Career and Leadership Development

Art

Areas & Employers For Work:

Art

  • Museums & Galleries: art direction, curatorial, conservation, restoration, collections management, exhibit design, archive management, education, publications, development(Art Museums; Archives; Historical Societies; Galleries; History Museums; Grad degree often needed to break into field)
  • Fine Arts & Craft Arts: painting, sculpture, illustration, various media & techniques (Self-Employed; Studios; Living History Museums; School & Community Programs; Universities)
  • Commercial Art: graphic art, computer graphics, illustration, advertising, medical & scientific illustration, cartoons(Advertising & Design Firms; Publishing Companies; Television & Film Industry; Internet Media Companies; Self-Employed; Corporations; Governmental Agencies) see also: Graphic Design
  • Education: instruction, research(K-12 Schools; Universities; Museums; Art Schools; Libraries; Recreation Centers)
  • Art Therapy: using art incounseling(Hospitals; Nursing Homes; Mental Health Facilities; Rehabilitation Centers; Community Agencies; will need Master's Degree in Art Therapy)
  • Media: journalism, art direction, sales, programming, illustration, animation/cartoons(Newspapers; Magazines; Websites; Book Publishers)
  • Photography: news, commercial & industrial, nature, scientific(Museums; Newspapers; Magazines; Websites; Studios; Self-Employed)
  • Art Sales (Self-Employed; Dealers, Galleries; Museums; Auction Houses; Specialty Stores)
  • Fashion & Textile Design: design & product development, stylist, fabric development, surface design, management, buying(Fabric Manufacturers, Printers, & Converters; Print Design Studios; Garment Suppliers; Retailers)

Graphic Design

  • Print Design: type, magazine, newspaper, book publishing, brochure/newsletter design, publicity pieces, advertising layout, illustration, branding(Publishers; Advertising, Design, & Publicity Firms; In-House Creative Departments; Nonprofit & Government Agencies; Universities; Self-Employed)
  • Three Dimensional Design: signage, packaging, exhibition design, environmental design, promotional display design(Advertising & Design Firms; In-House Creative Departments; Museums & Attractions; Government Agencies; Self-Employed)
  • Electronic Media Design/4-D Design:digital, multimedia, film title, computer graphics, animation, website design, interactive media(Television & Film Studios; Computer Systems Design; Video Game Designers; Software Firms; Internet Media Companies; Online Publishers & Retailers)
  • Advertising: creative services, art direction, production, copywriting, branding, logo design(Advertising Agencies; In-House Creative Departments; Magazines; Newspapers; Television)

Art History (studying the relationship between culture & its art, and the development of this relationship across cultures, explore the elements of style and aesthetic ideas of particular cultures (http://www.udel/edu/CSC/arthist.html))

  • Museums
  • State/Federal Government
  • Interior Design Firms
  • Colleges/Universities
  • Restoration Firms
  • Publishing Firms
  • Archives
  • Federal/State Parks
  • Historical Societies

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