Art Careers

If you are creative and enjoy art, you might be interested in a career in the visual arts.  You don't have to know how to draw to work in an art-related career.  Take a look and consider the many choices from architecture to advertising.
Architect
Architects design buildings.  Click here to learn more.


Click on the video to watch an interview with "star" architect Minsuk Cho as he explains how his Korean culture influences his abstract style of architecture.

Advertising Designer
They design and create the advertisements you see in magazines or commercials on television.
Click here to view some of the most creative advertisments.


Furniture Designer
They conceive ideas for chairs, tables and all types of furniture for homes and buildings.
Click here for an article about two very successful designers.



Interior Designer
Interior Designers plan and decorate private homes and commercial spaces like restaurants, office buildings, hotels, schools, hospitals, and airports.
Landscape Architect/Designer
Landscape Architects plan and design the landscape and exterior spaces of private homes and commercial buildings.  They choose the flowers, plants, trees, walkways, driveways and water features of the landscape.


Visual Effects Director
The fire serpent form Harry Potter & the Order of Phoenix.
Click here for an article about a career designing visual effects for movies.

Automobile Designer


Toy Designer
Art Museum Curator

Publication Design
Jewelry Designer


Television Set Design
Costume Designer
Costume Designer






Package Designer


Book Illustrator
Shoe Designer

Cake Designer
Graphic Designer

Video Game Animator/Designer


Cartoon Animator








Careers Related to the Visual Arts
  • Advertising Art Director
  • Advertising Commercial Director
  • Advertising Creative Director
  • Advertising Illustrator
  • Advertising Photographer
  • Aerial Photographer
  • Animation Director
  • Animator (digital/traditional)
  • Antique Restorer
  • Architect
  • Architectural Graphic Designer
  • Architectural Illustrator
  • Architectural Technologist
  • Archivist
  • Art Administrator
  • Art Auctioneer
  • Art Collector
  • Art Consultant
  • Art Critic
  • Art Dealer
  • Art Director (Film/Video/Print)
  • Art Educator
  • Art Editor
  • Art Historian
  • Art Lecturer
  • Art Librarian
  • Art Teacher
  • Art Therapist
  • Art/Film Critic
  • Artist-in-Residence
  • Artists’ Agent
  • Assistant Director
  • Audio Visual Designer
  • Automobile Specialty Painter
  • Background Artist
  • Basketry Artisan
  • Billboard Designer
  • Book Artist
  • Book Designer
  • Book Jacket Designer
  • Buyer
  • Cabinet Maker
  • Calligrapher
  • Caricaturist
  • Carpenter
  • Cartographer
  • Cartoonist
  • Ceramic Tile Artisan
  • Ceramicist
  • Child/Day Care Worker
  • Children’s Book Designer
  • Children’s Book Illustrator
  • Choreographer
  • Cinematographer
  • College Art Instructor
  • Colour Consultant
  • Combat Photographer
  • Comic Book Creator
  • Comic Strip Artist
  • Commercial Designer
  • Computer Graphics Computer
  • Designer
  • Conservator
  • Copywriter
  • Corporate Designer
  • Costume Designer
  • Court Artist
  • Crafts Artisan
  • Creative Director (advertising)
  • Curator
  • Design Consultant
  • Design Engineer
  • Desktop Publisher
  • Digital Artist
  • Digital Film Maker
  • Diorama Artist
  • Director
  • Display Artist
  • Display Designer
  • Documentary Photographer
  • CAD Draftsperson
  • Dressmaker
  • Editorial Art Director
  • Editorial Illustrator
  • Editorial Photographer
  • Engraver
  • Exhibition Designer
  • Fabric Designer
  • Fashion Art Director
  • Fashion Buyer
  • Fashion Editor
  • Fashion Illustrator
  • Fashion Photographer
  • Fiber Artist
  • Field-Expedition Artist
  • Film Editor
  • Film Camera Operator
  • Film/Video Lighting Designer
  • Film/Video Sound Engineer
  • Floor Covering Designer
  • Florist
  • Foundry Artist
  • Functional Designer
  • Furniture Designer
  • Gallery Director
  • Gallery Owner
  • Glass Blower
  • Glass Designer
  • Graphic Artist
  • Graphic Designer
  • Greeting Card Designer
  • Hair Stylist
  • Haute Couturier
  • Illustration Agent
  • Illustrative Photographer
  • Illustrator (Freelance)
  • Industrial Designer
  • Industrial Photographer
  • Interior Architect
  • Interior Decorator
  • Interior Designer
  • Jeweler
  • Jewelry Designer
  • Landscape Architect
  • Layout Artist
  • Layout Designer
  • Lighting Consultant
  • Lighting Designer
  • Lithographer
  • Logo Designer
  • Machine Designer
  • Magazine Designer
  • Make-up Artist
  • Marine Illustrator
  • Mechanical Artist
  • Merchandise Displayer
  • Medical Illustrator
  • Milliner
  • Mock-Up Artist
  • Model Maker
  • Mosaicist
  • Motion Picture Camera Operator
  • Multi-Media Designer
  • Municipal Graphic Designer
  • Muralist
  • Museum Director
  • Museum Display Designer
  • Museum Guide
  • News Photographer
  • Package Designer
  • Painter
  • Parade Float Designer/Building
  • Pattern Maker
  • Performance Artist
  • Photo Journalist
  • Photo-Retoucher
  • Photographer
  • Photography Editor
  • Police Artist
  • Political Cartoonist
  • Portraitist
  • Portrait Photographer
  • Print Maker
  • Product Illustrator
  • Promotion Designer
  • Publicity Director
  • Renderer
  • Researcher
  • Restorer
  • Salesperson
  • Scenic designer
  • Scientific Illustrator
  • Sculptor
  • Serigrapher
  • Set Designer
  • Sign Painter
  • Silversmith
  • Sketch Artist
  • Special Effects
  • Storyboard Illustrator
  • Technician
  • Stained-Glass Designer
  • Stylist
  • Tailor
  • Tattoo Artist
  • Technical Illustrator
  • Textbook Author
  • Textile Designer
  • Theatrical Photographer
  • Tool Designer
  • Toy Designer
  • Travel Photographer
  • TV Animator
  • TV Background Artist
  • TV Commercials Director
  • TV Director
  • TV Electronic Designer
  • Type Designer
  • Typography Designer
  • Urban Planner
  • Video Game Designer
  • Videographer
  • Visual Aids Artist
  • Wallpaper Designer
  • Weaver
  • Web Page Designer
  • Window Decorator
  • Wood Carver