deviantART's Community Relations Team provides a unique collective effort that seeks to create and sustain collaborative relationships among deviants and to develop innovative opportunities within the global art industry. These relationships are meant to provide and encourage opportunities to foster creative genius. The CR Team acts as a window of information for the community on how to utilize deviantART in a way that will empower and enable themselves as respected and successful artists.

Our ultimate vision is a community of artists that come together unified and strengthened by sharing the belief that they hold the artistic power to create and shape their own success. In order to realize our vision, our mission must be to exceed the expectations of our community, whom we view as partners, and we will accomplish this by committing to our shared core values. Our core values are listed in FAQ #84: What are the Core Values of the Community Relations and Operations Departments?


Director of Community Relations :

Table of Contents

1. Groups & Information
2. Message Center Retention Changes
3. Volunteer Openings in Community Relations
4. dA Getting Started Tutorials
5. Share your Opinions!
6. CD Art and New Galleries
7. Podcasts?
8. Charity & Fundraising
9. Community Projects
10. Official Contests
11. Important & Interesting Links
12. Featured Favorites
13. News from the Galleries

1. Groups & Information

It's hard to stay contained with the launch of groups so close! #hq is actually a fully functioning group if you have the right privileges! It's quite thrilling to watch the live development of something we've been working on for so long, and I can't wait until you have your hands on it! $spyed has been hanging out in #seniors during our Monday Devious Technology call and last monday he actually posted a log in his journal here. If you're one of those people that likes to get insider information and be 'in the know', I strong suggest watching $spyed and dropping into #seniors (especially around 1:30pm PST) and you just may catch him in a sharing mood

2. Message Center Retention Changes

We announced the upcoming changes to Message Center Retention in this News Article. While we attempted to explain the changes in as much detail as possible, I find there is still some confusion so i'm going to try and clear that up here.

Effective May 1st, 2009, message folders will be limited to 10,000 messages per folder. That means you can have 10,000 deviations, 10,000 news items, 10,000 journals etc. Also, messages that are older than 1 year that have not been moved to a custom folder, will be deleted. Please also note, that while placing messages in custom folders will save them from the time limit, each custom folder is ALSO limited to 10,000 messages. So you can't move your 64,000 deviations into one custom folder

I've also been asked what happens if you have 10,000 messages - do you stop receiving new ones? The simple answer is no You won't stop receiving messages, instead, the oldest message of that kind would be deleted to make room for the new one. For example: If you have 10,000 journal messages, the oldest journal message will be removed.

It is also important to point out that these changes DO NOT affect notes in any way.

For more information you can check out the FAQ:

FAQ #1: What is the Message Centre and how do I use it?
FAQ #71: How long do messages stay in my message center?
FAQ #87: Is there a limit on how many messages I can have?

And a wonderful tutorial has been created by `Arete-Eirene-Phile on how to create custom folders. Check it out

3. Volunteer Openings in Community Relations

If you're interested in learning more about being a volunteer on deviantART please read FAQ #85: Can I be a volunteer on deviantART?

To see current openings on the Community Relations volunteer team please go to this journal

If there isn't a spot open please consider helping out from within the community. Read How to be a guiding light and shining example by the awesome ^RockstarVanity

Please note that there are a lot of inquiries that come in and I may not be able to respond to each and everyone. Your understanding is appreciated

4. WANTED: dA Getting Started Tutorials

$fella has been busy collecting some great tutorials created by members of the community. He's been especially excited about the ones that focus on topics that help new deviants get settled into our awesome community. However, the site has changed vastly over the years and we seem to have a shortage of 'getting started' v6 tutorials. Simple things like: Uploading and avatar, posting a journal, submitting a deviation - etc etc.

So $fella and I would love to see more deviantART tutorials relevant for our latest version! and if you know of any or have made any, please sent me a note $fella wants to add them to his collection of helpful tutorials - YOU could be responsible for educating the next generation of deviants!

