The Adventures of Filthy Fluno

Live Music at Filthy's Joint featuring Dan Numbers and Treet Tv!

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Live Art in Brooklyn at Freddy's! Filthy Kolored Angels

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Live Art in Lowell at Jaded!

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Lecture and Exhibit at Towson Univ!

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Linden Lab's CEO with my art in his office. Robert Scoble interview with Marc Kindgen.

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Arts Calendar Magazine!

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ArtInfo.com Feature!

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The Improper Bostonian Feature!

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University of the Arts Lecture

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Wall Street Journal Article

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Lecture/Workshop at Towson University

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New York Times Magazine! 6 page SPREAD!

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Adventures in 2009

2010-01-02T11:34:00.005-05:00

Happy New Year to all of you virtual inhabitants and real-life art enthusiasts!
Jeffrey Lipsky (aka Filthy Fluno) has a new studio and marketplace at Western Ave. Studios in Lowell, MA. Check out his work in the A Mill building in studio A301 on the first Saturday of every month (or by appointment). Also check out www.wasaa.org

Please go to www.jeffreylipskyarts.com for current info on Jeffrey Lipsky's work, shows and events.
For inquiries regarding artwork, public appearances or media please contact publicist Courtney Guertin at 401-368-6655.

Filthy Fluno- the Adventure Continues...

2009-06-07T09:00:00.003-04:00

Please go to www.counterpartgallery.com and/or www.jeffreylipskyarts.com for current info on Jeffrey Lipsky's work, shows and events. Jeffrey Lipsky(aka Filthy Fluno) was recently featured in an article in the New York Times Magazine. Lipsky's articles about marketing artwork in Second Life appear in print and online in the July issue of Art Calendar Magazine.

For inquiries regarding artwork, public appearances or media please contact publicist Courtney Guertin at 401-368-6655.

Filthy's Blog is Back

2008-09-21T09:54:00.010-04:00

Chimera Cosmos with her copy of Filthy's drawing "Tampa" from SLCC 08

Welcome back to Filthy's blog, where artist Jeffrey Lipsky's (aka Filthy FLuno) projects and shows are chronicled semi-regularly. We took a bit of a hiatus since Jeff has a new website and updates it regularly with news. For now, we are taking another crack at this as Jeff has lots of new projects coming up.

Jeff has been painting up a storm and now offers works in a variety of sizes and media for all budgets. Works include oil and acrylic paintings, pastel and charcoal drawings and limited edition giclee prints.

Upcoming Shows:

First up will be another show at CounterpART Gallery, 128 Merrimack St in Lowell, MA .The gallery has moved upstairs and Jeff will be sharing the space with local artist Calvin Thomas for the month of October. Come on by to check out what these two are up to.

The current exhibition (up through October 31) is called "Figures and Forces." The reception will be from 7-11pm on October 25th. Please join us for another fun celebration with art, music, food, and good company. Go to the CounterpART gallery website for more details.

For you West Coast folks, Jeff's work will be featured in a show at SomArts in San Francisco.
The opening party is planned for November 6th.

In December, Jeff is planning a show at The Spot on Thayer Street in Providence, RI. Check back for details on this show.

Also go to www.jeffreylipskyarts.com to see new work.

Grand Opening at CounterpART Gallery

2008-05-08T08:41:00.008-04:00

Filthy Fluno and bunches of SL and RL friends had a great time at the Grand Opening Bash on April 26, 2008 at CounterpART Gallery in Lowell, MA. With live music from Grace Buford (SL's Cylindrian Rutabaga) and virtual live performances by DC Antonelli and Komuso Tokugawa, the show included artwork by local, national, and international (via SL) artists. We had yummy food donated by local restaurants as well as family and friends. Over 200 people attended the event throughout the evening.
Stay tuned for upcoming news and events at the CounterpART Gallery.

