Raglan Shire Artwalk

 

 The Raglan Shire artwalk is taking place. This is one of the best known yearly art events in Second Life, and the Raglan community's most popular one.

 

 Across much of their land, numerous pictures, photographs, paintings, and sculptures have been set up.

 

 With some galleries by individual artists.

There was one group of cartoons.

 

And some 3D sculpture.

 

 

 Among the things there was the "Art o Matic 3000" which will paint a copy of your profile pic. Just watch out near the end. 

The event goes on to Sunday June 15.

 

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Raglan%20Shire/126/61/59

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Announcement: Registration For Raglan Shire ArtWalk Is Open

 

Raglan Shire is hosting its 20th ArtWalk starting May 18, 2025. A 4-week long, multi-sim art festival, it is one of the art highlights of SL. Residents of Second Life may show their artwork during this time.  Reproductions of RL original artwork (painting, drawing, art photography, printmaking, collage, and digital fine art that can be imported and put on a prim) are encouraged, along with SL artwork including virtual photography and sculpture.

In past years, we had over 100 artist participants exhibiting in spaces over several sims. This year, we hope for a good turnout and will include space in Raglan Shire tree city, in Heron Shire forest, Morning Shire park and Athen Shire village. The 2D artwork will mostly be displayed along hedgerows around Raglan Shire, and sculptures in designated areas of Heron, Morning and Athen Shires.

DATES: Sun May 18 - Sun  Jun 15, 2025
LOCATION: Raglan Shire Sim Cluster
INFO & REGISTRATION LINK: https://sites.google.com/view/raglanartwalk2025/home
ENTRY OPENS: Friday April 25 at noon SLT
ENTRY CLOSES: Monday, May 12 at 9:00 PM SLT

 

For questions, contact in-world:

Linn Darkwatch, Artwalk Director

Panacea Pangaea, Artwalk Assistant

Kayak Kuu, Artwalk Assistant

Karmagirl Avro, Artwalk Assistant

You can also ask questions in the Friends of Raglan Shire group in SL.

 

Raglan Shire Artwalk Opens

 

One of Second Life's better-known art shows is now up and running: The Raglan Shire Artwalk. It began yesterday, Sunday May 15, and will continue until Sunday June 19.

Raglan Shire's 17th Artwalk will run from May 15th to June 19th, 2022. It is a five week long event that spans five regions with over 100 artists participating from around the world. Everything from RL photos, paintings and drawings, to SL sculptures will be displayed. Artwalk features live music shows as well as regular weekly events. This year’s Artwalk is dedicated to Teal Freenote. 

As the announcement in the Destination Guide points out, the art is spread out over five of the Raglan community's sims. There are both examples of 2D art, paintings, screenshots, photography, and 3D art sculptures. Most of the pictures are on hedgerows, or "On a hedge!" as the locals say. There are dozens of artists involved, including the Newser's Marcel Mosswood. 

While Raglan has a number of events throughout the year, none gets as much attention, or as many participants from outside the community, as the artwalk. Teal Freenote, whom the artwalk this year is dedicated to, was responsible for it's reaching out to artists outside the community of tinies. She passed away last month. 

Opening day started out with more than artwork. There was a live music event with Keeba and the Tiny Maniacs, with the singer herself sporting overalls splattered with paint. The audience included some of the Artwalk's artists.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Raglan%20Shire/105/196/60

Bixyl Shuftan
 

EOTB: Linden Lab Announces Oz Linden's Retirement Gift

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In February, Oz Linden retired from Linden Lab after 11 years of work. There's no record if he got a gold watch. But he did just receive a retirement gift from the Lab: a small bronze statue courtesy of Second Life artist Bryn Oh. The announcement was last Friday, September 24.

To celebrate Oz and his many contributions to the community, Linden Lab commissioned talented artist Bryn Oh to create a special bronze sculpture of his avatar as a retirement gift. Using an image of his avatar as a reference, Bryn created Oz in a very unique way -- the infamous Second Life “away” pose.

So why did Bryn Oh have Oz in that position? He would answer with this:

I felt it was nice to make Oz in "away" because maybe retirement its more of an adieu than a goodbye.  Or maybe I am just too sentimental.

The Newser first reported the news about the bronze statuette last month. It's not the first time Bryn worked with bronze. In 2017, she was making some based on her works in Second Life.

For the Linden blog post, Click Here.

