Meet the “Deviants”: Networked Artists and Makers of DeviantArt

“We are the movement for the liberation of creative expression,” states DeviantArt, a social network where artists and art enthusiasts share and discover each other’s work. Its mission is to entertain, inspire, and empower the artist in all of us! Focused primarily on visual arts with participation from artists at every level of their development, its 38 million members and 60 million monthly users engage with over 2,500 categories of art. In this hangout, learn more about the DeviantArt network and ways to connect. This hangout was the third and final broadcast in a 3-part series called “From Heroes to Villains or Back Again: Setting Off Creative Sparks for Young Makers with a Wattpad/DeviantArt ‘Twist Fate’ Challenge,” which was co-streamed at connectedlearning.tv.

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During the broadcast, the conversation also took place on Twitter using the hashtags #connectedlearning and #twistfate.

Guests for this webinar included:

• Mimi Ito (host), Cultural anthropologist, research director of the Digital Media and Learning Hub at UC Irvine, and co-founder of Connected Camps
• Josh Wattles, Advisor in Chief, DeviantArt. He also currently teaches Advanced Copyright as part-time faculty at the USC Gould School of Law.
• Maddy Wojdak, Marketing Manager at DeviantArt

Resources for this webinar:

• DeviantArt
• Storytelling with Brian Kesinger, artist, writer, and animator at Walt Disney Studies (for DeviantArt)
• Community of Artists with Brian Kesinger, artist, writer, and animator at Walt Disney Studies (for DeviantArt)
• Fan Artwith Brian Kesinger, artist, writer, and animator at Walt Disney Studies (for DeviantArt)
• Teen Tech Week
• Connected Learning Alliance
• A Guide to Connecting and Sharing on DA
• Seven at Seven: DeviantART Community Tips
• dA Life #01: Sharing Your Art
• dA Life #02: Improving Your Art
• dA Life #03: Browsing and Collecting Art

Photo/ whitespiritwolf.deviantart.com