Links about Art Careers

Artists at work

197 Careers Related to Visual Arts
http://www.visualnation.com/arts/197artcareers.html

a list that may include career ideas you’ve never thought of! From Greater Essex County Schools

Art History
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cswebpg/Marthistory.html

“The academic approach to art history suggests that a culture’s nature is best revealed by its art. Art historians apply that principle when comparing past eras in western history or when relating western forms of thought and feeling with those of other cultures. Art history programs offer students the means of immersing themselves in cultural and aesthetic issues.”

Includes a Sample of Related Occupations. From Rutgers University

Career Alternatives for Art Historians
http://www.nd.edu/~crosenbe/jobs.html#artgal

links to pages with information about 23 possible careers. From Antequarian Book Trade to Museum Work.

Art Careers in the Game Industry
http://www.gignews.com/getgamebook.htm

A very good site has been discontinued, but the information has been turned into a book. Check out the blurb about the book

Career Services
http://www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/art.htm

Studio Art

• Related Career Titles for Art Majors
• Art Major Skills
• Art Web Sites – job listing/job search, career planning & information, organizations & associations, miscellaneous resources

From the University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Careers in the Arts
http://www.oswego.edu/other_campus/student.svcs/career_svcs/
resources/career_booklets/bookletarts.html

Short descriptions of many arts careers because “each area, in whatever place it is found, will have a somewhat different job description. . . .[but these descriptions should help you have] a broader choice and a clearer picture of how your particular background in art training can be used.” From State University of New York at Oswego.

Areas and careers included are:

• Advertising: art director, copywriter, layout artists, photographer, letterer, illustrator
• Architecture: architect, architectural graphic designer, architectural renderer, landscape architects
• Art Therapy
• Fashion: fashion designers, fashion illustrators, animator, art director, fabric designer
• Film and Television: art director, TV electronic designer
• Graphic Design: graphic designer, corporate art director, promotion designer, municipal graphic designer, record cover designer, letterer, audio visual designer, illustrators, editorial illustrators, product illustrators, storyboard illustrators, cartooning, caricature, animation, fashion illustrators, free-lance illustrators, technical illustrators, medical illustrators, mural designers
• Industrial design: product designer, package designer, toy designer, furniture designer, interior designer, department store display designer, exhibit and museum display designer
• Museum
• Photography: advertising photographer, fashion photographer, news photographer, product photographer, architectural photographer, editorial art director, book designer, book jacket designer
• Teaching
• Fine Art
• Theatre: set designer, costume designer

From State University of New York at Oswego

Vocational Information Center: Visual Arts Career Guide
http://www.khake.com/page42.html

From the state of Indiana. Lists job descriptions for over 50 arts areas. Has an extended list of links to related sites.

ArtSchools.com: The Art School & Program Directory
http://www.artschools.com

listings from four kinds of programs:

1) Art Schools & Art Classes
2) College/University Art Departments
3) Distance/Online Art Programs
4) Workshops & Special Programs in Art

Searchable by school name, city, zip code, state, country, specialty, type of school.

Also has a number of very good essays about Education & Career Guidance:

• How to find the right art school or college for you
• Need more money for your art education? Art scholarship guide
• How to prepare your portfolio
• Get inside info on art careers, education & more
• How to get into the best art schools
• The UK is a great place to study art, etc.