Expressing Luv

Expressions of the Mind Art Gallery has a new location and new build. The charity Free2Luv And USC Textures are working together to house a great selection of art, to run the gallery and to promote it, and of course to spread word about the important cause.

Free2Luv is a charity working to promote kindness and end bullying. Read more about it from the official website. Leather Aeon, manager of USC Textures Tomb and sim, is an officially recognized representative of the charity in SL. See his "extraordinary peeps of the week" profile on their website. (Scroll down).

The gallery has only been up for a couple of days and the first floor has already been rented out to talented artists from around the grid. Visit the gallery soon and contact Free2Luv Resident for further details on renting your own space.

I have a spot there too and think that combining art with a good cause this way is a fabulous idea

Free2Luv plans to stamp out bullying once and for all!

Leather Aeon was kind enough to offer his time to help me make a blog post about this great cause.

"In order for anyone to be free, you first have to love yourself and love and respect others. This is what the Free2Luv movement is all about."

Free2luv.Org is a fresh, young and innovative new non profit organisation with one mission, and one mission only.

To 'stamp out bullying once and for all!'.... And boy do they have the passion and backing to do it!

Free2Luv is already supported by various celebrity icons such as Jake T. Austin (Wizards of Waverley Place), Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical),
Gabrielle Anwar (Scent of a Woman & The Tudors) and Joel Geleynse (Musician) to name a few!

And now, after talking with it's founders in the Real World, Leather Aeon and USC Textures are supporting this AMAZING cause in SecondLife!

Having already raised around 19,000L$ (Equiv = 75USD approx) inworld, Leather and Co are proving that they are more than behind the Free2Luv movement. And so are many other residents inworld who have donated to this worthy cause and joined in with fundraising and events.

Free 2 Luv now has official Kiosks inworld to collect donations for the charity. All donations, 100% of everything put in the kiosks, goes to the official Free2Luv avatar, and then via a verifiable payment route to the real life charity. You can pick up these kiosks inworld, from the official Free2Luv office at Paradise Landing, or the texture sale display benefiting the charity 100%, provided by Leather and the guys at the USC. You can put them in your business in SL, be it a club, a mall, an office - whatever!  Giving YOUR customers the chance to join this movement with us!

Spreading the word is what it is all about, and that is whizzing around the MetaVerse like nobody's business. You can join our "Supporting Free2Luv.org in SL!" -group to keep upto date with us.

Now another step has been taken and we are working with SecondPride to bring the Free2Luv name forward! They have kindly offered us a free office on their sim, among other lbgt related causes and charities. We now have another permanent base for Leather Aeon and Co to work their magic! This allows us to reach a larger number of people. Having this amazing opportunity given to us, the possibilities are endless!

USC Art Gallery opening Event Today 5th May, 2013, at Noon SL

Expression Of The Mind - USC Art Gallery has an opening Event Today 5th May, 2013, at Noon SL time! DJ G is spinning the tunes. There is a "come as you are" contest with 5000L$ on the board, a sploder, art and other eye candy. The event benefits a lbgt anti-bullying charity called Free2Luv.

Texture sale display benefiting Action Aid, at USC Textures

USC Textures has a big display full of textures that are not on sale anywhere else. They are all just 35L$/ box, and all the proceeds benefit Action Aid.

Action Aid is an international anti-poverty non-gov. organization.

These are sets made for Midnight Mania up to the end of 2010. This is part 1, leading up to boxes that start with the letter F. Part 2 will follow later, also for charity.

One Billion Rising in Second Life

"One Billion Rising in Second Life" is an event to benefit VDay, a global movement to end violence against women and girls. On February 14th, 2013, at midnight SL Time, SL residents will gather together to dance for 24 hours and to raise awareness of the cause.
OBR Walk
OBR Strike
OBR Dance
OBR Rise

Here is the flyer with a list of performers.

Charity event today 4 pm SLT

The Warehouse has a charity event today 4 pm SLT  with proceeds donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation to support breast cancer research and education.

This new club is really cool. I love the set up. Join us for the party, and the auction!

