As we make our way towards 2024, let’s look at some of the amazing projects that have arrived from our first class of Avaissance students.
Whether they’ve been with us for a while or their project represents their first interaction with Avalanche… we’re glad they’re here.
Avaissance begins!
The Avalanche Foundation is launching the Avaissance initiative to grow the
#AVAX
NFT ecosystem and support its budding artists. The program aims to usher in a rebirth of creative activity on Avalanche.
So, what’s the plan?⬇️🧵
New year, who this?
We're now Avalanche Arts & Culture. We're committed to covering all kinds of tokenized cultural assets. Not just art, but also PFPs, ticketing, rewards & loyalty programs and beyond.
So, we got a new name, but same content, same mission.
Happy 2024!
Please meet Iddris Sandu our Fashion & Phygital mentor for Avaissance Season 2.
@iddris_sandu
is the founder and CEO of Silicon Beach based start up Spatial Labs.
@spatial_labs
builds technologies at the intersection of AR, NFC, and Fashion.
Sandu has previously worked with…
Excited to announce the launch of the new Art on Avalanche account dedicated to growing and showcasing the vibrant art and culture in web3! We are committed to highlighting the diverse and innovative works being done in the ecosystem.
We've got another home in the Metaverse.
Announcing the opening of an Avalanche themed area in
@worldofdypians
, a metaverse developed by
@Dypius
.
Come to the downtown region and spend some time under the giant 🔺 with us.
Mona Lisa Initiative applications are open!
If you’re an Avalanche tastemaker or leader of a DAO, you can apply for approval to the Mona Lisa program and potentially be gifted NFTs.
Who wants some free NFTs?
We’ve partnered with
@Galxe
to launch three exciting On-Chain Achievement Token (OAT) campaigns around Avaissance.
Details on how to get your free NFTs. ⬇️
Please meet our newest mentor, John Lê!
The California-based visual artist and storyteller boasts an impressive portfolio that includes work in Image Comics and his hit comic series, GIGA, which was published through Vault Comics.
The Avalanche Foundation has made acquisitions for the Mona Lisa Collection:
Chikn
#3410
, 4590, 5027, 5890, 6627, 6773, 8756, 8922, 9199, 9776
Transaction information below.
If you’ve been in the
#AVAX
art scene for any amount of time, you’ve probably run into Tunç Süerdaş.
@tuncsuerdas
is a Turkish painter, photographer and digital artist.
He’s also typically one of the first to welcome any newcomers to AVAX.
🎨Avalanche NFTs in 2023🖌
Our Avalanche Art account didn’t even exist on Jan 1st of this year and yet here we are. From an art Renaissance to entering Hyperspace, it’s been an eventful year.
Let’s look back at some highlights, as we get ready for an even bigger, art-ier 2024.
Bids have been placed for week three of the Digital Art Challenge. The theme provided by
@dokyoworld
was "Vending Machine".
Steamy Dreams by
@furkan_ozcoban
10 AVAX bid
Load Up by
@SOPESGAL
5 AVAX bid
Vending Matrix by
@_bavic
3 AVAX bid
Digital Art Challenge Week 3
Theme – Dokyo Vending Machine
We’re letting
@dokyoworld
choose the theme, which means you can enter two challenges with one piece.
Both Dokyo’s competition and the Digital Art Challenge close on July 5.
Please read the below carefully.👇
A large number of the world’s longest running companies are Japanese, with many businesses over a century old.
How do they manage it? Adaptation.
Let’s talk about Matsumoto, Inc. Founded in 1932 as a printing company,
@web_matsumoto
has been a fixture of the school yearbook…
Digital Art Challenge Week 3
Theme – Dokyo Vending Machine
We’re letting
@dokyoworld
choose the theme, which means you can enter two challenges with one piece.
Both Dokyo’s competition and the Digital Art Challenge close on July 5.
Please read the below carefully.👇
Please meet our next mentor for Avaissance Season 2: Sherbok Holmes, founder of
@chikn_nft
.
@SherbokH
will be guiding our cohort of PFP project founders, helping students learn the operations aspect of running a project.
"We don't need mass adoption. We need mass acceptance first."
Listen to
@lurklovesyou
discuss how we can break down the barriers to understanding and embracing web3 art.
Breathe easy, artists. You've got a little more time.
We're extending the deadline to apply for Season 2 of the Avaissance Artists in Residence program.
You now have until April 12, 11:59PM ET to apply.
Avalanche Summit II is this week!!!!!111
If you can’t be there with us, you can still stream it - details below. And here are some talks you won’t want to miss. 🗣️🧵⬇️
Very Happy Holidays to our Avalanche artists, projects, platforms, and collectors.
Whether its a drawing pad or a pair of AVAX Crocs, may you have the tools you need to absolutely crush it in 2024.
Introducing Avalanche Park | Summer Creative Hang
There is no substitute for seeing friends in person. But that doesn’t happen often within our NFT community.
So we’re doing something about it.
Something big just dropped out of Hyperspace.
Multichain NFT marketplace & launchpad
@hyperspacexyz
has arrived on Avalanche, bringing with it more NFT analytics, charting and new features to come.
