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. Welcome!
2. deviantART World Tour 2009
3. Volunteer Openings in Community Relations
4. Question from the forums
5. Share your Opinions!
6. Gallery Streamlining, Changes and Additions
7. Charity & Fundraising
8. Community Projects
9. Official Contests
10. Important & Interesting Links
11. Featured Favorites
12. News from the Galleries

1. Welcome & Thank You

We would like to welcome the following people to the Volunteer Gallery Moderator team :

^budgie - Anime/Manga
^Gonzale - Street Photography
^Thebuild - Traditional Art - Sculpture
^DCZed - deviantART Related
^l8 - Wallpaper
^SkippyJr - Film

Go give them a welcome !!!

Also, a special thank you to `NunoDias who has left the team for personal reasons. He deserves thanks for his contributions to the the community and we will miss him as part of the team.

2. deviantART World Tour 2009

If you still haven't heard about the World Tour, you don't log on enough The next stop on the World Tour is home base - Los Angeles - home of deviantART HQ. The devMEET will be Saturday July 18th in Echo Park and more details can be read over at #hq. If you aren't already watching #hq, you should be! This will be the location to get all insider news on upcoming features, developments and peep into the everyday ongoings of those of us that work here

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. Question from the forums!

Taken from this forum

=lycaenops asked:

Hi Moonbeam, I was wondering if there where any plans of making the gallery forums more prominent? I just found out about them the other day, and checked out a few of them, and was disappointed to see that they don't have very much activity.

This is a great question In the past, we used to have gallery pages that served as an introduction into the "gallery" and the forums were far more prominent. Yes, I am currently drafting some ideas with input from the volunteers and the community in regards to gallery portals, usage of the new groups system etc. To better find ways to improve communication and interaction from the community. I would love to hear any ideas the community have for bettering these systems so please head over to my personal forums and chime in

5. Share Your Opinions!

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

The top things you need to know to be deviant?
Questions for Community Relations - ask me anything!
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


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. Gallery Streamlining, changes and addidtions

I'm in the process of streamlining and will be starting with the Artisan Crafts gallery and Literature. This process is painful and can take time and could cause frustration but we will keep you updated on progress and try to keep the annoyances to a minimum. If you wish to send me coffee, I would love you long time

7. Charity & Fundraising

Support $Moonbeam13 in the Weekend to End Breast Cancer
Support *gimp in the Weekend to End Breast Cancer
Support Collumb in the Kilimanjaro Climb for Charity
Support =Ek0s in the Relay for Life>
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
Help a deviant in need =kahl needs us
Help save Jack the girl cat

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

8. 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!

May Events/Awareness/Holidays

June Events/Awareness/Holidays

Michael Jackson Tribute

Farrah Fawcett Tribute

July Events/Awareness/Holidays



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

9. Official Contests

I Dream - Deadline July 15, 2009

Natures Natural Textures - Deadline July 24, 2009

Paper Heart - Deadline July 29, 2009

See You at the Fair - Deadline July 30, 2009

dA 9th Birthday Wallpaper Contest - Deadline August 1, 2009

LIFE - a photojournalism contest - Deadline August 31, 2009

Move It - Deadline August 31, 2009

Story of a Nude Contest - Deadline September 1, 2009

Myths & Legends - Deadline September 13, 2009


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

Rumor has it literature, film and vector contests are coming soon to an Art community near you

10. Important and Interesting Links

Official dA News
Monthly Help Desk Newsletter - June 2009
New Subscriber Feature - Journal Skins
A Word on Miscats
Emoticon Legend Refresh
Celebrating Deviousness - July 2009 - `Rushy
Portfolio - The How's and Why's of Portfolio Design

Informative News & Events
Live Chat with Gary Tonge in #spaceart
Resources & Stock - Print Challenge
Introducing Metering Modes
Four Seasons Community Project
The Breaking Point: End-stopping and Enjambment
The Abstract Photographer #3
Shadows & Echoes: Volume 02
Painting With Light: a quick online tutorial
The Manchester Fiction Prize
Titmouse Animation is Calling for Characters
deviantART 101 - Part One
Macro or Darkroom/Photomanipulation
Deviance - Issue 3
April Showers, May Flowers: The Winners!

Features & Interviews
Tribute to Inqy
Behind the Symbol with Ghouldaddy
iCAF Vol. VII - Penril
Writers to Read: Allen Ginsberg; Guest Post
Science Fiction Art of the Month v.17
3DLove #6
Conceptual Photography Interview - aksdareflection
June: Fan Artist of the Month
OTIS Seniors Show 2009
A Word from the most devious ninja around - $spyed
The LOL Corner [#64]
Putting the ART in #devART Vol.6
The DV8 Selection
dAknitters' June Project Features/July Collection

11. Featured Favorites

12. News from the Galleries

Community Projects

Anime/Manga
Anime/Manga

Anthro

Artisan Crafts

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

Customization
Dolls
Emoticons - ^Synfull
Emoticons - ^DeMaulwurfn
Handhelds
Skins & Themes
Visualizations
Wallpaper - ^splintered13
Wallpaper - ^l8

deviantART Related

Digital Art
3-Dimensional
Fractal - ^cmptrwhz
Fractal - ^Platinus
Pixel Art - ^armaina
Vexel

Fan Art

Film & Animation

Flash

General Photography - ^zerocomplex
General Photography - ^PorcelainPoet
Abstract & Surreal & Fetish
Animals, Plants & Nature
Commercial
Artistic Nudes
Horror/Macabre
Macro
Photojournalism
Pin-Up
Street - ^Gonzale
Street - ^bQw

Space Art

Stock & Resources

Traditional Art - ^limnides
Body Art
Sculpture