5. Share Your Opinions!

I'm actively using my personal forum to try and connect more with the community and I've started a series of threads:

Tools of the Trade - What do you use?
Profile Page Modules - What should we build?
General Feedback
Gallery Changes or Additions
Community Relations Project Requests
Subscriber Feature Requests
Requests for improving Literature on deviantART <-- This one is on FIRE!
Questions for Community Relations - ask me anything!

these forums are all accessible from my profile page at $Moonbeam13 as well and I will be adding more. I encourage you to speak up and get involved! We're in this together

6. CD Art and New Categories

I've finished creating a few new galleries namely:

Desktop & Customization -> skins & themes -> Media Players -> CD Art Display
Desktop & Customization -> skins & themes -> Media Players -> GOM Player
Desktop & Customization -> skins & themes -> Web Browsers -> Google Chrome

These are completely due to community request and I urge you to use the forum listed above or speak to your Gallery Moderators if you feel a gallery is lacking a category or needs a change

Also, read ^Battledress's update for information on the changes to the Body Art Gallery

7. Podcasts?

I've been asked a few times about the possibility of a deviantART podcast and given some fine ideas and I just wanted to let you know that $chix0r, myself, ^orangefruits and @Narfmaster are currently working on developing a plan for podcasts. This is something $chix0r and I have been trying to carve out some time for and we're excited that we have ^orangefruits and @Narfmaster to help us see it through More information will be made available as we make more progress on the project!

8. Charity & Fundraising

Support $Moonbeam13 in the Weekend to End Breast Cancer
Support *gimp in the Weekend to End Breast Cancer
Support =Ek0s in the Relay for Life
Support `Beccalicious in the Race for Life
*Ilenora is raising funds for victims of the Victoria Bush Fire
Support =fireflyx in the March for Babies
Support `Flutterings as she raises money for Breast Cancer Research through sales of her Awesome mugs!
Support *grimfairyreaper in her ride for cancer
Support ~KingNorth in his effort to raise money for S.P.O.T Pet Rescue
Support *sheaint in the UK Race For Life

Have a charity or fundraising effort you want to promote?? Note me with the details!

9. Community Projects

Want to show your devious pride and get involved in ongoing Community Projects? Check on one of these:

Inspire Your Heart with Art Day

World Cancer Day

The deviantMIX Project

Random Acts of Kindness

Project Positivity

That Was Then, This is Now

Chaos Gerbil

Helen Levitt Tribute

Dave Arneson Tribute

Pimp the Positive Stamps!


These projects are open all year round, despite whether they represent a particular 'day' or 'month'

10. Official Contests

The Copycat Competition - Deadline April 30, 2009

Give us a YAY - Deadline May 9, 2009

adidas Fingerpainting contest - Deadline May 15, 2009

Wacom presents "Bring your vision to life" - Deadline May 29, 2009

Art History Contest - Art Nouveau - Deadline May 31, 2009

Anthro Collaboration Contest - Deadline June 6, 2009

Fractals and the Outside World - Deadline June 6, 2009

Kick Your Own A$$ - Deadline June 28, 2009


Please note that all contests end on the deadline stated at 11:59:59 PM PST

11. Important and Interesting Links

Critique Week Begins!!!

Positivity COMMENTRAVAGANZA!

deviousness Award April 2009

Art for a Cause: Eco-Heroes

Blacklight Photography/Body Painting Workshop 5/31

deviantWEAR Caption Contest!

The Junk Awards <3

Flutterings - A new book

The deviant Awards

Help a deserving animal shelter win a million dollars!

Fan Art Community Newsletter #5

Stunning Digital Painting Vol. 8

Why we stay

Deviants Anti-Cruel

deviantART Presents: Critique!

Announcing a new dA Webzine! Deviance

the LOL Corner #58

Dailydeviants Features

Bright Ideas for Shooting in Midday Sun

Depth of Field: Official Honoree 2009 Weddy Awards

Website for Easy Film-makingt

40 Amazing online Photography Magazines

deviousSKETCHBOOKS - Open for Registration!

deviantART Poster Series #1

Free Comic Book Day Devmeet hosted by $damphyr!

An Artists Guide to Submitting Work to Galleries

The Contribution of the Makeup Artist

Risky Art Critiques

Vexelicious - The Features #13

Handheld Highlights - March

The Voodoo that she do

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Photography Contest on Blurb

Behind the Symbol with agorf

the Illustration interview with Betteo

Post-Secondary education - Write a Review

Seniority Announcements - April

Science Fiction Art of the Month

Manga & Anime Fan Art from Artisan Crafts, Part I

12. Featured Favorites

13. News from the Galleries

Ring Master

Anthro

Artisan Crafts

Comics & Cartoons - ^Thiefoworld
Comics & Cartoons - ^Cedarseed

Emoticons


Designs & Interfaces

deviantART Related

Digital Art - ^JunkbyJen
Digital Art - ^cosmosue
3-Dimensional
Fractal Art
Photomanipulation
Text Art
Vector Art
Vexel

Fan Art

Film

Abstract & surreal
Animals, Plants & Nature
Artistic Nude
Horror/Macabre
Photojournalism


Resources & Stock


Space Art

Traditional Art
Body Art