Filthy is off to London

2008-04-12T09:58:00.004-04:00

Camden

Filthy Fluno is hangin' in London this week. He'll be there until the 15th of April. Filthy is there making art, meeting friends, and taking in the city's wonders. While he is in town Filthy will be meeting up with Second Lifers around town, including friends Kafka, Kumi and Ham.
If you want to get in touch to meet up or check out his artwork you can email him at filthyfluno@gmail.com.

Lowell Takes Note of Filthy's counterpART Gallery

2008-03-30T09:31:00.009-04:00

Filthy ( aka Jeffrey Lipsky) was visited by Lowell Sun reporter Kathleen Pierce at his new counterpART Gallery in Lowell, MA. Filthy showed a local artist, Ekaterina Konovalova, how to upload a digital photo of her artwork into Second Life for exhibition. The work will be simultanously displayed in Filthy's real life counterpART gallery. Check out the article that graced the first page of the Lifestyle section of the Lowell Sun.

Filthy Fluno Featured in Step Inside Design Magazine March/April Issue

2008-03-27T18:23:00.001-04:00

Check out Filthy's feature in Step Inside Design Magazine's current issue for March/April. It is also posted on the front page of their website. Check it out.

Filthy Opens RL Gallery at 128 Merrimack St in Lowell, MA

2008-03-22T10:39:00.010-04:00

Thanks to the Arts League of Lowell, the Lowell City Council and the owners of 128 Merrimack St in Lowell, I have been granted the use of this gorgeous space to make a real life extension of my online virtual gallery in Second Life. This is the first art gallery in history (if you know one before this, please let me know) to break through the boundaries of virtual reality and rezz into the real world! We're not just talking about an exhibit or two...Filthy's counterpART Gallery (FCG) will be dedicated to the exhibition of fine art as well as present mixed reality mashups of art, music, new media, and exhibitions that bring together both local and international artists. FCG's mission will also promote an inclusive community of artists, local businesses, educators, and virtual technology enthusiasts. Check it out at www.counterpartgallery.com

Please join us for the upcoming mixed reality exhibition April 2-30 called "Virtual Identities" which coincides with the grand opening event for Filthy's counterpART Gallery on Saturday April 26 from 7:30 to 11pm . This exhibit will feature works shown in both the real and virtual counterpArt galleries, by a variety of artists.

Filthy Fluno at Charity Auction

2008-02-28T09:17:00.002-05:00

This Saturday Jeffrey Lipsky (aka Filthy Fluno) will participate in a fund-raiser and open house for Nashoba Learning Group. NLG, an innovative private non-profit school primarily serving children on the autism spectrum, is celebrating the groundbreaking of their new site in Bedford, MA. Jeff will donate a signed print of "Nourish" for a silent auction that will take place as part of the celebration. This event is open to the public, so please come out and check out NLG and the stellar services they are providing. The event takes place this Saturday, March 1, from 1-4 at NLG's new building at 10 Oak Park Drive in Bedford, MA.

Filthy to Speak at his Alma Mater in April

2008-02-14T17:38:00.010-05:00

Check out this upcoming "artist talk " that Filthy will give at Montserrat College of Art, his Alma Mater. If you live in the Boston area here is a great opportunity to come out to see Filthy in action.

"Artist Talk : Arts in Second Life
Tuesday, April 8, 11:30 am

Jeffrey Lipsky, a Montserrat alumni, is "Filthy Fluno" in the virtual reality world of Second Life, where he has a digital online interactive art studio. Lipsky will describe how he blurs the lines between alternative realities.

Lipsky will speak in Room 201 of the 2nd floor of the Hardie Building, located at 23 Essex Street, Beverly, MA."

Filthy Chats with San Francisco's MOMA curator Peter Samis and IBM's Doug McDavid

2008-01-31T13:55:00.000-05:00

Check out the blog post by IBM's Doug McDavid about his talk and virtual tour with Peter Samis, one of the curators of the San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art and a board member at NMC (New Media Consortium). Filthy Fluno joined them in SL along with artists Richard Minsky (Artworld Market) and DanCoyote Antonelli.

