It is time that I listed the employment opportunities in the visual arts. There are a rich variety of career options for individuals. The Career List presented here is a range of existing career categories. The list will provide new understandings of what the word “artist” means for personal and dynamic pursuit of work opportunities.
Art education provides art teachers, artist-in-residence, art critic, writer, art administrator, recreation specialist, art lecturer-historian, art therapist, crafts designer, master craft designer, art museum staff person, model maker, environmental/interior design, architect, draftsman, landscape architect, interior designer, city planner, photographer, writer-architectural articles, fashion apparel design, fashion writer, fashion display specialist, fashion buyer for boutiques, department stores, fashion illustrator, fashion design teacher, weaver-designer, weaving teacher, buyer for department stores, graphic designer, graphic apprentice, corporate designer, graphics, illustrator of books, periodicals, illustrator for department stores, illustrator for fashion houses, illustrator for museums, cartoon illustrator, industrial designer, product designer, industrial model maker, painter, portrait painter, curator for museums, designer of stage sets, teacher of painting, gallery owner, artist for government special projects, mural painter for corporations, studio photographer, professional photographer for advertising agency, film director, teacher, faculty person in high school and college, printmaker for galleries, printmaker for corporations and businesses. Sculptor, owner of gallery, administrator for museums, foundations, teacher in art center, artist for government projects, buyer of fine art for galleries, designer for stage sets, model maker for architects, metal worker, designer of toys, playgrounds, Owner of foundry for casting.
The list is not complete, but presents many categories, which could employ your talents.
For more information contact Jaylene Armstrong, retired art educator from Madison Wisconsin, at 661-255-3050.