SLEA Launch 11 Grants: January-June 2026
SLEA6: GRANT RESIDENCY Grant Artist: Chrix and Lallie Sorbet, Liaison: LEX
SLEA Grant Residency
Chrix and Lallie Sorbet now have 3 shows available at SLEA!:
Calder – Inspired by Alexander Calder, the artist who invented the mobile, we have created our own unique Second Life interpretation of his work.
Malstrom - A dangerously aquatic brainchild of Lalie Sorbet & Chrix
Murmuration – A Never-Ending Show
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SLEA2: Babypea > Liaison: LEX
January-June 2026
Mischief Managed is a powerful new show inspired by the magic of Harry Potter, created to challenge the stigma surrounding neurodiversity and to celebrate the unique strengths within neurodiverse communities. Neurodiversity encompasses millions of people worldwide who experience differences such as Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyspraxia, Tourette Syndrome, Intellectual Disability, Down Syndrome, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and more. Too often, these individuals face misunderstanding, exclusion, and barriers to education, employment, and even acceptance within their own families. Yet many also possess extraordinary abilities—talents that can appear nothing short of magical. Mischief Managed invites audiences to reimagine difference as strength, dispel harmful myths, and embrace compassion and inclusion. By bringing together “Muggles” and “Magic Folk,” the show fosters a community built on understanding, appreciation, and shared humanity—where everyone’s light, neurodiverse or neurotypical, can shine.
Prepare to board the Hogwarts Express on Platform Nine and Three-Quarters for your journey to Hogwarts School of Witchcract and Wizardry. dispel myths, and discover the wonder of embracing diversity. An exciting show of music, dance and wonderment, created in partnership with Second Life Endowment for the Arts.
Prepare to board the Hogwarts Express on Platform Nine and Three-Quarters for your journey to Hogwarts School of Witchcract and Wizardry. dispel myths, and discover the wonder of embracing diversity. An exciting show of music, dance and wonderment, created in partnership with Second Life Endowment for the Arts.
SLEA3: Emily Silkstone > Liaison: DEE
January-June 2026
A’maze’d SLemotionsAn immersive art installation by Emily SilkstoneSecond Life can feel like a maze.You log in with expectations. You follow a path. You take a turn that changes everything.Sometimes you feel lost. Sometimes you feel found.A maze’d SLemotions invites you to step into that labyrinth — a physical journey through ten emotional rooms inspired by the real experiences of life in Second Life.Why did you log in for the first time?Was it curiosity? A dream? A need to create? To connect? To become more?Inside the maze, you will walk through anticipation, awe, inspiration, belonging, love and desire, happiness — but also jealousy, sadness, and the quiet clarity of acceptance.There are no shortcuts. The only way out is through. This is not an exhibition about pixels.It is about what we feel while navigating them.As you move deeper into the labyrinth, you may recognize yourself — in the golden moments and in the cracks. In the communities you joined. In the love you felt. In the nights you logged in and felt alone.Second Life is constantly evolving.So is this maze.Step inside.Lose your way.Find yourself.
SLEA4 1/2: Blue Tsuki > Liaison: WILKES
January-June 2026
Cantos ascends through four unique worlds, each bound to the others by threads both implied and subliminal. It's a passage through dreams and nightmares yet pierced by moments of beauty that arrive unannounced, like memories almost forgotten. At every level, the work reaches under the surface, drawing viewers into perspectives that shift the moment you think you understand them. A curated soundtrack echoes through the spaces weaving together visuals and emotion.
Check out this blog post about Blue's grant!
SLEA4 1/2: ExodarArt > Liaison: WIZARDOZ
January-June 2026
Empires and CulturesWelcome to a world where the grandeur of ancient empires comes to life. Explore reconstructed cities and monuments, from Greek and Roman arenas to imposing Egyptian temples, without a trace of ruin: time is frozen at the height of these civilizations' splendor.
Architectural colors and plays of light define the path through sun-drenched plazas, monumental pools, and sanctuaries. Discover underground labyrinths, secret passages, and public spaces where diverse cultures meet. Every detail is included to offer an immersive exploratory experience through history and culture.
Architectural colors and plays of light define the path through sun-drenched plazas, monumental pools, and sanctuaries. Discover underground labyrinths, secret passages, and public spaces where diverse cultures meet. Every detail is included to offer an immersive exploratory experience through history and culture.
SLEA7: Jordan Rizzo > Liaison: WILKES
January-June 2026
SLEA8: NEMESIS MARVILLE > Liaison: SHINY
January-June 2026
"The Quiet Between Worlds" was created in the growing sense of unrest and exhaustion (offline and online) that is currently plaguing our world around performance, polarization, and pressure to define identity . A space to offer true emotional safety, softness and rest -- to emphasize the small moments of peace and connection we uniquely have in Second Life that span the world. It is very Lgbtq+ forward, offering space to the most vulnerable of our community.The region is filled with places to relax, breath , moarn, comemorate and cellebrate the loved ones that are still around as well as the communities brothers and sisters weve lost.