Filthy Art Exhibit in Brooklyn

2008-01-14T11:32:00.000-05:00

click on image to enlarge

Jeffrey Lipsky, along with Rebecca Faye and Hello Beautiful salon, present "The Filthy Art Exhibit" February 2-29, 2008. The exhibit will feature new and recent works by Lipsky (aka Filthy Fluno). Included will be a new drawing inspired by Rebecca Faye, a former fashion model and owner/hair stylist of Hello Beautiful hair salon. Rebecca Faye and her funky hipster salon were recently featured on an episode of the Style Network's reality show Split Ends.

Come hang with Filthy and Rebecca at the opening reception, Saturday, February 2 at 8 pm.
Hello Beautiful salon is located at 218 Bedford Ave. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. For more details go to jeffreylipsky.com or hellobeautifulsalonnyc.com

Filthy on SLCN's Tonight Live with Paisley Beebe.

2008-01-13T13:34:00.000-05:00

Check out the broadcast of Filthy Fluno's appearance on Second Life Cable Network's talk show, Tonight Live with Paisley Beebe, that aired on January 13th. Filthy talks about his art-making process and how he is using Second Life to market and sell his RL artwork. Find out what his virtual/real world concept "counterpART" is all about.

Filthy in Chicago!

2008-01-06T15:26:00.000-05:00

Filthy Fluno ( aka Jeffrey Lipsky) will be visiting the exciting RL city of Chicago from January 18 through 21. Filthy will be in Chicago to attend a private showing of his RL artwork for some RL and SL friends.
There will also be a coinciding Second Life event. So please join Filthy and his friends for the in-world event hosted by Ariadne Recreant on January 19th, 5 pm SLT.
The event will include live music from SL's Cylindrian Rutabaga and Komuso Tagagawa, an in-world exhibit of Filthy's recent work, as well as a RL video projection of the SL happenings. Be sure to log in and check it out!

Design your Own Triptych at Filthy's Joint

2007-12-29T10:00:00.000-05:00

Filthy Fluno has a new format of his abstract narrative drawings available for purchase at his Second Life gallery. First go to Filthy's gallery on Artropolis. You will find an area on his roof where you may choose a selection of 3 prints to be matted and framed together and shipped directly to you almost anywhere in the world. This triple print format is a signed limited edition of 25, so go to Filthy's joint and check it out soon.

Art Exhibit and Presentation for Orange Telcom

2007-12-18T22:13:00.001-05:00

Filthy is finally exhibiting his Hacker Drawing series for

art week at Orange sim. Click here to read more!

Coming soon...Filthy will have a private showing in Chicago on Jan. 19

2007-12-14T17:30:00.000-05:00

In January, Filthy will be in Chicago to do a private showing.
There is slated to be live music streaming in-world from some of your favorite Second Life performers. Stay tuned for more details....

Filthy's coming to the UK

2007-12-06T13:26:00.000-05:00

Get ready Great Britain! In April 2008 Filthy Fluno is making his third pilgrimage to Europe with a trip planned to London and possibly beyond. Filthy has commissioned drawings planned for several Second Life personalities who live in the London area. He is also working on plans for an exhibition while he is in town. So all you British Second Lifers stay tuned ....and be sure to get in touch with Filthy if you too would be interested in purchasing your very own original drawing by Second Life's most talked about artist.

From RL to SL to RL

2007-11-20T10:51:00.000-05:00

You can now get Filthy's RL prints from SL with the click of an image, for only a few Lindens.
Just go to Filthy's Joint on his island of Artropolis ...browse over a hundred images...then click on the ones you want. Soon a signed print will arrive at your door, anywhere in the world from Filthy's real life studio.

November Exhibits and Commissions

2007-11-10T10:14:00.000-05:00

...Filthy currently has an exhibit up at Starbuck's in Woburn, MA. The exhibit will be up for the entire month of November.

