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Career
choices for art majors are varied, beginning with the option
of pursuing a career as a professional artist or art historian.
Because of the nature of a broad-based liberal arts education
and because of the skills of critical thinking and oral, written,
and visual communication developed in the Core and strengthened
in the art major, you could also use your studies in the art
department as an introduction to professional careers such
as law, medicine, and business administration. Representatives
from these professions have repeatedly emphasized the value
of undergraduate majors in the humanities as a life-long resource
for careers in their fields. Following up on this point, one
reference book on career choices has described art history
as "the most wide-ranging of all humanistic disciplines",
and as such it is recognized as providing important insights
into a variety of cultural issues that affect decision-making
policies in these professions.
More specifically,
a B.A. or B.S. in art can lead to careers in gallery and museum
administration, advertising, journalism, publishing layout
design, medical illustration, primary and secondary education
in the arts, historic preservation, telecommunication, cinema
and video production, set design, cartoonist, computer imaging,
graphic design, interior design, and landscape design, among
others. Graduate work leading to an M.A., M.F.A., or Ph.D.
opens up further opportunities, including college teaching,
art therapy (in hospitals, mental health centers, schools,
prisons, nursing homes, and substance abuse centers), higher
positions in the curatorial, educational, and administrative
departments of museums, gallery administration, art conservation,
art appraisal, architectural design, and journalistic art
criticism, as well as more varied career options in the other
fields mentioned above.
Millsaps
graduates with majors or minors in art have gone on to pursue
a higher degree in studio art, art history, art education,
architecture, or related fields at such institutions as Pratt
Institute of Art, Georgetown University, the Art Institute
of Chicago, Vanderbilt University, the University of Texas
at Austin, Indiana State University, Florida State University,
Maryland Institute of Art, Pennsylvania State University,
the University of New Mexico, the University of Georgia, the
University of Alabama, Louisiana State University, the University
of Memphis, and the University of Essex in England. They have
earned M.F.A. degrees in studio art, and M.A. degrees in art
history, historic preservation, advertising, art therapy,
and museum studies. Some of our graduates have jobs in advertising,
graphic design, museum curating, museum gift-shop administration,
art restoration, art gallery administration, video production,
framing, book design, high school and college teaching, while
others are lawyers, doctors, social workers, etc.
For more
information:
- Come talk to
one of us in the art department
- Visit the Career
Planning and Placement Office
- Or take a look at one of
these:
- Career
Associates. Career Choices for the 90's for Students of Art. New
York: Walker, 1990 (Millsaps Library N6505.C34)
- Holden,
Donald. Art Career Guide. Lakewood, NJ: Watson-Guptill, 1983 (Millsaps
Library N8350.H6)
- Ito, Dee.
Careers in the Visual Arts. New York: Watson-Guptill, 1993 (AC 323)
- Lazzari,
Margaret R. The Practical Handbook for the Emerging Artist. New
York: Wadsworth, 2001. (AC 321)
- Zernich,
Theodore. Careers in the Visual Arts. New York: National Art Education
Association, 1980. (Millsaps Library N8351.Z37x)
- Also check out these useful
web sites:
- What Can I Do With a Major in Art?
- What Can I Do With a Major in Art History?
- The
New York Foundation for the Arts - Includes a section on jobs
in the Arts and another on Opportunities and Services for Artists
- National
Association of Independent Artists
- Career
Alternatives for Art Historians
- Museum Employment Resource Center
-
ArtCorps - Volunteer opportunity for artists to work in developing
countries
- Art
Job Online
- College
Art Association - Also has information about Curriculum Vitae
for Art Historians, Museum Professionals, and Visual Artists, Artist
Résumé, Slide Labeling & Works in New Media
-
Arts Employment Index
-
Fine Arts, Inc., listing of jobs in the arts
- Southeastern
Museum Conference (educational and work experience requirements,
salary ranges, etc.)
- Southeastern
College Art Conference
- Art
Deadlines List (juried
exhibitions, jobs, internships, call for entries, scholarships,
grants, financial aid, etc.)
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