has been in SL since 2007, and I found her piece Soap Bubbles very interesting and clever. You could take pictures of it for quite a while and get very different looks. She has her own gallery in connection with those of Desy Magic and Nessuno Myoo, whose work is next to hers at Heron Shire.

These three galleries definitely deserve a closer, more detailed, look.

Third post about our Galleria Kakku artists featured at Art Walk: Silas Merlin and Uleria Caramel

This is the third post about our Galleria Kakku artists featured at Art Walk 2016. Two different artists on the same platform high up.

Silas Merlin has his own gallery at New Babbage and makes both 2D and 3D art. You definitely need to see his sculptures as well as his paintings. His works are amazing lifelike views into every day moments elevated by his appreciative eye. The selection he has at art walk also includes some of his clever fantasy themed images.

Uleria Caramel is showcasing some of her coal drawings, digital art and digital photo art both from last year and this one. She is offering a free gift by her info sign. Her art is available on Marketplace and in several galleries around the grid. She recently donated an original piece for a good cause, as you may remember from the blog post.

Eleseren Brianna at Art Walk and LEA9

Event information before we get to the main blog post:
Original Story by Eleseren Brianna
(The Cold Shot Players)
Today Sunday, May 15th, 3pm SLT
at the Storytellers' Sandbox, LEA9
Seanchai Library "Crazy Eight" ~ Arena

I decided to do a series of blog posts from Art Walk 2016, having seen so many of our Galleria Kakku artists there.

We start off with Eleseren Brianna, whose fashion photographs are striking. No wonder, as she has degrees for, and has worked as, an illustrator and a Couture Designer Dressmaker in real life. She used to own Romance Couture in Second Life and now works as a COO and a fashion contributor for Windlight Magazine. I did see some other subjects from her as well. She is definitely a great artist, and has experience from the Inworldz art scene before branching out in Second Life.

Her art is on one of the platforms up in the air, near Johannes1977, also one of our very own talents. I wrote a profile on him a while back in this blog.

Use the painter's palette to get a lift to higher levels

Or tour with the caterpillar (click call box or hop on when you see one).

Visions of Hope 2016: silent auction in benefit of Relay For Life of SL

Visions of Hope 2016: a silent auction in benefit of Relay For Life of SL, opens Saturday 30th of April, 4PM SLT, with an event. Join Hope Haven Heroes and DJ Cupric for two hours of great tunes, dancing and good company. You can make your bids for 2d and 3d art pieces featured at the exhibit, the starting bid is 500L$ and every increase is 100L$. The auction will run until May 30th, after which winners of each auctioned item will be announced, and payments made. Some of the best artists in Second Life have donated art for this auction. So make sure not to miss your opportunity to buy their artworks.

Raglan Shire Art Walk 2016 registrations are open!

Artists in Second Life are welcome to showcase their works at the Raglan Shire Art Walk 2016 between May 15th and June 19th. The application process is now open, and lasts until Sun, May 8th at 9 pm SLT.

This is the 11th year of this event and they always have had over 100 artists of all walks of life and experience levels participating. Some of the art will be located on the newly designed Raglan Shire sim, some around the sim cluster.

While the Art Walk is located at a sim cluster frequented by tinies and dinkies, any avatar types are welcome. Just remember this location is rated general, so no nudity will be permitted in your art or on the premises.

You can showcase 2D or 3D art and your works can be reproductions of your original real life art, or works of art you made inworld. Check the website for further details and for the registration form.

Art Walk 2016 poster by Kage Stratten