Bixyl Shuftan
 

Artist Bryn Oh Makes Real-Life Statue of Oz Linden For Linden Lab

 

Second Life artis Bryn Oh has been known for various artistic displays in Second Life, such as her Rabbicorn. But she has also been doing some real life art, such as the bronze sculptures she made in 2017.  Recently in Facebook, Bryn announced she had been doing more bronze statue art. But this time, it was Linden Lab itself that requested the sculpture, in honor of Oz Linden, whom had retired in February this year after 11 years.

Several months ago I was approached by Linden Lab, the makers of the virtual world I use for my art,  to create a retirement gift for Oz Linden a long time and very well known Linden Lab employee.  They asked me to create a bronze sculpture of his avatar.

Bryn used a couple of images of Oz from the 2019 interview of him an April Linden (though mistook April as the one doing the interviewing). The resulting sculpture was 12 inches high, and was slumped forward in the style of an AFK avatar.

I created a 12 inch sculpture of Oz and it is being shipped to Linden Lab right now so yay.  When creating the pose for the sculpture I decided to make Oz in an "away" pose.   An away pose is unique to the virtual world in that when a person doesn't touch their keyboard for a while because they have gone to make tea or went to walk the dog.. their avatar will time out and be put in the "away" pose which is slumped over and asleep looking.

So why put Oz in this particular pose? Bryn would explain with the following:

I felt it was nice to make Oz in "away" because maybe retirement its more of an adieu than a goodbye.  Or maybe I am just too sentimental.

So the scuplture was made in a way that expressed a wish that Oz wasn't really gone, just having stepped away for a while to return later.

Images from Bryn Oh's Facebook page

Bixyl Shuftan
 

Scenes From The Fantasy Faire

Taken at Khol Dracys. This mostly prehistoric-looking sims had lots of dinosaurs. But this one looked like a snow-sculpture from "Calvin and Hobbes." Made out of snow with button eyes and carrot teeth, it looked like it was more dangerous to snowmen than people.

But with the melting snow, would it be a "Snowasaurus Wrecks?"

For more information about the Fantasy Faire, check out the blog: https://fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com/
  
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Fairelands%20Junction/61/101/34  

Bixyl Shuftan
  

Raglan Shire's Artwalk 2020

Raglan Shire, the most noted community of tinies, is having its most popular event which brings over people of all avatars from across Second Life. They are having their annual Artwalk art festival, their 15th.

The Raglan Shire ArtWalk will be once again opening it’s Hedge to thousands of pieces of real life and virtual art in just a week! We have close to 200 artists signed up and there’s always time for more to get involved! 

With tons of different styles and types of art and creativity not to mention interactive events and live musical performances, the ArtWalk has become a staple of what can be done in virtual spaces when so many come together to exhibit their work and provide an atmosphere of fun and creativity which, incidentally is what Raglan Shire was founded on.

There are numerous examples of paintings and sculpture up on display, as well as a few SL screenshots and real-life photography. The quality ranges from beginner to experienced. One group of artwork that got my attention were the 3D Chinese paintings by Fiona Fei. One example of 3D artwork was to be walked about from inside. With seven exhibition areas in four sims, there is much to see for both art fanciers and those just looking for something nice to put on their wall.

The event began Sunday May 17, and goes on to June 21st.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Raglan%20Shire/37/219/77

Bixyl Shuftan

Spanish With Eugenia

While a small majority of Second Life's residents come from English-speaking countries, others come from countries where it's not so commonly spoken. Plus in real life many people from other lands move to those countries. So it's often a good idea to try to learn a little about another language. Among the various exhibits at the Second Life Birthday was that of "Spanish With Eugenia," a language class by Eugenia Calderon. The Newser met up with her and had a few words with her about it.

Read the story in People.

Announcement: 14th Annual Raglan Shire Artwalk

ART! ON A HEDGE! IN THE FOREST! IN THE TREES!! EVERYWHERE!! AHHHHHH!

Once again, The Hedge has appeared and with it comes all the incredible Art hatched from the minds of creative & talented individuals for all to see!

This years ArtWalk promises to be the biggest one to date as we expect to surpass 200 within the next several days which will be the first time we’ve hit that number.

Friday is set up day and there is already a staggering amount of art of all types up and out for viewing. Whether it’s paintings (oil, acrylic, watercolor Etc) or Drawings and sketches (digital, pen, pencil, charcoal, crayon yada), Photography or 3D sculpture, There’s something for everyone to see and marvel at in addition to a bunch of extra’s you can experience to augment your enjoyment of the event!

Expect to also see live performances both Artistic and musical during the next 4 weeks!

ArtWalk officially begins May 12th and lasts a month so you all have time to come and have a look at all things creative and support the people who put the time in to share their Art with everyone!

