Art Careers



| Assignment | Career Topics | Art Colleges in California |

| Art Colleges outside California |


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Most of our environment has been touched by designers - artists!

You may be a candidate for a career in the arts, drawing, painting, sculpting, or designing clothing, shoes, buildings, cars. Deciding to follow art as a career path is a major decision. This web page attempts to provide you with information to help you decide which path to follow within the arts. The opportunities are extensive. If you have an instinct or intuition for line, color, form, space, a career in art may be a logical choice for you.

Here are a few essential elements of an artists toolbox:

  • Adaptability - in a constantly changing world designers must be flexible.
  • Diversity - artists and designers need a variety of studios skills as well as writing and speaking skills.
  • Solid design background - no matter what art path .. basic drawing and design are vital.
  • Computer literacy - more and more art is done with computers; knowing programs and their updates is important.

Assignment ~

Describe in one page or more an art career choice:

  • Identify an art career.
  • What is the education and/or training path for that career?
  • Does this career path required an apprenticeship?
  • How prosperous will you be as an artist?

Use your own research, information from your family, your counselors, a librarian and this web page and its links to address the questions about a career in the arts.


Career Topics

The visual arts continue to play an essential role in the modern industry and economy. Creative minds are needed for images in publications, cyberspace, TV, film, theme park designs, painters, sculptors, print-makers, ceramicists, and teachers.

Here are a few more career titles and art topics to help identify a career path:

  • architect
  • art administration and management
  • art education
  • art museums
  • art publication
  • art services
  • art therapy
  • artist
  • communication designer
  • crafts
  • cultural growth and enrichment
  • environmental design
  • fashion design
  • film, TV, multimedia
  • fine art
  • galleries
  • graphic designer
  • industrial design
  • interior design
  • photography
  • product design
  • publication design and illustration
  • theater and stage design

Art Colleges in California

 ... explore the links below to find out more about each college's programs:

PRIVATE COLLEGES ...

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY campuses ...

UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA campuses ...


Art Colleges outside California


Please also see these web sites for art: