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Careers in Visuals Arts
Pursuing a degree in the visual arts and built environment will teach you how to be a dynamic thinker and problem solver - two of the most valuable skills
that today’s employers actively seek in candidates.
• In today’s creative economy, employers want people who can flex the right side of their brains—that is, those who can think outside the box and wield their imaginations.
• Fine arts and architecture programs, for example, teach new ways of seeing, thinking and making.
• A degree in any of the visual arts or built environment disciplines will prepare you for a range of career paths—both within and outside of your chosen field—and set you up for success as a creative professional.
Visual Arts career opportunities include:
Architecture, Facilities and Preservation:
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• Architect
• Architecture educator
• Architectural photographer
• Architectural writer/critic
• Building envelope specialist
• Building pathology specialist
• Construction Manager
• Corporate architect
• Cultural conservation specialist
• Digital design specialist
• Environmental systems specialist
• Exhibit designer
• Facility designer
• Healthcare design specialist
• Historic preservation specialist
• Industrial designer
• Interiors architect
• Public works architect
• Real estate property developer
• Real estate property manager
• Sustainable design specialist
• University architect
• Urban designer
• Urban and land use planner
Art Education:
• Arts administrator
• Artist-in-Residence/Artist-in-the-Schools
• Art critic
• Art teacher
• Art writer
• Freelance instructor
• Postsecondary instructor
• Recreation specialist
• Teacher/Instructor abroad
• Teacher of art and recreation
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Art History:
• Archivist
• Art critic
• Art director
• Art gallery and auction house assistant
• Art historian
• Art law specialist
• Art supervisor
• Arts administrator
• Arts organization consultant
• Arts management
• Career development counselor
• Cataloger
• Conservator/Restorer
• Corporate, museum, university curator
• Curatorial consultant
• Development writer
• Director of Visual Arts Program
• Fine arts appraiser
• Gallery director
• Grant writer
• Museum educator/researcher
• Photography lab technician
• Publishing proofreader
• Registrar staff
• Researcher
• Visiting scholar
• Visual resources curator
• Writer
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Art Therapy:
• Activities specialist/therapist
• Autism specialist
• Caseworker
• Child welfare specialist
• Child mental health worker
• Counselors
• Group home worker/counselor/advisor
• In-home family counselor
• Life skills counselor
• Occupational Therapist
• School-based applied behavior therapist
• Special education aide
City and Regional Planning and Community Development:
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• Citizen engagement specialist
• City planner
• Commercial corridor manager
• Community development corporation specialist
• Community engagement specialist
• Community finance specialist
• Community-based historic preservation specialist
• Community organizer
• Data analyst
• Dispute resolution specialist
• Economic development specialist
• Environmental planner
• Geographic information systems specialist
• Grant writer
• Historic preservation planning specialist
• Housing authority and housing rehabilitation specialist
• Industrial redevelopment specialist
• Land use planner
• Neighborhood development liaison
• Nonprofit management specialist
Graphic and Interactive Design:
• Art director
• Book illustrator
• Exhibitions designer
• Font designer
• Graphic designer (advertising, corporate, publishing)
• Graphic designer (television/film and entertainment)
• Multimedia specialist
• Package designer, product designer
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• Technical/Production illustrator
• Urban graphic designer (display, signs, billboards)
• Web designer
• Webmaster
Landscape Architecture and Horticulture:
• Campus planner
• Environmental advocacy specialist
• Historic landscape restoration and preservation specialist
• Horticulture educator
• Horticultural therapist
• Landscape architect
• Landscape architect educator
• Landscape consultant/field advisor
• Landscape designer
• Landscape horticulturist
• Landscape metrics specialist
• Parks and recreation planner
• Plant breeder/geneticist
• Plant pathologist
• Propagation scientist
• Public works landscape architect
• Stormwater management and green infrastructure
• specialist
• Urban and community revitalization specialist
• Urban designer
• Urban and land use planner
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Studio Art:
• Art consultant
• Art critic
• Art dealer
• Art director
• Art lecturer/visiting scholar
• Art supervisor
• Arts administrator
• Arts management
• Artist-in-Residence/Artist-in-Schools
• Career development counsellor
• Carpet designer
• Cataloguer
• Commercial serigraphy/silk screener
• Conservator/Restorer
• Costume designer
• Court artist
• Curator
• Development writer
• Digital imaging specialist
• Director of Visual Arts Program
• Exhibition coordinator
• Exhibition designer
• Fabric and textile designer
• Fine arts appraiser
• Freelance artist
• Freelance photographer
• Furniture designer
• Gallery director
• Gallery owner/administrator
• Greeting card designer
• Master printer/print studio owner
• Model maker
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• Muralist
• Museum educator/researcher
• Portrait painter/sculptor, set designer
• Registrar staff
• Resilient flooring designer
• Scientific illustrator, technical illustrator
• Stylist
• Tableware designer
• Teacher
• Toy designer/manufacturer
• Wallcovering designer
• Writer