An Art Hive is a community art studio that welcomes everyone as an artist. From an art pop-up in a local library to a community studio or gallery, at its heart, an Art Hive is about inclusion, respect and learning. It's a welcoming place to talk, make art and build communities. Responding in creative ways to things that matter.

Come and contribute to our Virtual Hive and find out more about the history of the project here: https://arthives.org

Rakis Heron

Your contact person for grid (no drama)
and hometown sim advisor.
Owner of grid. 8 domains, 6 servers, 5 works,
hardware, software, business internet and
all bills every month. $ 300 / month.
PayPal donations are always welcome.

Thousands of Free Resources for OpenSim at Outworldz

Building an OpenSim world often starts with an idea — and then comes the hunt for everything needed to bring that idea to life.

Outworldz has maintained a huge collection of free creator resources for years, growing into an extraordinary archive for the OpenSim community.

The Outworldz Free Sculpts and Mesh Library contains more than 1,800 downloadable resources, ranging from complete environments to small building components.

More Than Just Mesh

Despite the original name of the collection, this isn't simply an archive of sculpt maps.

You'll find Collada DAE meshes, OBJ files, sculpt maps, textures, BVH animations, sounds, XML files, IAR inventories and complete OAR regions. Many ZIP archives also contain textures and supporting files for the included objects.

That makes the collection useful for region designers, builders, mesh creators and anyone interested in learning more about creating content for OpenSim.

A Huge Archive to Explore

The variety is enormous.

The collection includes houses, furniture, plants, rocks, terrain resources, medieval props, roads, animations, avatars, trees, environmental packs, building textures and creator resources.

You'll also find resources for creators working outside the viewer, including Blender materials, seamless textures, mesh resources and templates.

Some of these resources have been downloaded thousands of times, making this archive part of a long history of creators sharing their work with the OpenSim community.

OARs and IARs

OpenSim users should take particular notice of the OAR and IAR resources.

OAR files can contain complete archived regions, while IAR files can contain inventory content ready for use with OpenSimulator. Outworldz provides search options that make it easier to locate these resources within the collection.

For DreamGrid users, this opens up another world of possibilities. Resources can be useful for experimenting, learning, creating new regions or simply discovering what other OpenSim creators have shared over the years.

Free Still Means Respect the Creator

There is one important thing to remember:

Free does not mean license-free.

These resources have been contributed by many different creators over many years. Always check the credits and licensing information included with an individual download before modifying, sharing or redistributing it.

Outworldz has received free content from more than 600 contributors, and respecting those creators and their individual licenses is part of keeping a free-resource community healthy.

Some resources may have extremely permissive licenses. Others may require attribution or carry additional restrictions.

Always check the individual resource rather than assuming everything in the archive has identical permissions.

Creators Can Contribute Too

Outworldz isn't simply a place to download resources.

Creators can also contribute their own projects to the collection. Submissions can include appropriate creator credits and licensing information so future users know exactly how the resource may be used.

That's one of the things that has kept OpenSim interesting for so many years: people building, experimenting, learning and choosing to share some of what they create with others.

Start Exploring

With more than 1,800 resources, you probably won't make it through the entire archive over morning coffee.

Fortunately, it's searchable.

Whether you're hunting for an OAR, animations, terrain textures, mesh resources, building components or simply some inspiration for your next region, take a look through the Outworldz archive.

You might find exactly what your next world needs.

Explore the Outworldz Free Resources Library:
https://outworldz.com/cgi/freesculpts.plx

Outworldz — DreamGrid • OpenSim • Free Resources • Community

🌹 Invitation 🌹
to the Wedding Ladyy & Alex
You are warmly invited to our wedding
📅 Date: Sarurday 19th September 2026
🕚 Time: 11:00 OS Time / 8:00 PM EU Time
✨ Wedding Celebration and Party

🌹 Invito 🌹
al matrimonio di Ladyy & Alex
Siete calorosamente invitati al nostro matrimonio
📅 Data: sabato 19 settembre 2026
🕚 Orario: 11:00 OS Time / 20:00 EU Time
✨ Cerimonia nuziale e festa a seguire