The Tarot Garden

Gemma Cleanslate's latest trip to the Linden Endowment of the Arts regions took her to LEA 17 where she found something that got her attention: the Tarot Garden. Built by Secondhandtutti, the exhibit is based on a real life sculpture display in Naples Italy by Niki de Saint Phalle. Gemma had a look around the place, and a few words with the artist.

Read Gemma's story in Design.

Raglan Shire Art Walk Does it Again

After a short break due to real-life, Klaus Bereznyak is back on the scene. Hearing about the ArtWalk in the Raglan Shire community, he decided to pay it a visit. This event attracts artists not just from the local tinies, whom have some talented folk in their own right, but from all over Second Life. There's quite a bit of photography, paintings, sculptures, and more.

Read Klaus' article in Design.

The Petrovsky Flux Is Gone

In 2013, the Newser reported on an LEA exhibit called the Bogon Flux, described as, "a scrap-metal steampunk structure that defies gravity." Enterable from the bottom, the structure was a series of hollow metalic-looking tubes that connected to junctions that led to other tubes, windows, and occasionally a fishtank or metallic hand. The structure was not static, but would slowly build itself up to resembling a huge metallic tree, and every so often would collapse and the process of building would start all over again.

Created by Blotto Epsilon, later he and Cutea Benelli would create an even greater build: the Petrovsky Flux. "There are five independent structures that grow among each other, each with different boundaries." He would tell Hamlet Au in a New World Notes article, "the highest goes up to about 350 meters, I think." The build was hosted by the Spencer Art Museum sim, which is owned by the gallery of the same name in the real life University of Kansas.

But unfortunately, the build is no longer up. It seems after years of funding the sim, the University made the decision to stop paying for it, and eventually the sim faded away. Cutea Benelli made the announcement on Facebook, "After five years the Spencer Museum of Art could no longer host the Petrovsky Flux, alas. We were arrears in paying tier and the plug was yanked."



A sad development for interactive art lovers. Perhaps the structure will find a new home, or Linden Lab would be willing to host it. until then, it can be seen only in pictures or videos such as the one made by the Spencer Art Museum itself, or a particularly good one by Toxic Menges.

Source: New World Notes

Bixyl Shuftan

The DiXmiX Gallery

Second Life Newser was recently invited to check out the DiXmiX Gallery. Owned by Dixmix Source, the gallery features a number of artworks from pictures, including nudes, sculpture, and other art. MajikVixen dropped over, getting a tour of the gallery by Dixmix, and having a few words with him.

Read more in Design.

Press Release: The 11th Annual Raglan Shire ArtWalk 2016.

Welcome to the 11th Annual Raglan Shire ArtWalk 2016.

Art by more than 150 SL artists is located in 4 sims in the Raglan Shire sim cluster from May 15 -  June 19, 2016.

Included here is a map of those areas and LMs to them all. 

Please explore and enjoy

Artwalk 2D Area #1 - Raglan Shire Tree City
Raglan Shire (30/222/77)

Artwalk 2D Area #2 - Raglan Shire Pond
Raglan Shire (76/151/58)

Artwalk 2D Area #3 - Raglan Shire Tree City
Raglan Shire (13/160/79)

Artwalk Sculpture Area #1 - Heron Shire Forest
Heron Shire (125, 130, 22)

Artwalk Sculpture Area #2 - Morning Shire Bridge and Park
Morning Shire (237, 167, 21)

Artwalk Sculpture Area #3 - Athen Shire Village
Athen Shire (68, 233, 23)

Raglan Shire Tree Gallery
Raglan Shire (122/59/59)

Press Release: Steelhead Art City

Art City Kickoff
June 12th
The kickoff begins Friday June 12th with Vincent Starry Night Dance. Come as your favorite Artist, or favorite piece of art.

Painted Purple Flower Walk, an RFL event
Friday June 19th
We will be setting up a purple flower garden in Steelhead St Helens. If you would like to dedicate a purple flower to a loved one we'll have those available in June. Our RFL event will be Purple Rain for the Friday night Dance. The garden will be left up through the end of the RFL relay weekend.

Artwork Displays running from June 12th through June 30th
Artists will be assigned their spaces. We can begin doing installations and hanging on the 9th.

Photography Displays
We're making space for everyone interested to hang pieces of original photography. The photography can be anything in SL or in RL. We will also have a wall of Steelhead photography in the Steelhead City Hall where everyone can contribute photos of Steelhead. If you are interested in contributing photography please contact Eladrienne Laval to get your official frame. The deadline to adding photos on the walls is June 11th.

