Celebrate the Grand Reopening of the Frank Lloyd Wright Virtual Museum

I didn't catch this one until early this morning, my inventory being a mess of note cards lately. The reopening celebration is a week-end long event, it started yesterday and ends Sunday the 22^nd. Here's the note in its entirety:

Celebrate the Grand Reopening of the Frank Lloyd Wright Virtual Museum

November 20-21-22

We have moved to our own region with a brilliant new layout of the museum buildings. See the models of Mr. Wright's buildings in wonderful new settings. Please join us for a series of special events, including a ribbon cutting, tours of the new museum region, roundtable discussion, fireworks display, general fun and the chance to dance the day/night away at a formal Gala Ball.

Friday, November 20

(All times SLT)

2:00 - 3:00 Shantu Selene concert

6:00 -8:00 Special Dance at Breeze

Intro to Silent Auction

Saturday, November 21

2:00 Welcoming Speech and Ribbon Cutting by CEO Frey Bravin

2:30 Round Table Discussion with Craftsman Build-off Winners, moderated by Barbara Collazo, Director of Education

Silent Auction continues

Sunday, November 22

1:00 Silent Auction ends

1:30 Winners of Silent Auction will be announced

2:00-2:15 Fireworks by Jeande Laville

2:30-5:00 Exclusive Members Only Formal Gala Ball

(Join as a museum member or Hippogroups member outside the Ball entrance)

Two Full SIMS of ART

I received a press release from friend Tayzia Abattoir, curator at the NMC Campus and Ars Simulacra:

On Sunday, November 15th at 10 am SLT and 5 pm SLT, come see TWO FULL SIMS OF ART with live music by Winters Kanto and Joaquin Gustav.

The Aho Museum on NMC Campus West and Ars Simulacra will host the artistry of over 30 artists.

What will you discover?

The FEATURED ARTISTS for the Month include the 10 following artists.

Maya Paris
Saiwun Yoshikawa
Spiral Walcher
Bryn Oh
nessuno Myoo
Ub Yifu
Glyph Graves
FigBash Snook
Gleman Jun
Sunn Thunders

4 Special immersive exhibits also being featured are:

"Orfeo's Oratorio" by Alizarin Goldflake
StormEye by Douglas Story and Desdemona Enfield
Flickr Gettr by Mencius Watts and Taggert Alsop
MacBeth by CJ Carnot and Stella Costello

Juried Photographic Exhibition at WoW Art Gallery

The following came my way via Morgana Nagorski:

WoW Art Gallery is pleased to announce a juried photographic exhibition.

• Theme: Song title or a line from a song

• Limit of 3 entries per person

• Deadline 6:00pm SLT 28 November

• The pics must be SL not RL

• And yes photoshopping etc is not only allowed but welcomed!

• Prizes
1st $5,000
2nd $2,000

And the top 10 entries will be exhibited at Wow Gallery in mid December

• Judges: a magazine editor, 2 art reporters and two gallery owners (I am solely the organiser and will not be involved in judging).

• How to submit an entry
Full perm texture to me in a note card
Note card must be titled WoW Photographic competition - Your name
Note card to contain the name of the piece and/or the line of the song, if that line is too long as a title
Dimensions of the piece in pixels to be included so that I can put them on prims for judging.

• Top ten entries will be asked to hang a prim version for the resulting exhibition.
They can, of course be marked for sale with 20% commission taken

If you have any questions feel free to IM or send a note card.

Regards
Morgana Nagorski

Frank Lloyd Wright Virtual Museum's Craftsman Home Build-Off

Late yesterday evening, while I was sorting through inventory items an instant message arrived from Gentle Heron along with a note card inventory offer. I opened both.

"Hi Nazz. I thought you might like to hear about this success story." Gentle said and then added in her next line. "Hey, this gal is amazingly skilled. I'd seen her doll houses, but here she beat the pro builders!"

"Thank you Gentle." I replied and then read the note.

"Virtual Ability member Jadyn Firehawk's newly built house recently won First Place Novice in the Frank Lloyd Wright Virtual Museum's Craftsman Home Build-Off 2009. She outscored the first place professional builder in the competition. As Jadyn says, "Who're they calling "disabled"?"

Use this SLURL to teleport to the SIM, then look at all the entries. Jadyn's build is on the back row of houses on the east side of the SIM. Check out the two-story fire place and all the lovely wood texturing.

Jadyn also builds exquisite small home models. Her award is sitting right on the front porch. Congratulations Jadyn."

"Very cool." I replied after reading the note card.

"She's very talented. She is also exhibiting her photographs in our Cape Able Art Gallery. Second Life has given her a lot, and she's sure taken it on and made a name for herself." Said Ms Heron.

