Career Opportunities in Art
All of these occupations require some form of art education:
Studio Artists
Museums:
- Curators
- Registrars
- Transportation Experts
- Demonstrators
- Librarians
- Art Dealers
- Art Consultants
- Art Preservationists
- Corporate Art Managers
- Art Buyers
- Preparators
- Restorators
- Exhibit Technicians
- Guards/Attendants
- Administrators
- Staff Members
- Critics
- Educators
- Researchers
- Conservators
- Directors
Art Critics, Writers and Journalists
Art Galleries:
- Owners
- Preparators
- Sales Associates
Art Dealers
Advertising Agencies
Graphic Designers
Photo Editors
Fashion Photographers
Advertising Photographers
Medical Photographers
Fine Art Photographers
Photojournalists
Industrial Designers Fashion Designers
Textile Designers
Hand Weavers
Bookbinders
Healthcare Designers
Office Designers
Sign System Designers
Furniture Designers
Retail Identity Designers
Layout Artists
Interior Designers
Architectural Occupations:
- Architects
- Historical Preservationists
- Site Planners
- Environmental Designers
- Environmental Behaviorists
- Urban Planners
- Lighting Designers
- Acoustic Designers
- Specification Writers
- Adaptive Reuse Designers
- Architectural Critics
- Preservation Contractors
- Research Directors
- Municipal and County Planners
- Archivists
Media Producers and Consultants
Art Directors
Package Designers
Art Teachers (all levels, all formats)
Art Tutors
Webmasters
Multimedia Designers
Auction House Executives
Auction House Staff Members
Artists’ Organizations:
- Staff Members
- Administrators
Artist Assistants or Staffers
Artist Consultation
Art Workshops:
- Printmaking Facilities
- Ceramic Studios
- Studio Schools
Medical Illustrators
Cartoonists
Self-Publishers
Mural Artists
Comic Book or Media Production
Illustrators
Courtroom Sketch Artists
Police Sketch Artists
Forensic Artists
Forensic Photographers
Jewelry Designers
Display Designers
Art Therapists
Computer Animators
Special Effects Artists (Cinema)
Video Game Designers
Video Game Artists
Video Game Programmers
Stage or Film set Designers
Portrait Artists
Publishers
Animators
Product Designers
Tattoo Artists
Theme Park Attraction Designers
Medical Equipment Designers
Mardi Gras Float Designers
Film Preservationists
Cinematographers
Video/Film Artists, Producers, or Staff
And more…
Art Education:
- A.A. 2 years
- B.F.A. 4 years
- M.A. 1 or 2 Additional Years
- M.F.A. 3 additional years (Art Studio)
- B.F.A. with Teaching Certification
- B.A. with Teaching Certification
- M.F.A. with Teaching Certification
- Ph.D. (Art History)
- Ed.D. (Teaching/Learning Specialist
Advertising Designer * Aerial Photographer * Aeronautical Designer * Aesthetician * Air Brush Artist * Anatomical Diagrammer * Animator * Antique Collector * Appraiser * Archaeologist * Architect * Architectural Delineator * Art Director * Art Historian * Art Librarian * Auctioneer * Automobile Designer * Bank-Note Designer * Basket Maker * Beadmaker * Benday Artist * Billboard Artist/Painter * Bookbinder * Book * Bridge Designer * Designer Calligrapher * Caricaturist Cartographer * Cartoonist * Ceramist * China Painter/Designer * Cinematographer * City Planner * Clothing Designer * Collector * Color Separator * Color Specialist * Commercial Artist * Communications Designer * Computer Graphics Artist * Conservator * Consultant * Costume Designer * Craftsperson * Critic * Culinary Artist * Curator * Cutlery Designer * Decorator Designer * Detailer * Docent * Draftsperson * Educator * Engraver * Environmental Designer * Etcher * Fabric Designer * Facility Planner * Fashion Designer * Fashion Illustrator * Fiber Artist * Filmmaker * Floral Arranger * Framer * Furniture Designer * Gallery Owner * Gardener * Glassblower * Glazer * Golf Course Architect * Graphic Designer * Greeting Card Designer * Handicrafter * Hatmaker * Hemstitcher * Ice Sculptor * Illuminator * Industrial Designer * Instructor * Interior Decorator * Jacquard Weaver * Jewelry Designer * Kinetic Artist * Knitter * Lace Marker * Landscape Architect * Layout Artist * Letter Designer * Lithograph Artist * Lithographer * Machinery Designer * Make-up Artist * Mapmaker * Marine Architect * Mask Maker * Medical Illustrator * Memorial Designer * Menu Designer * Mosaicist * Muralist * Museum Director * Needleworker * Neon Sign Maker * Newspaper Illustrator * Origami Artist * Ornament Designer * Packaging Designer * Painter * Papermaker * Parade Float Designer * Paste-up Artist * Pattern Designer * Photographer * Photojournalist * Police Artist * Porcelain Designer * Potter * Printmaker * Product Designer * Professor * Prop Designer * Puppet Maker * Quilt Maker * Record Jacket Designer * Researcher * Restorer Reviewer * Rug Weaver * Sand Painter * Sand-Caster * Scagliola Artist * Scenic Artist * Scrimshaw Artist * Sculptor * Serigrapher * Set Designer * Shoe Designer * Sidewalk Artist * Sign Painter * Silversmith * Stained Glass Designer * Stamp Illustrator * Textile Designer * Theme Park Designer * Tile Designer/Painter * Toy Designer * Trompe l'oeil Painter * Typographer * Ukrainian Egg Decorator * Urn Designer * Watercolorist Weaver * Window Dresser/Decorator * Woodworker * Xyographer * Yarn Dyer * Zincographer * and Many More