🌹 Invitation 🌹
au mariage de Ladyy & Alex
Vous êtes chaleureusement invités à notre mariage
📅 Date : Samedi 19 septembre 2026
🕚 Heure : 11h00 (heure OS) / 20h00 (heure UE)
✨ Cérémonie de mariage suivie de la fête

🌹 Invitación 🌹
a la boda de Ladyy y Alex
Estáis cordialmente invitados a nuestra boda
📅 Fecha: Sábado, 19 de septiembre de 2026
🕚 Hora: 11:00 OS Time / 20:00 EU Time
✨ Ceremonia de boda y fiesta posterior

🌹 Einladung 🌹
zur Hochzeit von Ladyy & Alex
Ihr seit herzlichst eingeladen zu unserer Hochzeit
📅 Datum: Samstag 19th September 2026
🕚 Zeit: 11:00 OS Time / 20:00 EU Time
✨ Hochzeits Zeremonie und anschliessende Party

A Special Announcement from Twiztid Timez Grid

We are pleased to announce that Yana Dakota was recently back in-world on Samsara to finally complete her long-awaited exhibition dedicated to The Walk for Peace.

This meaningful exhibition follows the Buddhist monks on their journey from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., honoring their message of peace, compassion, unity and nonviolence.

Visitors will be able to experience a carefully created exhibition featuring photographs from the journey, the different states along the route, portraits of the monks, Aloka the Peace Dog, and a beautiful Coming Home section.

The exhibition also includes streams connected to The Walk for Peace, allowing visitors to experience and follow the journey beyond the photographs displayed in the exhibition.

Yana has devoted considerable time, creativity and love to bringing this journey to life in Samsara. The exhibition is intended not simply to be viewed, but to be experienced, a peaceful journey through images, memories, moving pictures and the spirit of compassion.

The exhibition is now nearing completion, and we look forward to sharing the official opening announcement with you soon.

Please watch this space for further details.

With peace and warmth,

Faith
Twiztid Timez Grid

If you have not been in awhile, it might be time to come grab the freebies while they are still on Osgrid. New Things added. So come grab them now while the region is still up! Who Knows- Osgrid AI Generated Poster....LOVE IT!

Dakotah Sunflower: The club has absolutely nothing to do with nudity. They're all super prudish. And it's usually empty—it just doesn't add up. There's no concept; just playing music and acting cool isn't enough
........Dakotah or Miss Sunflower In case your dom. Club Nakkie Is Part of Carnal Island A BD/SM Community Nakkie as the name implys tells our lack of dress code CLOTHING OPTIONAL Not Mandatory nudity or Mandatory Attire. Although your review was stale Were sorry you didn't enjoy yourself on your visit but its obvious after viewing your page reviews are a stone to throw. Not Just an Expressed Opinion. I sincerely hope your life improves in the future. Life's to short to live Salty.

Event Beach Club @ DJ DJ KAYELE

Tuesday, September 15, 2026
8:30 p.m. Paris time
11:30 AM (SL TIME,PST)

hop://bloodmoonpack.com:8002/Event%20Beach%20Club/128/128/...

Events page:
https://bloodmoonpack.com/grid/events/view.php?id=68
https://opensimworld.com/events/140577

🔧 Destination Guide — v1.1.2 Patch 🔧

Quick but important fix this round — if you've got any destinations with a space in the region name (like "Axiom Shipyard" or "Barefoot Lands"), this one's for you.

🐛 What was broken:
Saving a SLURL was silently stripping the URL-encoded space (%20), turning a working teleport link into a broken one — even though it looked correct when you typed/pasted it in. Clicking VISIT would launch the viewer but fail with "No regions found with that name."

✅ What's fixed:
SLURLs now save exactly as entered, encoding and all. Teleports to multi-word region names work correctly again.

⚠️ If you're upgrading: any existing destination with a space in its region name needs a quick re-save (open it in the admin, hit Update) to pick up the fix — no need to delete and recreate anything.

📦 Download:
🔗 https://github.com/mteedev/os-destination-guide-wp-plug-in...

🌐 See it live: https://nerdypappy.com/dest-guide

Small patch, big difference if you were hitting this one. 🧭

Miss Munk will be spinning her wheels of steel at 1 pm grid time, at The Piazza!
Bring your headphones and get on down here and listen to nonstop beat matching and full spectrum sound!



