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Let's start with that Art Therapy event
as that is an important story in its own right. .ART
Founder Ulvi Kasimov has been a tireless
advocate for the healing
power of art. Ulvi noted that "art
therapy takes concepts from psychology and
counseling and expands on them, forming a
unique field of mental health treatment in itself.
It’s time to remember that art has a therapeutic
effect and start sharing art, its practices, and
impressions to begin the process of global healing
and recovery.” The .ART registry is a member of
the American
Art Therapy Association (AATA) and provided
support for their annual conference as a sponsor,
presenter, and exhibitor. The next week it was on to London where two
innovators, Artcrush
and WHATCLASS,
were named winners of the 2025
Digital Innovation in Arts & Culture Award
for their work in reshaping public art and creative
education through technology. Artcrush is a Belgian
startup that transforms unused digital billboards
into the world’s largest open-air gallery,
creating a new cultural economy that connects
artists, brands, and millions of viewers through
urban space. UK-based WHATCLASS is revolutionizing
music and cultural education by turning artists
into teachers and fans into co-creators.
As Spotify’s global education partner and
backed by ABRSM, WHATCLASS blends streaming culture
with accredited, artist-led learning. 
Mathieu France (CEO of Artcrush), Ulvi
Kasimov (Founder of .ART Registry) and
Chairman of the Judging Jury Dean Phelus (Editor
in Chief of Museum Magazine and Senior
Director of Special Projects at the American
Alliance of Museums), at the 2025 GP
Bullhound Allstars Gala in London. Now,
about that International .ARTist Day Online
Conference that was held Friday (October 24).
That event was created to support the following
day's International Artist Day (IAD) celebration.
For over 20 years IAD has been celebrated on October
25th (Pablo Picasso's birthday). For the free
online conference .ART presented four excellent panels
of artists and experts from various facets of
the art world, including many who use a .ART domain.
If you missed the live event you can watch a YouTube
replay here. While the conference
was running .ART also released this year's edition
of the .ART ODYSSEY publication, which
this year is focused on HEALING and the
healing power of Art. .ART ODYSSEY: HEALING
is available
now on Amazon.
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That brings us
to today (October 27) and the .ART
exhibition during the ICANN meeting in
Dublin. To help celebrate the art and
culture of Ireland and other regions,
the registry presented an AR (Augmented
Reality) Exhibition, Between
Nature and Code, at EPIC
The Irish Emigration Museum. By scanning
a QR code and pointing their smartphone
camera at the featured artworks, ICANN
participants could consider the
interconnectedness of physical and virtual
matter, where a cell might become a pixel,
and a mineral might transform into a model
of digital memory. Each work is experienced
not on a conventional screen or canvas, but
through augmented reality, offering a
dynamic encounter with art as process and
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This
artwork from Lolli.olly
was part of the
Between Nature and Code Exhibition |
After
all of that you might think Jeff's travels on behalf
of .ART would be over for now. That would be wrong,
of course! Next week it's on to Miami, Florida and
the NamesCon
Global conference. It should be easy to
spot Jeff - he'll be the guy with a large cup of
coffee in each hand and most of the leather
worn off the bottom of his shoes. Still, the old
saying is true - when you love what you do, you
never work a day in your life - and Jeff
obviously has deep affection for art and .ART
domains.
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