Drawn Artwork Display
For those who draw or paint in the outside RL world. If you are an artist and would like to contribute some of your artwork please let Steelhead Resident know by June 9th so we can set you up with a wall or area to display your creations. Please contact Eladrienne Laval with the amount of art you are wishing to display so we can set you up with a location.

Sculpture Art Display
For those interested in creating a sculpture display. We would like to give you a small lot and prims to work with so you can create a prim collage or sculpture or diorama. These sculptures will be set up in Steelhead Harborside. Please contact Eladrienne Laval asap to be assigned a location.

Art Exhibits
If you'd like to display an exhibit around art or your favorite artist please contact Eladrienne Laval or Steelhead Resident so we can get you set up with an area and prims for your exhibit.

Poetry and Storytelling Art
We will be hosting a Steelhead style Poetry Slam complete with guns nuns and nuclear bombs. We are still working on dates for our storytelling art and poetry slam so we'll have more information on that soon for sign ups. Jaz Beverly is going to be directing the storytelling.

 Exhibitor Application

Please drop a notecard on Eladrienne Laval or Steelhead Resident with the following (and title it):

NAME:

NUMBER OF PIECES:

MEDIUM:

SPECIAL REQUESTS:

Press Release: Raglan Shire ArtWalk 2015

May 3 - 31 2015 - Raglan Shire Sim Cluster in Second Life
 
Residents of Second Life may show their artwork during this time.  Reproductions of RL artwork (painting, drawing, digital fine art, printmaking that can be imported and put on a prim) are encouraged, along with SL photography, manipulated photography and sculpture.(Full information - click Deadlines, Info, Requirements link below.)

Each year we have had over 100 artist participants exhibiting in spaces over several sims. This year, the 10th ArtWalk, we hope for a good turnout and will include space in the vast center park of Raglan Shire, in Heron Shire forest, and in other sims in the cluster if needed. The 2D artwork will be displayed along hedgerows around Raglan Shire, and sculpture in designated areas of the forest on Heron Shire.


Deadlines, Info, Requirements: All the info you need (please read and print)

Registering for ArtWalk 2015 implies that you have read and agree to this information.

REGISTER HERE FOR ARTWALK 2015


Visit ArtWalk May 3 - 31, 2015, in Raglan Shire, Second Life.


Questions?  Contact inworld:
JIllan McMillan, ArtWalk Asst.
Dagmar Klaar, ArtWalk Asst.
Karmagirl Avro, ArtWalk Director

RAGLAN EVENTS (ARTWALK) 2015 CALENDAR - Look at May for dates

Ub Yifu – RFL Designer Builder

While at the Relay for Life track, DrFran Babcock ran into one of the more interesting builders, Ub Yifu. Going about in his one of a kind avatar, Ub had been busy at work on one of the Relay's designer sims. He talked to DrFran about how he came to Second Life, his work as a 3-D artist, and his build at the Relay.

Read DrFran's interview in People.

The First Sims: Da Boom

With the tenth anniversary of Second Life a few months away, DrFran Babcock was interested in what had become of the first places on the Grid. The first of the firsts she wrote about was the place the late Lalo Telling called, "The Orgin Point - The Anchor of the Grid" of the early Second Life: Da Boom. DrFran takes a look at the nearly decade-old sim, and what it has to offer visitors.

Read more in Places.

Two Contests

For those interested in contests involving art and photography, there are a couple contests on the Grid. One is the "Avalon Fall Festival Autumn Art Contest."

Avalon Town invites all SL artists to enter the Fall Festival Autumn Art Competition. For this competition we will do two categories; flat works (paintings, photos, etc.) and 3D (sculptures, ect.). The work must be created by the submitting artist and obey all copyright and DMCA laws. The theme of the artwork should be autumn, fall, or the colors associated with the season.

We will be accepting submissions from now until September 16th at midnight SLT. Artwork will be on display and open for public voting through the Fall Festival from September 17th through the 29th. Winners will be announced at the Harvest Ball on Saturday, September 29th.

First place for both sculptures and 2D artwork is 1000 Lindens. Second place is 750L. Third place is 300 for 3D work, 500 for "flat works.

Those interested contact Tricia Aferdita or Rowan Derryth.

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The second contest is for photos, held by the S.S. Enigmatic sim and RP group.

From now until Oct 7, 2012 the SS Enigmatic will be holding a photo contest. All images must be taken on the SS Enigmatic Sim. Images may or may not include avatars. A variety of styles of shots is encouraged, scenery, action, romance (keep it clean!) depicting life and the environment on the sim. The winner will be awarded L$5000 Linden dollars.

For more information, contact Sonrisa Seminari or check out the contest page on the S.S. Enigmatic website.