Art Careers

| Assignment | Career Topics | Art Colleges in California |

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

You may be a candidate for the opportunities in art careers: 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.

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... preparing for an art career

... embarking on an art career

Art Careers 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

... note

Creating your artwork and pursuing your artistic vision may lead to making a living and thriving - you can consider how much influence you will try to exert on myriad factors:

your kind of art, your medium,
relationships with members of the art world,
luck, serendipity,
location (where you live and work),
assertiveness (your personality),
stick-to-itiveness (persistence),
access to cash, ability to borrow (credit rating),
other income.

Embarking on an art career may take you into the business side of art to an extent that you become busy making money and see your art in a new way.

Art Colleges in California ... for art careers!

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

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY campuses ...

UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA campuses ...

UCLA

Art Colleges outside California

Please also see these web sites to explore more about art:

The Web changes on a daily basis with more and more Web Pages pertaining to art careers. Below are a few more links to sites for those who want to explore more. Also, web-search for professional societies and organizations.