New Video from the Virtual Worlds Story Project

I came across this in my daily feeds, a link to a video "Educators Discover the Magic of Story Quests". The video recounts highlights and of course relays the benefits of questing with excellent footage of the latest quest by Jenaia and Marty of the Virtual Worlds Story Project. It's a short video, but definitely worth a look. Jen and I spoke briefly a few days ago about the project and of the plans for Worlds Aids Day on December 2^nd. If you page down a bit, there's a press release that I posted earlier in the day about the event to be held in Second Life. I had participated in the "Uncle D" quest and had written a short story. I was thrilled when Jen asked me to read the story on December 2^nd and eagerly accepted the invitation.

Life in the Nazz Lane for October 2009

Those of you who know me in Second Life have seen my group tag name "Life in the" Nazz Lane, which I readily admit having adapted from an Eagles song. I'm using the group tag name for a monthly posting in Lane's List, "Life in the Nazz Lane for (fill in the month and year)" to highlight my activities. Besides the posting here in Lane's List, I also freelance for several publications, the SL Newspaper and Avenue Magazine, plus the Second Arts blog. Here's a link for the articles I've written that have been published.

SL Newspaper:

"The Fire King" Author in Second Life: An interview with New York Times Bestseller List Author Marjorie M Lui about her book and a recent appearance in Second Life.

Artists 4 Mercy: I had the opportunity to meet Anu Papp and discuss with her the activities of her charitable organization Artists 4 Mercy.

"The Life and Times of Uncle D" Machinima Premiers in Second Life: Good friends Jenaia Morane and Marty Snowpaw hosted the premier event as part of their Virtual World Story Project.

Second Arts:

An Interview with SL Artist Xenophile Neurocam:

Exhibition Comet Naima Las Islas:

Interview with Artist Trill Zapatero:

Yuri Gallery of Fine Art Opening:

Burning Life Art Department Picks Twelve Art Projects:

Avenue Magazine:

IBM Exhibition Space Presents State of Formation by Selavy Oh (page 219): Interview with Tezcatlipoca Bisiani and Selavy Oh.

Virtual Ability Benefits from SLCC ArtAThon (page 225): The presentation a check to VAI of funds raised at the SLCC by Filthy Fluno and Winter Nightfire.

Second Life Avatar Repertory Theater Group to participate in a Global Theatrical Festival (page 245): Interview with Ada Radius.

WORLD AIDS DAY 2009” A TRIBUTE TO THE HEALING POWER OF STORIES IN REAL AND SECOND LIFE®

INTERNATIONAL HIV/AIDS GROUPS SET TO COLLABORATE ON MULTI-MEDIA, MIXED REALITY CELEBRATIONS OF LIFE

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A "Virtual Story Tree" Dedicated to the Life of Ryan White among the Highlights of the Day

Los Angeles, CA November 9, 2009 --As more and more leaders in the fight against HIV/AIDS recognize the potential for outreach and education in Second Life® (SL), their focus has gone virtual. This year's World AIDS Day events promise to break new ground as a diverse group of international organizations join Karuna* (the NLM-funded HIV/AIDS sim in SL) and its SL partners to cross borders of time, space, and geography to celebrate the lives of those dealing with HIV/AIDS.

World AIDS Day 2009 events in SL will be focused on the healing power of stories and storytelling - a hallmark of the work being done by Karuna and its partners. "One of the mandates of the grant that funds Karuna is that we collect, preserve, and share stories," says Jena Ball, the Coordinator of Karuna. "It is among the reasons we chose to celebrate the courageous life and story of Ryan White and created a 'Virtual Story Tree' to honor his memory."

"Second Life® has allowed us to create an immersive, supportive, and collaborative environment in which information can be presented in ways that help de-stigmatize and personalize the subject of HIV/AIDS," Ball continues.

Partnering organizations for the World AIDS Day events with Karuna and SL are a broad range of organizations and individuals from universities, research organizations HIV/AIDS activists, corporations and foundations - HIV/AIDS NLM, RTI, RTP, STHLNY, CFAR, NIH, ALS, IBM, AIDS.gov, TVWSP. ROF, RTP, Four Bridges Project, Jokaydia, VHH, and SAM (list in formation).

"We all believe in the emerging use of virtual worlds that allow people to create content and to connect in ways that are more rich and experiential than historically possible through traditional media," says Brent Ward, Director of Commercialization for Research Triangle International (RTI), one of the world's leading independent, nonprofit research and development organizations.

Highlights WORLD AIDS DAY 2009:

* Welcome

* Formal Opening of "Ryan White Story Tree"

* Live streaming of activities at Research Triangle Park (RTP)

* Guided Tours of SL HIV/AIDS Sims and Activities

* Live music by SL musicians at Remember Our Friends (R.O.F)

* Guided Tours of "The Life and Times of Uncle D" (TVWSP)

* SL Exhibits by sculptors, photographers, painters and builders

* International Exhibits by Students at universities and colleges

* Presentations of original stories, songs, poems and letters by SL artists