All artisans worldwide are invited to sign up to establish a presence on the Virtual Arts and Cultural Highway. You can now have your own 3D studio, gallery or space to invite people online to meet and see your work in a virtual world specifically designed for artisans. Imagine having regular showings of your work, sending out invitations and establishing a new world-wide audience for your work.
FIRST STEP:
Please install the Virtual ArtsHighway Browser. When you first run it you will find yourself teleported directly to Mile 0 of a fascinating 3d world of the arts where you will find galleries, artisan studios and group shows of real artists throughout the world.
SECOND STEP:
The first time you run the software it may offer to update a couple of times to be sure you have the most current version, click yes as it incrementally updates the software.
THIRD STEP:
Once installed, you can come back to this page and click this link to go directly there (World: ArtsHiway) . or just double click the Active Worlds Icon that gets placed on your desktop.
Once in, feel free to explore all the galleries and if you like, sign up to one of the Artisan Guilds found at the entrance in the Artisan's Village. As an introduction to virtual reality we will give you an immediate free presence in the Artisan's Village by providing an email or web site link directly back to you.
Once you gain some familiarity with 3D worlds, you may want to consider becoming more active by building or having us build for you, a small studio or gallery in virtual space where you can display your work. Many artisans have chosen simnply to be a part of our ongoing group shows.
Visiting the virtual galleries, meeting artists and others is free to everyone, however, if you would like more options, click the Register option to become a full citizen of the Active Worlds Universe (for about $70 Can./year). This will allow us to authorize you to build, install a custom 'avatar' (character that represents you in a virtual space) and activate many other features that can help you network more effectively.
The cost for virtual gallery space on the Arts Highway starts out at only $5/mnth.(Canadian Funds) to rent a 2 Grid Unit area for your studio or gallery.
Additional building space is available and the table below shows the options currently available.
Renting 3D space to build your own Studio and/or Gallery! (Pre-fab Studios and Galleries are included if you don't want to build one yourself).
Space for...
Area
Yearly Fee
Artisans Studio (small)
2 to 4 Grid Units
$60
Artisans Studio (large)
5 to 9 Grid Units
$80
Artisan's Gallery
10 to 14 Grid Units
$110
Artisan's Studio & Gallery
15 to 20 Grid Units
$150
FOURTH STEP:REQUEST FORM: A VIRTUAL BUILDING SPACE