So, what can you do while in Hyperspace? 👇
If you're headed to Avalanche Summit II, get familiar with
@lostworldsnft
before you go.
There will be some great NFTs you can mint on their platform while you’re there.👇🧵
Look ye upon the news of these Avalanche NFT Projects, Marketplaces, and DAOs.
Lest we blot out the sun! For, like, a few minutes in certain places. 🎨👇🧵
Avalanche Q3 report from
@MessariCrypto
:
Avalanche experiencing "highest NFT sales in over a year" with the second consecutive quarter of rising NFT sales.
More here 👇
You didn't miss Summit II, did you?
Luckily, we filmed conversations with some of our favorite people in the space. Over the coming weeks, we'll be bringing the Summit to you in bite-sized clips.
Get ready for some profound insights, two minutes at a time.
If you're at Summit, take a moment to admire this mural by
@taptapkaboom
on your way into the main stage.
Or admire it here on Twitter, that works, too.
Ticketing on the blockchain is going mainstream.
@0xMoongate
has integrated Avalanche to power the next wave of adoption for NFT ticketing and memberships on their platform.
Please welcome our next Avaissance mentor, Georgio Constantinou. Geo is an entrepreneur whose career has always straddled music and technology.
Through his various ventures, he has managed or worked with some of the biggest artists in modern music.
The Avaissance Artist in Residence program can be immensely beneficial for artists trying to take the next step in their careers.
Here's what one alumni,
@JosiahSoren
, had to say.
It wouldn’t be Friday without updates from some of our talented Avalanche artists.
Take a look at what’s happening & drop some words of encouragement for your favorite artists. It’s a small thing that can make a big impact. 🎨🧵👇
Digital Art Challenge Week 2
Theme – Community
Place your entries + link where we can bid as a comment to this tweet. Closes June 28 at 9AM ET.
Full rules below. 👇
Scribble Warlock, also known as Gunnar Tarsa (
@ScribbleWarl0ck
), describes his journey into art as involuntary, driven by an insatiable creative hunger.
An intrinsic part of his life, exploring art's fundamental role in our experiences remains a major theme in his work.
Meet Kieks, a versatile artist whose journey has taken her from music education to the bustling world of NFTs.
Despite her handle,
@kieksinjapan
is currently based in Wales, and has carved a niche for herself within the digital art space, blending the roles of artist & dev.
Want to create a DAO but don't know where to start?
@wonderverse_xyz
is a suite of tools that helps manage web3 projects, proposals, and grants.
Join us this Wednesday at 12PM ET for a live demo of how the platform can help with DAO creation & management.
You may have heard we have
@HyperspaceAvax
rewards points to award through a referral bounty.
So, here's how we're going to do it: we thread!
Write an X thread about your favorite AVAX artist or NFT project on Avalanche. Then drop a link to it below. 👇
Kimbo launches its NFT collection on
#Avalanche
in partnership with
@MadSkullz_NFT
The talented studio joins forces with Kimbo to create the collection you've been waiting for.
More details will be released soon.
For art and community. $KIMBO 🐶🔺
Digital Art Challenge Week 5
Theme – Fashion Forward
This week, we have Avalanche artist
@joyness_exe
picking our theme!
No limitations on your interpretation. Figural, textural, isolated attire, whatever. Illustrate the elements of fashion that bring you joy (pun intended).
GN Summit II, GN AVAX crew.
GN to all the frens who are new.
GN, Gün talks. GN, Lost Worlds drops.
GN, TJ swag. GN, AVAXApes bag.
GN, Legitimate NFC tag.
GN, Intern and his free t-shirt game.
GN, Bruh at the party, going insane.
GN, DJ Time Machine
GN, gross toe of Daniel…
Not just an artist, she's a brand.
@mumbot
talked with us at Summit about how NFTs are helping her build Mumbot World, a brand and community only possible in Web3.
What if independent musicians could leverage the power of a music distributor while keeping 100% of their streaming royalties?
That’s the aim of
@UnchainedDistro
, a new service that has chosen to build on Avalanche.
We are proud to publicly announce our partnership with
@Avax
, a smart contracts platform built to scale infinitely. We will be specifically deploying artist royalty capital onto the Avalanche C-chain in various vetted DeFi protocols.
#web3
#distribution
Huh. According to this op-ed, Avax NFTs are cool again.
Let’s dive deeper into that with this news roundup of Avalanche projects, marketplaces, and DAOs. 🎨👇🧵
Look, we know you’ve been freaking out a bit. But what you’ve waited for is finally here:
It’s the weekly round up of Avalanche NFT Projects, Marketplaces, and DAOs.👇🧵
Allow us to introduce NFT artist, and recent Avalanche addition, virk (
@virkkk_
).
Her journey is a testament to creative evolution. Starting from a passion for anime to a Fine Arts degree, virk now works full time in the arts.
This week is the NYC Creator House! Based on this artificial artist’s rendering, looks like it’s gonna be a blast.
