History In The Making With The Help of SL

Second Life has really played a big part in making history in the real world, and it’s all down to the work of artist Dennis Paul Batt (avatar Schmonson Dalglish). Dennis came into SL to bring the American Art of Lapidary to the attention of the real Art World and it has been a phenomenal success.

Lapidary, the use of gemstones to create pictures, had been largely ignored and not recognised as an art from by the echelons of the Art World. Dennis’s tireless campaign has meant that this beautiful art has now been recognised and an exhibition of the pictures, ‘Commesso: Made in America, Gemstone Fine Art’ was held recently for the first time in a Museum in California. Dennis gave a talk at the Museum and made his mark in American history by introducing this wonderful art form, and the Lapidary artists, formally into their rightful place alongside all the other great Masters of fine art.

I am delighted that I met Dennis ‘in-world’ at the very start of his campaign in SL, covering the stories for CNN at http://secondlife.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/25/virtual-world-real-art/#comments http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-58648 and http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-220877

You can see how the whole event at the Museum went at:

http://www.americanmastersofstone.com/News.htm
http://www.americanmastersofstone.com/Presentations.htm

I am proud to have had the honour of covering this story of the final recognition of pure American Art at it’s finest, and I would like to thank artist Dennis Paul Batt for giving me the chance to do so.

Janey Bracken