the 7 through 9 of september, ad 2018
a Festival of Creativity
For Immediate Release
Celebrate the arts in Second Life® and the 5th anniversary of
The Dirty Grind Independent Artist Community with Carnival
of the Arts 5.
The Dirty Grind Independent Artist Community family of artists and patrons
invite you to enjoy 3 days of 100% LIVE music from a
selection of the top indie songwriters who enjoy SL! Join the celebration
for the opening of their featured artist gallery for the newest member
of their family, Silas Merlin.
Lexie Smith is returning to the grid for this special occasion while
they also welcome back Benski Korhonen and Etherian Kamaboko.
Many surprises and a lot of fun are sure to be had.
The entire family of The Dirty Grind Independent Artist Community
0hopes you will join them to embrace the grid's wonderful
community of artists!
Bushels of love and appreciation to those who are able to help us promote
this event that is very special to us.
Featured Visual Artist
Silas Merlin
We are proud to welcome the newest member of our family, Silas Merlin. Even if you do not know his name, you have surely seen his work in pastels as well as sculpture.
We are honoured to have the opportunity to host Silas' collection, The Art Exhibit. This 19 piece collection is available for purchase at the Swank event.
Along with Silas, we are also welcoming back two of our first featured artists, Toysoldier Thor and Enola Vaher.
Live Songwriters
Something For Everyone
From rock to folk, jazz to medieval ballads. the auditory gifts of our recording artists and songwriters span genres, generations and countries to create the tossed salad of songwriters in Second Life® whose passion is creating and sharing.
Friday
7 September 2018
3 David Csiszer
4 Strum Diesel
5 the matthew show
6 Jamba Losangelas
7 Twostep Spiritweaver
8 Benski Korhonen
Saturday
8 September 2018
2 Shannon Oherlihy
3 Thunderfoot Lorefield
4 Phemie Alcott
5 Lexus Melody
6 Grace McDunnough
7 Bearsheart
8 suzen JueL
Sunday
9 September 2018
2 Wald Schridde
3 Lexie Smith
4 Winston Ackland
5 DimiVan Ludwig
6 The Vinnie Show
7 Effinjay
8 Etherian Kamaboko
Our blogger- and machinimist-friendly sim is always open to the public.
Bloggers are invited for a preview of Carnival of the Arts 5 on wednesday, September 5th and Thursday, September 6th.
Live Events for Carnival of the Arts 5 are friday, the 7th of september, ad 2018 through sunday, the 9th of september, ad 2018.
Our regular schedule continues tuesday, the 11th of september.
Dates
Who We Are
Our Story
The Dirty Grind Independent Artist Community™ is constantly evolving our shared dream of a not-for-profit artist community in Second Life©. We constantly work with our artists, their management teams and our guests to expand and improve upon the already groundbreaking personalized w support we offer.
Our goal...our passion has always been to provide a haven for artists in which creativity and community flourishes. We are here for our artists and wish to extend our reach as a service organization.
The members of The Dirty Grind Family put their heart, soul, time and much more into their art. We give them our resources and experience so they can better concentrate on creating. Lisa and Ian share a background in music, business and non-profit
management.
Lisa's background includes innovation and leadership in the international, nonprofit sector, communication, creative writing and art knowledge. She is the founder and former president of a multi-national 501(c)3 and an independent mixed media artist.
Ian brings his experience with corporate administration, as well as management history with a brick and mortar theater and live music venue.
The Dirty Grind Independent Artist Community is a not-for-profit artist cooperative. Our mission is to promote and celebrate our family of artists and introduce residents to the bountiful amount of art on the grid.
The Dirty Grind™ hosts 100% live music shows on our home sim every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday starting at 4p. When you aren't here for our live music, you may always enjoy our 24/7 radio station Radio Grind.
Be sure to check out our beautiful Adirondack steampunk sim when we aren't having shows as well! Artist Row™ features some of the grid's best artists with items available to purchase.
