About Artquest Exchange

Artquest Exchange fosters collaboration and networking in a safe and welcoming community rooted in kindness, cooperation and mutual respect.

Whether you’ve come to ask questions, make new friends, or share what you know, join us in building a community where everyone feels welcome and can participate.

Artquest commits to enforcing and improving the Code of Conduct. It applies to everyone using Artquest Exchange, including our team, external freelance support, and anyone posting on their profile, messaging, or anywhere else.

Engaging with users
No matter where you engage on the network with your peers, we expect all users to treat one another with kindness and respect. We’re all here to learn, and sometimes people make mistakes. If you see something that you think is harmful, please report it so we can act. Each profile has a Report button at the end, or you can email us at artquest@arts.ac.uk.

Unacceptable behaviour
We do not allow harassment nor any content that promotes, encourages, glorifies, or threatens acts of violence. We also do not allow causing or contributing to an atmosphere that excludes or marginalises other members.

Sensitive content and imagery
We do not allow any content that promotes, encourages, provides instruction for, or glorifies suicidal or self-injurious behaviours. We also do not allow content that promotes, encourages, provides instruction for, or glorifies harm or cruelty.

Harmful political content
We do not allow political content that encourages harm to others or that supports, celebrates, or furthers the cause of violent actors and hate organisations. We may, in some places, allow pointed or harsh criticism of political figures, their policies, and governments (including satirical statements) as long as they do not otherwise violate this Code of Conduct.

Misleading information
We do not allow any content that promotes false, harmful, or misleading information that carries the risk of harm to a person or group of people. We also do not allow content that promotes false or misleading information for the purpose of promoting the interests of a political party, government, or ideology.

Fake profiles
We do not allow any profiles that pretend to be someone they’re not. The network works best when populated by individual professional visual artists only, and we will work to make sure no other people become members. If you find a profile that seems not to be an artist, please use the Report button and our team will investigate.

Usernames and profiles
While we encourage users to express themselves in their profiles, all user profiles in their entirety are subject to the Code of Conduct.

Reporting
Every person contributes to building a collaborative, respectful community. If you find unacceptable behaviour you can Report the profile or content to artquest@arts.ac.uk. Our team reviews reports regularly, and users who don’t follow the Code of Conduct in good faith may face account suspension or blocking.

All actions will be taken on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of our team. If you’re not satisfied with one of our decisions, you are welcome to appeal it by contacting us directly. We review each report individually and will respond as quickly as we can.

Q: Who can join Artquest Exchange? 

A: Artquest Exchange is free and open to any individual professional visual artist, anywhere in the world, to join. Artists can use it to connect to other artists.

Artquest Exchange is not intended for promoting your work to a general public – try Instagram! It is focused on bringing artists together for advice, support, and feedback.

Membership is free.

Q: How do you prevent spam registrations?

A: We have a very small team looking after Artquest Exchange, and spammers like to add profiles in the hope of moving their website up the search rankings. We monitor every new profile sign-up, and remove any spam, commercial, or unrelated profiles immediately.

Websites on our community are blocked from search engine robots, so do not contribute to search engine ranking.

It would really cut our admin if only artists would sign up – if you spot anything we’ve missed, please use the Report function on any profile.

Q: How do I log in?

A: To log in, go to the Log in menu item in the Artquest Exchange menu.

Q: How do I edit my profile?

A: To edit your profile, visit your profile and click on the cog at the top. Select ‘Edit my Profile’ in this menu. You can change any of the details in your public profile on this page, including adding a profile image or decorative cover image.

Q: How do I change my cover and profile photos?

A: To edit your cover and profile photos visit your profile and click on the cog at the top. Select ‘Edit my Profile’ in this menu. Click on the photo you want to change and select the ‘change photo’ option that will appear in a dropdown menu. A popup window will appear. Click the green ‘Upload’ button, select an image from your computer. Once it is uploaded click the ‘Apply’ button.

Q: How do I change email notifications, my email address or privacy settings?

A: Once you’re logged in, go to your account settings in the menu at the top of the page.

 Q: How do I delete my account?

A: To delete your account, go to your account settings in the menu at the top of the page, scroll down, and click Delete Account. You need to enter your password to confirm account deletion. Once deleted, your account information cannot be retrieved.

Q: How do I report abuse?

A:  Use the ‘Report this user’ button at the bottom of each member profile.

Some of your information can be seen by any site visitor. We make it clear on our registration and profile forms what will be public and what is only shown to other members who are logged in members can see any public information you enter in your profile.

All content within the Artquest Exchange network is copyright and exclusively available to members of Artquest Exchange for the express purpose of networking and exchange. No part of its contents may be used for commercial solicitations by any company, organisation or individual.

Artquest Exchange is a service of a subscription based, private membership organisation, and all information contained herein is unconditionally private and not in the public domain. This information is not sold or distributed publicly. No part of this online database may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form or in any language, by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopied, recorded or otherwise. Unauthorised use of this site will be fully exposed and will be confronted to the fullest degree of all applicable laws, both national and international. Further, all monies will be forfeited if unauthorised use is established.

Artquest, operating this site, is based in England and is registered with The Information Commissioners Office through its status as a public programme of University of the Arts London (registration no: Z5620514). University of the Arts London fulfils all obligations as a registered data user under the Data Protection Act 2018.

Artquest’s general disclosure policy is as follows:

• Not to disclose any of your information without your permission, unless legally obligated to do so by a statutory authority with the appropriate jurisdiction.
• Not to supply any member’s private contact information to non-members.
• Not to sell, rent or give away your information to any third party.

For more information, please see our Terms and Conditions.