Art
Careers in art encompass fine art (art "produced by the mind of the creator") and commercial art (art that "meets the minds and needs of other people").
There are many fields that utilize the artist's skills, knowledge, and talent. These include advertising, public relations, publishing, television, journalism, museum and gallery work, motion pictures and theatre. A background in art also provides a good foundation for careers in art therapy, arts administration, library work and education.
Representative Job Titles and Areas of Specialization
| Advertising Designer | Film Making | | Animator | Gallery Director | | Architect | Graphic Artists | | Architectural Renderer | Illustrator | | Art Critic | Industrial Design | | Art Dealer | Interior Design | | Art Director | Landscape Design Artist | | Art Editor | Medical And Scientific Illustration | | Art Librarian | Painter | | Art Therapist | Photo Editor | | Cartoonist | Photographer | | Calligrapher | Printmaker | | Commercial Artist | Professor/Instructor/Teacher | | Creative Director | Publishing | | Curator | Sculptor | | Display Artist | Set Designer | | Exhibits Specialist | Textile Design | | Fashion Design | Set Designer | | Fashion Illustration | Visual Information Specialist |
Nature of the Work
The fine arts include drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, film and video. The degree to which individual artists depend on the profession as their main source of income varies tremendously. Many develop complementary careers as artist-teachers, administrators, designers, critics, or gallery directors, or they may work in other related professions.
Graphic artists use a variety of print and media to create and execute art that meets a client's needs. They may design special packaging and promotional displays for a new product, or a distinctive logo for company stationery and products.
Demand for graphic artist continues to be strong as producers of information, goods, and services put even more emphasis on visual appeal in product design, advertising, and marketing. Many new jobs will be created in advertising agencies and graphic art studios. Opportunities for fine artist are expected to increase as well, reflecting population growth, rising incomes, and support for the arts on the part of a small but highly educated and affluent segment of the population.
Places of Employment
| Advertising agencies | Industrial design firms | | Architectural firms | Magazine/newspaper publishers | | Art institutes | Manufacturing firms | | City, county and state government | Motion picture industry | | Federal government | Museum | | Department of Justice | Public relations firms | | Department of the Interior | Publishing companies | | Health and Human Services | Rehabilitation centers | | Treasury Department | Retailers | | Veteran's Administration | School districts | | Galleries | Television/radio | | Hospitals | Theaters |
Training
An education in art/fine arts is designed to encourage and cultivate the best creative and human resources within the artist. A bachelor's degree in art is important preparation for those who plan to continue professionally as artists and for those planning to do graduate study. The objective of graduate study in art is to lead students ultimately to a mastery of material and to the creation of work limited only by the boundaries of individual imagination and experience.
Requirements for positions in arts administration vary greatly. Most organizations prefer someone with a broad knowledge of the arts, strong skills in communication, organization, and administration, as well as prior experience in the field. Graduate programs in arts administration offer traditional graduate-level business courses on the politics, environment and economics of the arts and on management's role in artistic and institutional decision making.
For further information and/or career counseling contact the Career Center, Veitch Student Center, Northwest Wing, University of California, Riverside, 951.827.3631.
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