My grandmother was an artist. She loved capturing the natural world in its best light. She loved to travel, and would often disappear on road trips where she’d take mental snapshots of the different landscapes, and then paint them to keep the memories alive forever. She grew up in Cuba. She wanted to pursue art,…
Something is brewing at Hotz House in Somnium Space! Blake Hotz, virtual dj and founder of Hotz House, is starting a new NFT initiative called “HotzBox”. Through HotzBox, Blake Hotz will be partnering with artists to raise funds for Notes for Notes, a non-profit specializing in youth music education, and to support the online art…
Digital artist Shaylin Wallace is an artist who knows how to push the limits of reality. For example, she recently exhibited her art at a virtual reality dance club in the blockchain metaverse. Giant canvases of her alluring, other-worldly artwork glowed against the Somnium Space night sky, beckoning to the clubbers dancing alongside them. Shaylin,…
In this post, I speak with Ashley Cooper Kerns, an avid art collector who considers her art pieces “moments in time”, a non-profit organizer, a former lawyer, an intentional futurist and an actual earth angel. Watch the video below or read the following transcript to hear about Ashley’s NFTs, empowering women and artists, amplifying children’s…
“It is kind of looking into your own mind and trying to come up with this map of how everything fits together.” I love that feeling of my free time when I am just logged into Somnium Space and @Artific is welcoming people to his Art and Coffee gallery for the beginning of the exhibition….
I am a mom. I am not the artist at all in the way this word is usually understood. I am minting the art of my two little girls @2_sisters_NFT. Sofia is two years old, and Maya nine months. I didn’t use any social network for many years. Now I use Twitter every night. I…
Imagine, one day, you’re unexpectedly invited to an exclusive art gallery event. You arrive just in time for the pre-party. You walk into the spacious gallery and are greeted by smiling, laughing guests dancing on a sparkling oak dance floor. On the stage, a DJ is playing music with a wall of entrancing, psychedelic visuals…
With the emergence of the blockchain, many have compared the present day to The Renaissance – especially in regards to NFT art. For the first time in a long time, artists, musicians, painters, and graphic designers alike are being paid directly for their work. The longevity and security of the blockchain has attracted Medici-esque collectors…
Imagine becoming whoever you want at the touch of a button? This may sound like a feat only possible on a Black Mirror episode, but now, it’s possible in real life. This is through the power of VR, blockchain and NFT technology. NFTs are non-fungible tokens, unique digital assets of varying types and values, registered…