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..Filthy has a commission planned Citizens Bank in Nashua, NH. He is busy interviewing the staff there and will start this drawing soon. Also in the works is a Valentine's themed exhibit and event at the bank for February.

....Filthy recently completed a commemorative commission for Intel's Velu Balasubramanian and his wife Anu. Anu works as a speech pathologist and Velu is also a talented amateur photographer. This is one of several recent commissions that Filthy has done for couples about their individual personalities and the their personality as a couple.

SL's Cylindrian Rutabaga Tours Boston

2007-11-10T09:23:00.000-05:00

In October, after Filthy returned from Cali, we hosted Georgia's all star musician/singer/songwriter Cylindrian Rutabaga, Grace Buford in RL, for her Boston area tour and visit. Cylindrian came to town to attend and perform at Pod Camp in Boston and to play at several other venues around the greater Boston area, including Boston's Sweetwater Cafe, Chelmsford's The Java Room and Cambridge's Lizard Lounge. In fact Grace placed in the top three in Lizard Lounge's weekly singer/songwrighter contest. Grace will be asked back to perform in a final showdown at the Lizard Lounge with the possibility o getting a solo gig there. If you ever get the chance to see Grace Buford play live.. don't miss it... you are in for a musical treat.

Filthy and Cylindrian had first met in person at the SL conference in Chicago. While visiting here in MA she got to hang out with Filthy in his studio. Filthy worked on some new drawings while Grace worked on some new tunes. At the end of her visit Filthy and wife Anya made Grace a New England style Lobster dinner! We think she had a good visit... and we know for sure that WE had an amazing time.

Filthy's Trip to Cali Part 2

2007-11-10T08:49:00.000-05:00

In October, Filthy travelled to the San Francisco Bay area to meet with Second Life's Holli Hollwood and to create a commissioned drawing for Holly and her husband Angus. Holli owns the in-world jazz club Blue Fusion and in RL works for IBM Lotus.

In addition to karaoke every night at Angus and Holli's, Filthy visited his old friends at IBM's Almaden Research Center in San Jose.

Shown above is Filthy with Almaden's Douglas McDavid.
The purpose of this visit was to spearhead a partnership with Artropolis, Blue Fusion, IBM and Almaden Research Center, beginning with some upcoming joint events in SL.
Also in the works ... Filthy is planning an exhibition at Almaden's Library. So, stay tuned....

Technology in the Arts Chatting with the Academics at Carnegie Melon

2007-10-04T08:21:00.000-04:00

On the morning of October 13, Filthy will be part of a conference on Technology in the Arts at Carnegie Melon University in Pittsburgh. Filthy will join a panel discussion on the Art of Second Life. Filthy will give his talk and comments virtually through an in-world live stream.
Other panelists include: David Dombrosky, Program Director, Contemporary Arts and New Initiatives, Southern Arts Federation; Nettrice Gaskins, Computer Arts Academic & Community Liaison, Massachusetts College of Art; Lauren Lamonica, Producer, Millions of Us; and Brian Newman, Executive Director, Re:New Media.

Coming soon...Filthy's Goin' back to Cali

2007-09-28T17:01:00.000-04:00

Next month Filthy plans to head out to make art for the people at IBM Lotus in the San Francisco Bay Area. Stay tuned for more.....

Filthy Places Third at Location One!!!

2007-09-28T08:37:00.000-04:00

In September, Filthy participated in a drawing contest at NYC's Location One Gallery. Filthy came in third place out of 70 participants and won an acre of land on the Earth's moon! Filthy and his wife Anya watched the judging from the live stream at Second Life's Artropolis (She thinks Filthy's was the best by far!) All of the drawings can be viewed at Location One's website. Go check them out and judge for yourself. One judge even inquired about purchasing Filthy's "dark side of the moon" drawing, however due to rules of the contest all drawings now belong to Location One. Perhaps he can buy a print!
By the way you can buy prints of any of Filthy's drawings...
just email him at me@jeffreylipsky.com