Here is what they wrote in the invitation:

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast Cancer affects everyone. No matter who you are, it is likely that you know someone that has been affected by it it some way. Perhaps even lost loved ones to the insidious killer.

Organizations such as the Susan G. Komen Foundation are dedicated to supporting research into new diagnostic methods and treatments as well as improving education to help individuals detect the symptoms at an early stage. They also assist both patients and their families cope with the disease and treatment.

 The Warehouse is pleased to support this cause by doing what we do best; having a party! Please join us at 4 pm SLT on Friday 10-26 as we enjoy a night of awesome entertainment and even more awesome people. Kicking off the night we have the incredible LongHard Rhode with a special two hour live performance that will knock your socks off (and possibly other clothing articles).

Following LongHard's show, DJ KiKi will be taking the stage to spin some rocking tunes from 6-7 pm.

Capping off this amazing evening, DJ Sparrow will take the stream from 7-9 pm SLT to get everyone's blood pumping with her awesome mix of blues and blues inspired rock.

We will have a some items to auction off and all proceeds from the auctions and tips will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation to support breast cancer research and education.  Our goal is to raise at least $25,000 L's (about $100 US) so please help us support this worthy cause if you can.

Hoot for a good cause

Amu has these two freebie teeshirts in support of the Breast Cancer Campaign. They are very cute, a real hoot indeed.
Take the Breast Cancer Quiz!

Boobiethon Art Auction gathered 100 000 lindens!

The piece on the back wall on white stones, in wooden frame, is Poetry of Spaces by me.

I wanted to go back to the Boobiethon 2012 Art Auction site at RoHaus gallery to take one last look at the art that was up for auction until yesterday afternoon. So much great talent. And this auction made amazing 100 000 lindens for Feel your boobies foundation!

A couple of more events still left in the Boobiethon calendar, today:

October 13th, 12p-2p SLT

• BoobieBall European Time, Winterfell
• Music by Gabrielle Riel

October 13th, 6p-8p SLT

• BoobieBall American Time, Winterfell
• Music by Gabrielle Riel
• TOTAL DONATIONS will be announced

Art for a great cause

I sent an unique piece of art for this great cause. I am so pleased that people organize events for great causes on SL. Here is the poster and the official information from a post in the Prim Perfect blog. They also have a slideshow of the artwork in the post so make sure to click the link for a look.

THE BOOBIETHON IN SL ART AUCTION
Benefiting the Feel Your Boobies foundation.
Auction bidding opens 7 October, 2.00 pm SLT
Last bid 12 October, 4 pm SLT
At RoHaus Art Gallery
Auction facts:
- 26 works of art from 22 artists
- 11 works are unique – that is, they are guaranteed one-of-a-kind works in SL
- Bidding for unique works begins at $1000L; Limited edition at $500L; All others at $100L
- Auction will run for 5 days
There will be an opening party on the first from 2 – 4 SLT, and a closing party on the 12th from 2-4 SLT.
This auction is part of a series of events, a complete list can be found at:
http://redroseofcaledon.blogspot.ca/2012/09/boobiethon-2012-revised-events-listing.html

Expressions of the Mind

The feather pen from my mail art exhibit has a new life in the USC Gallery. On the right art by a tiny fox Pieni.

The gallery is on the top floor at USC Texture Tomb in Paradise Landing.

Aeon Art by Leather Aeon

Phoenix Unbound, by Kyler Collas

Temba's Gallery

The voting for official gallery logo is on the floor below the gallery.

Expressions of the Mind, USC Gallery, is a new free space for SL artists to showcase their work. Curated by Kyler Collas, the gallery features many different types of art. The only requirement is that sculptures are not too scripted or primmy. This is a great opportunity to share your vision at a popular location open for everyone. The artists can sell their art if they wish. There are still spaces available, make sure to take a look and contact Kyler Collas inworld for further information.

For artists and audiences alike, the gallery is free, but donations are welcomed to benefit the Make a Wish Foundation. For this purpose, there are going to be several donation kiosks around the space. By voting for your favorite logo you will be able to donate 1-4 lindens to the charity as well. Voting will be open for a couple more days. All donations go straight to the charity.