I am delighted to announce my first ever Museum Exhibit... in Florence, Italy! Some of my virtual photography from Second Life will be displayed in the first major SL Art Exhibition, along with a number of other talented people. We were all discovered on flickr by Frank Koolhaas (aka Mario Gerosa) who is a SL resident himself. The exhibit is part of a large event, the Festivaldella Creatività (Festival of Creativity) which takes place annually in Florence. I wish I could be there (it starts Wed. Oct. 23, 2008), but since I can't, I'm holding my own virtual art show displaying some of the included artists' work in Second Life at a gallery I built. Here is some more information taken from the press release.

creativity is a festival! Tuscany, a place that has genius, innovation andcultural exchange in its DNA, sponsors the Festivaldella Creatività, an open platform for actions, projects and language of the present, a dynamic crossover in which everyone can discover the way to the world of creativity. The Festival promotes various forms of creativity and examines themes of innovation through a newlens which combines description and action. The Festival, after only two years, has proven tobe an internationally renowned event, reintroducing the idea that Florence is a modern city and that Tuscany is a campus rich in creativity. Festival della Creatività has proven it is able to involve individuals as a new community, to attract the biggest names in art, economics and culture, as well as more informal networks of people through web platforms and Second Life.