Filthy and Komuso Make an Impression at the Revolving Museum

2007-09-15T08:13:00.000-04:00

Last night Filthy opened his show at the Revolving Museum in Lowell, MA. Friends came from far and near to celebrate with Filthy and his family. The Artropolis version of the Revolving Museum was projected up on a big screen. Second Life resident Esch Snoats designed a rustic artropolitan style space including a stage where resident Komuso Tokugawa rocked the virtual (and real life) house with his boogie woogie blues stylin's. Filthy gave a talk (and in-world tour) about his experience of becoming a full time artist in both worlds. There was plenty of food and drink prepared by Filthy's helpful wife Anya. We all had a blast!

....and, yes Filthy's mom's brownies were delicious.

Below is 'Manu' one of the drawings displayed at the museum.

Filthy Interprets the Moon at Location One in NYC

2007-09-08T13:39:00.000-04:00

On Friday September 21 at 1:15pm Filthy will take part in a drawing contest called Crater New York at Location One at 26 Greene Street(Canal/Grand) in Soho, NYC. Many artists will participate in the contest across a two-week span. The entire contest will be video streamed on Second Life at Artropolis in the SLART gallery. Check out an article about the event in which Filthy is featured.

Filthy will go head to head with artist/critic and SLART founder Richard Minsky. Filthy will work in charcoal on paper while Minsky will create a digital image. Drawings and digital works will be based on a lunar model that will be in installation at Location One's gallery. Each artist will have a half-an-hour to complete his piece. Any fans who will be in NYC are welcome to show up to watch these two friends battle it out.

SLCC in Chicago

2007-08-23T19:21:00.000-04:00

view from Hilton

nearby art installation

Souvenirs galore

Filthy had a blast in Chicago at the SLCC. He got to hang with all his SL peeps, and got to put RL faces with their avatars, meeting many for the first time face to face.

Carli and pal Niko

Filthy travelled down to the Windy City (which this trip was also the stormy, wet, flooded city)
with local Boston area SL-er Carli Flossberg. They got re-routed through Millwaukee and drove down in a crazy storm carting along three strangers they had met on their plane. Finally they made it to the stylin' Hilton Towers.

Filthy with Cylindrian and Esch.

Luckily all the artwork made it to Chicago safely and the art exhibit that Filthy curated for the convention was a big success. Filthy's buddy Esch (aka Todd) was the co-curator.

Filthy was very busy with the show but also had a chance to relax with friends and meet a whole lot of new people too.

Filthy with pianist Louis Volare

Philip Linden creator/CEO of SL with Spider Myron's work "Illusion"

Real Live Music!!

Discovery Channel crew who came to film Filthy and other SLers for an upcoming documentary.

The French Adventure

2007-08-19T17:44:00.000-04:00

When Filthy arrived in St. Amand en Puisaye, he saw posters for his exhibit all over the village.
Including one here on the bulletin board at the visitor center.

St. Amand is a lovely village surrounded by fields and farms in the heart of Burgundy, France. It is historically known for it's nearby clay quarries and the pottery that has been produced here by artisans for centuries.

Filthy's exhibit took place at L'Espace Ceramique Jacque-Jeanneney in a gallery that typically displays both traditional and contempoary ceramics. But Yolene, the proprietor and a potter herself, took a chance and welcomed Filthy and his unusual drawings. At the opening event for the exhibit Filthy met the Mayor of the region and was interviewed by a reporter from a regional newspaper. Pictured left to right: Yolene, Filthy, the mayor, the reporter.

Filthy's friends who helped with local logistics came to the opening event and also shared their homes and showed us around their towns. Filthy's SL friends Other and datssia were especially helpful in getting Filthy set up in town and with the exhibit here.

Filthy's wife Anya joined and they did some sightseeing in and around St. Amand, attending an exhibit at the local pottery museum that is housed in a centuries old chateau.

Our next adventure took us on a road trip to a pair of villages in Normandy known as Barneville-Carteret. There we visited with SL friend Clames Clanger and his partner Lou and their young daughter.