Radio Grind presents... listening and discovery booths are a great way to learn more about each of our artists and buy their work. We also host satellite locations of Radio Grind presents... on sims we feel are optimal to introduce to the residents of SL™ to what a wonderfully vibrant community of artists we have.
After all, every prim and pixel on the grid is art. If you would like to keep up to date with our artists' show, or what we like to call field trips, and our in-house shows and festivals, be sure to join The Dirty Grind group. You may also subscribe to our daily blog for up to date information.
What is SL™ without Artists?
The Dirty Grind Independent Artist Community Mission
The Dirty Grind Independent Artist Community Family of Artists
as of september ad 2018
RECORDING ARTISTS
Winston Ackland
Wald Schridde
Twostep Spirit Weaver
Thunderfoot Lorefield
The Vinnie Show
the matthew show
Suzen Juel
Strum Diesel
Shannon Oherlihy
Senjata Witt
Phemie Alcott
Naga Flow
Kinagree-Smith
Kiesta Aljon
JAMBA
Grace McDunnough
Gypsy Dhrua
Gweeb
Etherian Kamaboko
Effinjay
Djoni TB
David Csiszer
Cosmic Haystack
Billy Thunders
Beth Odets
Benski Korhonen
Bearsheart
THEATRICAL ARTISTS
Gish Guardian-Birdsong
LITERARY ARTISTS
Anna Bardin
Mathew Perrault
VISUAL ARTISTS
Winston Ackland
Toysoldier Thor
Tallulah Winterwolf
Suzen Juel
Sina Souza
Silas Merlin
Paula Cloudpainter
Maghda
Kiesta Aljon
JudiLynn
Johannes1977 Resdent
Enola Vaher
Bloo Ansar
A Selection of Honors
The greatest honours we receive are from our artists, our
artists' teams, our volunteers and supporter, our patrons
and our guests! Knowing we are making a positive impact
on the individuals constantly warms!
Winner of Showtime Magazine's Live Music Award for Best
Unique Venue
Winner of Showtime Magazine's Live Top Ten Venue
Nominated for three Avi Choice Awards,.2015
Favorite Live Music Venue
Favorite Venue, Sr
Favorite SL Radio Station
Nominated for seven Avi Choice Awards, 2016
Favorite Rock/Pop Venue
Favorite Live Music Venue
Favorite Venue, Sr
Favorite SL Radio Station
Favorite Art Gallery
Favorite Entertainment/Arts SL Blog or Website
Favorite Entertainment/Arts SL Blogger
Nominated for one Avi Choice Award, Winter 2016
Favorite Live Music Venue
Featured in the Sim Street Journal #16: Visual Music
Featured in Windlight Magazine January 2016 Edition
Featured in many blogs.
Sansar©
Visit us
Radio Grind presents...The Experience
Visit The Dirty Grind family of artists' five-experience journey of creativity in Sansar!
Radio Grind presents...The Experience introduces you to the mission and philosophy of The Dirty Grind Independent Artist Community with an introduction video and walk-through experience.
You are then taken to Radio Grind presents...The Dirty Grind Independent Artist Community, Sansar's first radio presence and its first artist listening and discovery booths.
Note: The final experience, our stage is currently down due to unknown issues.
Contact Us
Lisa Buttmonkey (Jasmine0Alaya)
Co-Founder/Right Brain (and a bit of the Left)/Madness
Ian Witt (Ian McConach)
Co-Founder/Left Brain (it's somewhere, really!)/Bat Shit/Artist Manager
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Fender/47/87/36
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Copyright © 2017 The Dirty Grind Independent Artist Community™, Lisa-Anne MG Furgal & Brian Witt All rights reserved.
Second Life® and SL™ are trademarks of Linden Research, Inc. Jasmine's Hollow™, The Dirty Grind™, The Rebakery™ and Radio Grind™ are not affiliated with or sponsored by Linden Research.
Jasmine's Hollow™, The Dirty Grind™, The Rebakery™ and Radio Grind™ are trademarks of Lisa & Brian Witt. Linden Research, Inc. and Second Life® are not affiliated with or sponsored by Lisa Furgal & Brian Witt.