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MacMichael, Leesburg, VA  \nAbstract  \n14 Secrets for a Happy Artist’s Life is an online art exchange group founded by Gerity in 2006 as an egalitarian virtual community art studio. The online and mail art format provides a safe arena to create, view, and generously exchange artwork of all kinds. Ideas discovered within the virtual artstudio have been applied to art therapy settings. The exchange of messages in the form of art objects enhanced predominantly online relationships and ameliorated the sense of unreality produced by rarely or never meeting online partners. This article outlines the many benefits and challenges of online art exchange and acknowledges the art therapists who have become Internet content creators building an online culture and community that reflects the ideals of the field of art therapy.  \nIntroduction  \nArt therapists are skilled in creating art and promoting art-making communities. One such community that exploits the global possibilities of the Internet is the group 14 Secrets for a Happy Artist’s Life (14 Secrets) . Founded in 2006 by art therapist Lani Gerity, 14 Secrets is a unique community of 150 artists who share, exchange, and help inspire all things artistic through the Internet. Although most members have never met in person, their exchange is building rich relationships and inspiring a flourishing of creativity.  \nArt and gift exchanges currently are being conducted throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe via the 14 Secrets group. These types of exchanges were difficult to organize until the emergence of the user-friendly Internet group structure offered by Yahoo!,™ Google,™ and other  \nEditor’s note: Gioia Chilton, MA, ATR-BC, is on the faculty of The George Washington University and Marymount University and conducts art therapy in Fairfax County (VA) Public Schools. Lani Gerity, MA, DA, is a visiting professor for New York University and distance educator for The Kutenai Art Therapy Institute of British Columbia, Canada. Maria LaVorgnaSmith, PhD, LPC, LMFT, ATR-BC, has a private practice at the Family Wellness Center, Lewisville, TX. Huyen MacMichael, MA, ATR, is an art therapist and watercolor artist. The authors gratefully acknowledge art therapists Joyce Kliman, Mary Donald, and Gena Lumbroso for their contributions, and the members of the 14 Secrets for a Happy Artist’s Life group who offered comments on their experiences. Correspondence concerning this arti  \ncle should be addressed to [giofo@aol.com](giofo@aol.com)  \nInternet portals. Yahoo!’s group structure allows members to post notices for viewing by all group members and to create and access databases that serve to organize participants in the exchange. Members can post files of art instructions, templates, and “e-zines” (electronic self-published magazines), as well as digital photographs of the results ofthe art exchanges. This paper describes the 14 Secrets group and identifies aspects of this techno-digital artist’s community that art therapists can apply in their practices.  \nThe History of the 14 Secrets Online Group  \nThe name for the group,“14 Secrets for a Happy Artist’s Life,” comes from the title of a self-published magazine (or “zine”) with a similar name (Gerity, 2006; Figure 1) . In early 2006, Gerity was participating in a mail art group organized by art therapist Melissa Chapin. Each artist created an art journal that was passed from artist to artist, to be added to and passed on. One of the artists told the group that her sister was dying of cancer; Gerity had just received the young woman’s journal at the time of the disclosure. It was Gerity’s desire to create an art piece in the journal to remind the young woman of her own strength and resilience during a time of stress and sorrow. 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