Maybe we’ll see some friends from these Avalanche NFT Projects, Marketplaces, and DAOs. 🎨👇🧵
Want an easy way to stay current with Art on Avax?
Sign up for our email list, which includes the weekly schedule for Avaissance virtual classes you can attend.
Four open mentor webinars this week. Anybody can attend these classes live.
Info & registration links below.
TUE - 12PM ET
PFP Generation Part 2
@TripleVodkaSoda
REGISTER:
TUE - 2PM ET
Foundations: Building a Community
@dave_krugman
REGISTER:…
GM! If you're a supporter of community coins, listen up.
The guidelines that the Avalanche Foundation will be using to consider purchasing community coins were released this morning.
With some caveats, of course:
"The purpose of disclosing the eligibility criteria here is to…
The Avalanche Foundation recognizes the importance of fostering and supporting community initiatives on Avalanche, including the creativity and culture of community coins.
The Foundation has reserved a portion of the Culture Catalyst program to include community coins, doing so…
There are so many amazing Avalanche artists and, to our delight, we’re discovering new ones every day.
Our list to check for these weekly updates has reached 124 accounts!
The Avalanche Foundation has made acquisitions for the Mona Lisa Collection:
MIND MATTER by Scribble Warlock
#003
, 004, 006, 008, 012, 016, 027, 039, 042, 044, 055, 056, 075
Transaction information:
Here’s the random number generator used to select the Avalanche artists to spotlight in this week’s round up.
Of course, you don’t have to leave it up to chance. Send us your news using the link in the last post of this thread. 🎨🧵👇
Day-dreaming kid. Skateboard designer. Tattoo artist. Creative Director. NFTs.
@lurklovesyou
has walked a fascinating path to end up here on
#AVAX
.
Join us tomorrow at 1:30PM EDT in a Twitter Space to hear all about it.
So much happening in Avalanche NFTs, but
@nftnow
's got us covered with some highlights.
Read up about the Avaissance Artists in Residence inaugural class,
@SuperchiefNFT
and
@zero________one
joining the ecosystem, and the phygital NFT clothing from
@LegitimateTech
.
News round up time for Avalanche NFT Projects, Marketplaces, and DAOs.
Some of them will be at the Avalanche Creator House in Paris this week. Will we also see you? 🎨👇🧵
Please meet Josh Thorsen, a visual artist from Australia known widely as
@TEENSONACID
.
With a graphic design career spanning various fields and extensive exhibition experience, Josh recently took the leap into being a full-time artist.
Allow us to introduce Brie, aka
@0xBrie
, a digital artist from Australia whose digital drawings span the gamut from whimsical to serious to hilarious.
Her amazing work in Avalanche NFTs and killer sense of humor have made her a popular figure in the ecosystem.
Meet Başar Bostancı, also known as
@anarchy_drone
. He's a designer & illustrator hailing from İstanbul who has been working in architecture and graphic design for 15+ years.
He has also been a fixture of the Avalanche art community since fall 2022.
What's not to be excited about in the art and NFT space on Avalanche?
There's new projects and unique use cases being launched every day, so we thought it would be a good time to share some of the exciting developments on
#Avalanche
that you may have missed 👇
Introducing the Art on AVAX Digital Art challenge! Artists, this is a chance to hone your skills and potentially get bids, so study up on the details below.
Imagine your NFTs bridging seamlessly across Subnets or the C-chain, without any third party in between.
Or projects on one Subnet being able to grant access based on NFT ownership on a different Subnet.
Teleporter will unlock new possibilities we haven't even thought of yet.
The Age of Interoperability is here 🔺🌀
With today's launch of Teleporter, Avalanche becomes a seamlessly linked network of many chains that communicate so smoothly they feel like a single chain.
Let's dig in to Teleporter and all its amazing benefits 👇
We received a ton of requests for an AI focused Avaissance cohort, so let's do it. Meet your AI & generative art mentors through Kojii (
@kojii_ai
).
This class will utilize a team of instructors to cover the emerging world of computer assisted art. Time to meet the crew. 👇
If you read only one Avalanche Art & NFT round up today, we hope it's this one.
But, let's be honest, you've got time to read at least 7 or 8 NFT round up threads.👇🎨🧵
Over 30 amazing threads were created for this, thank you to everybody who submitted one.
We look forward to reposting them and directing newcomers to the great information they provide.
Okay, so what you're waiting for, who won? We had too many great entries, we decided to…
You may have heard we have
@HyperspaceAvax
rewards points to award through a referral bounty.
So, here's how we're going to do it: we thread!
Write an X thread about your favorite AVAX artist or NFT project on Avalanche. Then drop a link to it below. 👇
"I tried Tezos, I tried Solana, Ethereum, Polygon and then Avalanche... I began minting my art on Avalanche and I've been here ever since."
It was a winding journey for
@taptapkaboom
, but it ended with finding his home here on AVAX.
"Turning to Avalanche has been one of the better decisions we've made."
At summit,
@LegitimateTech
's founder
@lgt_calvin
told us how the reliability, speed & throughput of Avax made it ideal for bringing NFTs to physical goods.
Full interview here.👇