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What Can I do With a Major in?   Art 

 

 
Remember that most careers do not require that you have a specific major but that you meet a minimum amount of education. So the question is not so much what can you do with a certain major but what you want to do and how you want to get there. The following list is a beginning point to help you explore a few related career choices based on an academic interest you might have.

Potential Careers:

Advertising Design Artist Animator
 Antique Dealer Art Buyer

Art Critic

 Art Director
Art Gallery Owner Art Journalist
Art Museum Curator Art Teacher
Art Therapist Automobile designer
Cartoonist College Professor
Crystal Maker Editor
Entertainer Exhibit Curator
Fashion Design Filmmaker
Fine Artist Furniture Designer
Graphic Design Illustrator
Industrial Designer Jewelry Designer
Magazine/Newspaper Artist Medical Illustrator
Museum Administrator Museum Docent
Painter Photographer
Product Designer Pottery maker
Public Relations Museum/Gallery Restoration/Preservationist
Retail Display Design Sculptor
Textile Designer Tour Guide/Docent
Web Site Designer Wildlife Artist

 

Potential Employers:

Self-Employed Schools, K-12
Colleges and Universities Art Galleries
Art Museums Art Dealers
Magazines/Journals Graphic Design firms
Advertising Agencies Movie Studios
Animation Studios Fashion Design Firms
Retail Businesses Interior Design Firms
Web Sites Furniture Store
Photography Studios

Links:

 

OOH profile, Artists http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos092.htm                         
OOH profile, Designers http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos090.htm   
OOH profile, Desktop Publishers http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos276.htm 
OOH profile, Photographers http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos264.htm  
Art Career Ideas http://www.nd.edu/~crosenbe/jobs.html  
Artist Resources http://www.wwar.com/  
Animation Resources http://genedeitch.awn.com/  
Graphic Arts Association http://www.aiga.org/   
Desktop Publishing Association http://www.npes.org/  
Graphic Arts Network http://www.gain.net/  
Art and Design Schools http://www.arts-accredit.org/nasad/default.htm    
 industrial Design http://www.idsa.org/  
Cartoonist Association http://www.reuben.org/wannabe.asp 
Illustrators Association http://www.societyillustrators.org/career/career.html  
Medical Illustrators Association http://www.ami.org/ 
College Art Association http://www.collegeart.org/ 
Art Therapy Association http://www.arttherapy.org/   
Art Job Listings http://www.artistresource.org/jobhunt.htm  
Art Job Listings http://www.artcareer.net/ 
 Museum Resources http://www.museumca.org/usa/  
 

 

 

 

   

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