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The ArtHelper community is a mix of artist-focused groups, announcements, contests, and topic-based spaces where artists share work, ideas, and updates. You can browse it at www.arthelper.com/community.

What you’ll find there

  • Topic-based communities — photography, painting, art business, the Human-Made Art Society, and many more. Join the ones you care about so their posts show up in your feed.

  • Announcements — platform updates and new features land here first.

  • Contests and prompts — see www.arthelper.com/contests for what’s running now.

  • The Human-Made Art Society — one of the most active spaces on ArtHelper, built around hand-made creative work.

Browsing the community

  1. Go to www.arthelper.com/community.

  2. The main feed shows trending posts across every community you can see.

  3. Use the tabs above the feed to switch between Trending, Following, Verified, and New.

  4. The sidebar lists communities to explore. Click any community name to open its dedicated feed.

Joining a community

  1. Open a community from arthelper.com/community or click its name from any post.

  2. Click Join in the community sidebar.

  3. The community now appears in your Following tab and its posts show up in your main feed.

If a community is set to Restricted or Private, you’ll see Request to join instead. The community’s moderators review the request and let you in.

Creating your own community

Any ArtHelper member can start a community around any creative topic — a technique, a medium, a niche, or a local scene. You’re the moderator: you set the rules, manage members, and shape the conversation.

  1. Go to www.arthelper.com/community.

  2. Click Create Community.

  3. Pick a category for your community (e.g., Photography, Painting, Business) and click Next.

  4. Choose a community type:

    Public — anyone can view and contribute. Best for open topics and growing an audience.; Restricted — anyone can view, but only approved members can contribute. Best for curated discussions.; Private — only approved members can view and contribute. Best for collaborations, local clubs, or paid classes.

  5. Click Next.

  6. Name your community (up to 100 characters). The community URL will be auto-suggested from the name — you can edit it. URLs use letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores.

  7. Add a short description (optional, up to 500 characters) so people know what the community is about.

  8. Click Create Community.

You’ll land directly on your new community’s page, where you can add an avatar, banner, rules, bookmarks, and invite the first members from the Community Settings menu.

Inviting other moderators

Running a community is more fun with help. Once your community is live, you can add other ArtHelper members as moderators or admins.

  1. Open your community on arthelper.com/community.

  2. Click Community Settings in the sidebar.

  3. Open the Member Roles tab.

  4. Find the member you want to promote and click Change Role → pick Moderator or Admin.

Tips

  • Join a few communities before you create one. Get a feel for the tone, the post mix, and what your readers want.

  • Pin a welcome thread. A simple “introduce yourself” thread at the top makes new members much more likely to post.

  • Use the bookmarks block in the sidebar to link to your community Discord, a tutorial doc, or external resources.

What should we build next?

Tell us in the official feature requests community: www.arthelper.com/community/townsquarefeaturerequests. The team reads every post.

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