SL10B Spotlight on... Art Exhibits

One of the most amazing parts of Second Life is the wide variety and enormous scale of the artistic talent online. In this virtual world, we have the privelege of seeing so many talented visionaries with a great gift for the arts.

If you haven't seen them at SL10B, don't worry because they are all over Second Life every day of the year!

Here is one of the many amazing pieces...

Exhibit: "The Evan Moonshine Lepidoptera Museum"
Exhibitor: Evan Moonshine

This museum represents only a small fraction of the beauty that exists on this planet. Through many years of RL work, each specimen in his private collection was personally prepared, tagged, framed, then scanned and brought into SL.

His avid collecting of Leps began when he was a child and continues on to this day. He has many rarities in his collection including a pair of Speyeria diana from Virginia now known to be extinct, and a one in a million half male-half female, gynandomorphic papilio glaucus, which are both on display in SL at his Lepidoptera Museum.

This exhibit represents only a third of his extensive real life collection. 15% of these butterflies and moths were collected by him, and the rest by other people from around the globe. A big thanks to all those who actually risked their lives to collect some of these.

Aurie: How long have you been building for the SL Birthday events?

Evan: This is my first time Aurie


Aurie: Do you plan to apply again for next year?

Evan: Oh yes! It was a great experience


Aurie: What do you like best about the event?

Evan: The diversity. Nothing better than personal expression.


Aurie: is there anything else you'd like to mention?

Evan: *smiles* I want to send a special thank you to my wife for her inspiration and support.