Started as a 10 ECTS independent project for the University of Helsinki Full Stack Open program and grown into an ongoing hobby project. Members can browse artists and artwork galleries, apply for membership, and manage personal galleries (up to 10 images). Admins approve membership applications and manage events. Features a likes system highlighting top-10 paintings and weather integration. The backend lives in a separate repo (Art_Club_back) and includes Docker containerization, JWT role-based access control, Cloudinary uploads, and a CI/CD pipeline with automated Jest tests.