This document discusses Bonnie Mitchell's experience hosting several international digital art exhibitions in Second Life over multiple years, including exhibits from Bowling Green State University, Perth Australia, Lisbon Portugal, the Southern Graphic Council, and SIGGRAPH. It concludes that viewing art in Second Life can provide an aesthetic experience for the broad SL community regardless of the type of venue.

1. Art in Abundance:Hosting International Digital Art Exhibitions in SL Bonnie Mitchell - bonniem@bgsu.edu - SL: BonnieMitchell Miles Bowling Green State University

2. Bowling Green State University Digital Arts Student Exhibition

3. Bowling Green State University Digital Arts Student Exhibition

4. International Digital Media Arts art exhibit “IDEAs”, 2006

5. Arcade V art exhibition Perth, Australia, 2007

6. Arcade V art exhibition Perth, Australia, 2006

7. Computational Aesthetics exhibition Lisbon, Portugal, 2008

8. Computational Aesthetics exhibition Lisbon, Portugal, 2008

9. International Digital Media Arts art exhibit “IDEAs”, 2008

10. Southern Graphic Council 2009 traveling member exhibition

11. Southern Graphic Council 2009 traveling member exhibition

12. FATE 2009: Foundations in Art, Theory, and Education Student Exhibition

13. FATE 2009: Foundations in Art, Theory, and Education Student Exhibition

14. SIGGRAPH SpaceTime Student Exhibitions 2009-2010

15. SIGGRAPH SpaceTime Student Exhibitions 2009-2010

16. BGSU Art 101 Student Exhibit

17. BGSU Art 101 Student Exhibit

18. Kuang Hsu’s Second Death Exhibit

20. bonniem@bgsu.edu Conclusion: Viewing art in Second Life can be an aesthetic experience regardless of type of venue. Hosting art exhibits enables curators to share the work with the vast SL community.