Careers in Art

This website offers info on various art related careers.  There are over 3 million people who work in creative industries in the U.S. alone.  There are great opportunities for our students to have a career that they love in the Arts.
 
Did You Know?
 *More people are employed in the visual arts than in all of the performing arts and sports industries combined.
 *One in 111 jobs is in art and design.
  •  *The economic impact of art and design exceeds that of sports worldwide.
  •  *The creative industries are an estimated $30 billion export annually.
  •  *The global art market was worth $60.8 billion in 2011; 70% of all art sales were for contemporary and modern art.
  •  *Jobs and employment in many creative industries are growing faster than the labor force as a whole and make up 30% of the work force by some estimates.
  • Etsy.com (online marketplace for handmade items) had over $1Billion in sales in 2013.
  • Sources: Americans for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Entertainment Software Association
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     Some of the larger categories of creative careers are: Advertising Design, Architecture, Digital Filmmaking, Business of Art and Design, Fine Arts, Computer Animation, Environmental Design, Interior Design, Photography/Digital Imaging, Graphic and Interactive Communications, Game Art and Design, Furniture Design, Fashion Design/Marketing, Motion Design, Industrial Design, Sequential Art and Design, Product Design, Illustration, Service Design, Sustainable Design, Television Production Design, Forensics reconstruction