They are renovating an old manor where they live and also where Clames has his music studios.We spent some time getting to know them and then Filth did a drawing for them based on some stories they told. He also had a private showing of several other works in one of the unfinished rooms of the manor. Clames' assistant Richard was a big help in getting the room ready for setting up the show . Clames and Lou were wonderful hosts and we had a teriffic time...it was hard to leave.

After, we returned to St. Amand to close the show there and party with our new friends. We had yummy food, wine, music, and good company. The next day it was back to the states.

Next Stop Indiana

2007-08-19T14:02:00.000-04:00

Our next Adventure takes us to Big Car Gallery in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Filthy first connected with Jim Walker, Big Car's Executive Director, on Second Life. Jim showed great interest in the unique way Filthy is melding the virtual and real worlds to bring his artwork to all sorts of people everywhere. They cooked up a plan to bring Filthy to Indianapolis. Included in the plan was the debut of a virtual version of the Big Car Gallery in Second Life.

Filthy's open ing event for the show coincided with Big Car's First Friday, which included live music and a virtual tour of the Second Life Big Car Gallery. There was a huge crowd and lots of buzz. It was a blast.

There was an eclectic crowd at the gallery in Second Life too. Below in the top hat is one of Filthy's best buds in SL, Esch Snoats ,relaxing with a drink and talking to the babes.

While we were in Indiana we stayed with Anya's brother Dmitri, his wife Antonia and their daughter Anisa, in their beautiful home in Bloomington. They were of course wonderful hosts. They brought us to see some of the sights in Bloomington and took us letterboxing in Indianapolis. Dmitri owns the company rock, paper, scissors a well-known "World Music" publicity and marketing firm in Bloomington. Antonia is a photographer, artist and mom. Anisa is a bright, talkative, creative wonder!!

We got to introduce them all (our niece especially) to our dog Monkey. He was (as always) a very well behaved doggy. We also got to bring the family to Indianapolis to see the show at Big Car. Monkey came too. We all had a fun day!

Adventures in Portugal

2007-08-13T17:16:00.000-04:00

A view of Porto from across the river...

...lots of port wine, mmm

There was quite a turn out at the opening event. The show at 555 seemed to be a very international scene. We met people from many places, including Sweden and Mozambique.

Filthy chatting with Tiago and Iona at the opening
for Filthy’s first European show at the gallery at 555
in Porto. The staff there made us feel so at home.

Kumi with i70 setting up SL projection at 555. Kumi came all the way from London for the show with her husband Geir. She is one of Filthy's biggest fans as well as a friend. Below is Tiago's avatar checking out the Second Life version of the 555 gallery.

Filthy's wife Anya in front of the chapel on the beach in Miramar, a mostly residential beach town, on the outskirts of Porto where we stayed with our new friends.

Here is Charlie, one of 5 of Iona and i70's doggies (Anya's fave). We missed our dog Monkey but Charlie and his companions gave us lots of doggie attention . Below is Filthy with our friends and wonderful hosts i70 and Iona. They opened their home to us, showed us their favorite spots and took care of us like family. True gems!!

Welcome to Filthy's Blog!!

2007-08-12T18:36:00.000-04:00

Well here it is! It's what ya'll have been waiting for...da Filth has a bliggity-blog!

I've been travelling alot lately taking Filthy's Art Adventures on the road and over the seas so stay tuned for news and pics from recent adventures in Portugal, France, and Indiana (in the good ole U.S of A.) and coming soon ...the SLCC (Second Life Community Convention) in Chicago.

Peace out!

Filthy

P.S. A special shout out to our friends and family who've put us up and helped us out during our travels! Thanks to Tiago, Ines and all the folks at Gallery 555, i70 and Iona, Yolene, Other, datssia, Clames and Lou, Kumi and Geir, Jim at Big Car, Dmitri, Antonia, and Anisa , as well as all of their families. We appreciate your friendship and support!