This artist-owned DAO delivers exclusive art while bringing funds back to artists

I’m excited to partner with Refraction DAO to highlight how they have championed digital art, music, and culture and offer an exclusive giveaway for all my readers.

Refraction is an artist-owned community leading the next wave of creativity —online, onchain, and IRL.

Refraction Festival returns to Miami. Image courtesy of Refraction DAO.

They operate as a DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) and, since 2021, have been powering impressive events while promoting exceptional talent. Here are some of their most remarkable milestones…

• 27 International Events

• +30 Grant Projects Funded

• 700+ Artists Members

• 2500+ NFTs Minted

• 10,000+ Attendees

• Over $500K Back to Artists

By joining their DAO, you can access exclusive perks while supporting their journey:

• Upcoming airdrops in December feature familiar names from the podcast, like Sasha Stiles, who was recently a top seller at Christie's x Gucci auction.

• In the past, they have collaborated with Agoria, Ana Maria Caballero, and many others.

• Access to global events and workshops… This week, one is in partnership with Tezos at Miami Art Basel (more info in a bit).

• Exclusive virtual events in 2024.

Anyone can join Refraction by collecting a Refract Pass.

The Refract Pass gives holders opportunities to engage with and create a future that values the economic independence of artists across the world. Throughout the year, members get special access to music festivals, art exhibitions, and exclusive digital art created by top artists.

Collect a pass now

I was given three Refract Passes to give away. Here is how I’ll do it:

1. The 2 most active newsletter and podcast premium subscribers will get one Refraction Pass each.

2. For the third pass, we’ll run a contest. Share your favorite Refraction artist and use the hashtag #KalohxRefraction on a social network (X, Instagram, Lens, or Farcaster). A random winner will be selected.

winners will be contacted on December 10th.

Learn more about their 2-year journey here.

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👀 In case you missed it…

The acclaimed fxhash 2.0 ETH integration was delayed until the 14th of December. On the bright side, this gives us more time to prepare.

I wrote down my shopping list for December (for premium members only).

If you visit Miami for Art Basel this week, you can’t miss the Tezos Art Walk.

This year in Miami marks the launch of the first-ever Tezos Art Walk, an AR Scavenger hunt.

​Scattered throughout South Beach are seven augmented reality artworks by exciting artists for the public to discover and mint. Participants who share and collect all seven AR works can enter a lucky draw for tez.

RSVP for the Guided Tour here.

AGH by Kim Asendorf, Andreas Gysin, and Leander Herzog.
The inaugural event AGH 1 will display a new work from each artist and is supported by Fingerprints Studio, Grailers DAO, and Highlight.

Listen to this X Space recording hosted by Vertical about this release.

More DAOs, this time, Flamingo DAO has been on a hot streak, collecting various generative and AI art pieces over the past week (adding up to almost 500 ETH in total).

Here are some of the artists and collections they have been sweeping…

• 15x Cargo by Kim Asendorf

• 6x FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT by Maya Man

• 3x Life In West America by Roope Rainisto

• 7x Meridian by Matt DesLauriers

• 3x Genesis by DCA

• 4x Memories of Qilin by Emily Xie

• 1x Unigrids by Zeblocks

• 2x Gazers by Matt Kane

• 15x Zentrum by Herbert W. Franke

• 9x Human Unreadable by Operator

• 2x Elevated Deconstructions by luxpris

• 5x Genesis by Claire Silver

• 5x Squares by Martin Grasser

• 12x Memories of Digital Data by Kazuhiro Tanimoto

• 13x Skulptuur by Piter Pasma

• 4x BEEPLE: EVERYDAYS - THE 2020 COLLECTION

• 2x Grifters by XCOPY

• 13x Phase by Lauren Bednar

• 11x Chimera

• 17x JPEG by Jan Robert Leegte

• 5x Mazinaw by Eric De Giuli

• 7x Dnmecut by Robert Jan Leegte

• 7x Colorspace by Tabor Robak

• 5x Gumbo by Mathias Isaksen

• 2x Archetype by Kjetil Golid

• 7x Fragments of an Infinite Field by Monica Rizzolli

I had a great conversation with Sofia Garcia, where she shared her impressive journey with ARTXCODE. Tune in to learn how Sofia went from highlighting coded art on Instagram to becoming one of the most successful art houses in the generative art world.

Last week, I was joined by Will and Trinity from the Waiting to be Signed podcast. Will and Trinity shared an incredibly curated fxhash generative art list. If you aren’t too familiar with the fxhash story, artworks, and artists, this is a perfect way to get started.

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Until next time,

- Kaloh