Many students entering four-year colleges and universities are drawn to the glamour of earning a degree in some field related to art. Some people decide to major in art history, or art education, while others choose more specific areas of concentration like 3D design, calligraphy, or marbling. These sound pretty obscure to most people. Any concerned parent of a student who might be interested in an art degree would probably protest such an idea. After all, what in the world can a person do with a four year degree in art, of all things?
Plenty. Following is a long list of careers available to those who study art in college. These jobs are primarily related to visual arts, and are not by any means meant to comprise a complete list of potential careers in the arts — but just to get you started thinking in the right direction, these are great.
Advertising artist
Animator
Antiques specialist
Appraiser
Architectural model builder
Architectural renderer
Art administrator
Art conservator
Art director
Art teacher
Art therapist
Audiovisual artist/designer
Automobile designer
Billboard artist
Book designer
Calligrapher
Cartographer
Cartoonist
Costume and mask designer
Craftsperson
Curator
Display designer
Drafter
Environmental designer
Exhibit designer
Filmmaker
film production manager
film director
cinematographer
cameraperson
film editor
visual effects engineer
sound engineer
film graphics/producer
Furniture designer Gallery owner
Glassblower
Graphic designer
Greeting card artist
Illustrator
medical
scientific
industrial
fashion
book
magazine
Industrial designer
Interior designer
Inventor/consultant
Jewelry designer
Landscape architect
Layout artist
Leather goods designer
Lithographer
Metal worker
Motion picture animator
Mural artist
Package designer
Painter
Portraits
Color consultant
Photographer
Advertising
Publishing
Architectural design
Photojournalist
Pottery designer
Glaze technologist
Product designer/illustrator
Product planner
Set designer
Sculptor
Portrait sculptor
Moldmaker
Glass carver and etcher
Architectural sculptor
Sign painter
Silkscreen artist
Stained glass artist
Textile designer
Toy designer
Typographer
Urban designer
Visualizer
Wallpaper designer
Weaver
Window designer
Woodworker
There are plenty of very specific career paths, and Direct TV Tivo, an art major can take, as you can see from our list. The outlook for art related fields is good, with emerging art forms appearing almost daily, thanks to advances in technology and the emergence of high tech with marketing and advertising. So parents, don’t worry if your student wants to run away to art school! He or she can do well with a career in an art-related field.
