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Photo/video challenge… Ce n’est pas une peinture!!! (With cash(L) prizes)

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA15/62/112/533 In September I started work on my immersive environment at LEA15 called Ce n’est as une peinture. While I am still tweaking it here and there I have had friends show me some very cool creative photos and video they have taken. I would love to see what photos and video you take of my installation. There are so many creative/inventive people in Second Life, I want to see how you would put that to work with my art. There w

What’s important

“Often I feel like so much emphasis is put on how beautiful you are, and how thin you are, and not a lot of emphasis is put on what you can do and how smart you are. I’d like to change that, change the emphasis of what’s important when looking at a woman.” —Margaret Kilgallen YES!!! My sentiments exactly!!!! THIS is what my art is about!!!!! AND I am/will continue to push for this change!!! #artwork #slider

… a beautiful friendship

Something new I’m working on. Not sure what else to say about it yet… #artwork #slider

Art and community in Los Angeles

“Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” – Goethe A couple of years ago I went to an art panel on Feminist art at the LA Art Show. The discussion was circling around Womenhouse and The Los Angeles Women’s building of the 1970s. These were places woman artists gathered to collaborate, communicate, support, encourage and exchange ideas. These were amazing communities that I would have been proud to be part of if I had be

“Systems of Existence”

We had a wonderful time at the opening of Systems of Existence. If you missed it, the show will be up for a couple of months, with a planned art talk in about 4 weeks. Definitely stop by!! Systems of Existence features art from 7 artists whose work exemplifies the ideals of Turing gallery at Extropia. Alan Dojoji/Alan Sondheim, Fau Ferdinand/Yael Gilks, Formatting Heliosense/Patrick Millard, Jo Ellsmere with Philos Kidd, Qiezli hixantapo/Jeremy Owen Turner with Michael Nixon

Instagram

I have recently found instagram and have been having a lot of fun with it. When I am away from home and I need to be creative, it’s perfect! If you are on instagram, look me up: kristineschomaker #artwork #slider

Clowning around!!

My best friends in Second Life put together a party for a few of us who have our Rez birthday’s this month. We started out clowning around with toys, then the night quickly turned deadly when we decided to flash mob a few clubs. We had tons of fun despite the constant lag and crashing!! At one point we landed in a Columbian public hub. We took a wrong turn. But it was pretty cool. I was playing with a pogo ball and someone in Colombian (Spanish?) IM’d me asking me what it was

30th Anniversary of the Los Angeles Brewery artwalk

From the Breweryartwalk.com site: The Brewery ArtWalk is a twice annual open studio weekend at the worlds largest art complex. With over 100 participating residentartists, you will have the opportunity to see new works, discover new favorites, speak with the artists and purchase artwork directly from the artists’ studios. The ArtWalk takes place in the Spring and Fall, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm Admission is free and so is parking. Come and support LA’s finest artists, take home some

Ce n’est pas une peinture

If you would like to check out my newest installation tp here… http://slurl.com/secondlife/LEA15/63/114/533 Video by Fuschia Nightfire/Nina Camplin video by Mudslinger Ning/Colin Nash #avatar #slider #secondlife #graciekendal #artwork

Newest LEA Artist-in-residence

A couple weeks ago, I found out my proposal was accepted for the LEA Artist-in-residence fellowship. I am honored and so excited. I received my whole sim a couple days ago. Yes, a whole sim with 15000 lovely prims to use!! My project is called Ce n’est pas une peinture and is a complete abstract and spontaneous sculpture/installation/immersive environment inspired by my paintings, mixed media work and sculpture within Second Life. Some of my influences for this work includ

Having a Second Skin…

Last Saturday night I participated in a one night happening at a gallery in Los Angeles. It was a lot of fun. There were a lot of people wandering through my space and asking some really great, perceptive questions about my work and Second Life. I think I converted a few people! LOL I basically sat at my computer for 3 hours, hanging out with friends in Second Life. We went shopping, playing in my friend’s Alien Jungle, hanging out at my studio/home and went to a couple art g

LEA Land Grant Application images- Aug 2012

Images of my Burn2 installation, SL sculpture and my RL paintings. #slider

“Looking for a few good avatars”

Open call for avatars for “Second Skin” a performance art piece. I am putting on a Second Life > Real Life performance on Saturday August 18th from 6-9pm slt. The performance is called “Second Skin” and is being held in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 from 6-9pm slt and in Second Life simultaneously. I am looking for overweight/plus size/curvy female avatars to stand in the gallery Nude, bald and in heals on Saturday August 18th from 6-9pm slt. You

This is my body!!!

Part of a blog post I did for irez… #slider

Be yourself!!

So I have gotten a lot of mixed reactions to my shaved head. Ok buzzed for all you pc people…LOL It’s been interesting to watch people look at me. Some are quiet and don’t say anything, while others ask why I did it. This is what I tell them. I’m an artist and my work is about continuing the conversation on body image, media’s distortion of beauty and self confidence. Our hair holds such symbolism of our physical beauty. The media makes it seem negative if a woman shaves he

The Bald and The Beautiful

Vaneesa Blaylock graciously asked me to write an article for her blog I rez therefore I am. I posted about my experience of shaving my head for my performance “The Bald and the Beautiful.” Check it out!!! #artwork #slider

Tonight!!! Artist21 art talk/performance 8pm pst!!!

Please join me tonight for the Artist21 series being shown simultaneously in the virtual world of Second Life and at the Brewery Artists Lofts in Los Angeles California. I am going to be giving a talk about Second Life, the art world and my work. Plus I will be doing a performance art piece at the end. We will be live at 7pm pst for some mingling. Then the talk/performance begins at 8pm pst with Q&A afterwards. I hope to see you all there!!! Excerpt from the Artist21.info sit

New paintings!!

I will be bringing these paintings into Second Life very soon!! Check out my newest paintings from the “Once upon a time series.” Inspired by street art, urban city lights, decay and the idea of ripping away layer upon layer of meaning/texture/emotions and still not being able to find the bottom. Sometimes you weren’t meant to. I realized the other day, unconsciously, these paintings are also inspired by speed and movement. My dad was a race car driver and passed away at the

Say something… positive

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And one man in his time plays many parts by Kristine Schomaker

Check it out… The video from my opening/installation/performance in Los Angeles and Second Life… #artwork #slider