Plug the link into your map and we'll see you there.

http://bridgemere.outworldz.net:8002:Paradise Lagoon

Trance Vibes with Adriana Darkheart
█◄♫►█ ⇨ sᴛʏʟᴇ : good vibes & deep bass
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴇɴ : 13/09/26 -- start is 1pm Grid Time
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ: Pangeaville
█◄♫►█ ⇨ GRAB YOUR FRIENDS and come :)))
█◄♫►█ ⇨ Taxi: hop://pangeagrid.de:8002/PangeaVille/220/364/22

Techno and Trance Vibes with DJ Light Ray
█◄♫►█ ⇨ sᴛʏʟᴇ : good vibes & deep bass
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴇɴ : 13/09/26 -- start is 11am Grid Time
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ: Pangeaville
█◄♫►█ ⇨ GRAB YOUR FRIENDS and come :)))
█◄♫►█ ⇨ Taxi: hop://pangeagrid.de:8002/PangeaVille/220/364/22

Today at 12 pm grid time: Burlesque at Oasis! Come wearing your best burlesque outfits, or come as you are and enjoy the show and the music! For this occasion we built a special skybox, styled as an old Amsterdam nightclub. Come have fun with us!

Modding the LouTan movement reactive hex dancefloor to no longer only react to stepping on it physically, but also when on solo and couple dance balls , huds, chimeras etc. Why is this challenging? sounds ez? Well, opensim and sl treat you as a ghost more or less when you are being animated. You are no longer a physical thing. While my enhancements are far from flawless, i feel it adds an extra level of realism and interest to an already super cool item. Found the original from Druskus and ZoneNations, i do believe. so all credit to him and them. I'm just trying to make it even cooler!

☕ Cozy Up & Grab Your Gifts!
Group Gifts: A cozy new surprise is ready on board for all of our amazing group members.
Dinkies Special: We didn't forget the little ones! A perfectly sized gift is waiting just for the Dinkies.
Where to Find Them: Teleport right in—everything is set up and ready for you directly at the landing area.
Also, at Little Things, Teleport to There is on the ground, is a nice gift for winter cold nights coming up.

TODAY’S FISHING EVENT!
Ready to see who can catch the BIGGEST FISH?
Come along, cast your line, have some fun, and see if you can land the big one!

Starting at 8:00am Grid Time
LinkUp Landing

hop://login.linkup-grid.com:8002/LinkUp%20Welcome/133/133/...
Everyone welcome - let’s go fishing!

Pictured above, the Friends Grid Reservation system.





It's easy to make the move to Friends Grid!

1. Make an account at https://friends-grid.com/

2. Add friends grid to firestorm: login.friends-grid.com:8002

Directions here: https://friends-grid.com/howto


3. Log in and decide which island you like best here: https://friends-grid.com/free-land

4. Read the Rules, make an lm and reserve the land you want


5. The land will be set for you to buy

6. Say Hi, Hola, Hello, Ciao.....we love to get to know our new residents!


Welcome Home.....to Friends Grid!

You are not a number here.....you are a real person!


* limited sim size, free parcels with 10,000 prims are available to people who want to make this their main home and become a part of this growing community.

4x4 VAR Regions with 160,000 prim are available for $25/month

Contact @zuzubahro or @safinemahoe2 for details.

Richi's Music Call
-the ultimate cult show-
On 09.10, 2026, , at 10SLT inworld, we'll be kicking off Richi's Music Call at the TimeBandit in the Moonrose Grid.
Let's enjoy a little musical vacation for our hearts and souls together.
Everyone is always welcome.
Providing sound: Richi Rizzoli
Stream: https://stream.laut.fm/radiorockt
Streaming URL: https://stream.laut.fm/radiorockt

CLAN ESCOTIA & THE BAND — FALL TOUR 2026!
The summer adventures may be behind us, but CLAN & THE BAND are just getting started!
New destinations. New songs. New adventures. Same amazing band!
Where will the Fall Tour take us next? You’ll have to follow along to find out!
Tour dates & times to be announced — stay tuned!