Career Opportunities

Art and Art History career opportunities

Albion graduates in both art and art history bring outstanding abilities to professional careers or graduate studies -- in critical and creative thought, technical knowledge and skills, and a broad-based approach to problem-solving fostered by the liberal arts tradition. Recent graduates have pursued advanced studies in many specific studio areas, art history, arts management, animation, graphic art and architecture. Many enjoy careers in design, communications, World Wide Web design, advertising, museum and gallery positions, art therapy, and education.

These are some of the careers to consider when thinking about getting a degree in art and art history:

Advertising Foundry Worker
Animator Furniture Designer
Antiques Dealer Furniture Maker
Appraiser Gallery Director
Architect Grant Writer
Architectural Historian Habitat Sculptor
Architectural Model Maker International Art Trade
Art Critic Interior Designer
Art Historian Jewelry Designer
Art Restorer Landscape Designer
Art School Technician Lawyer, Specializing in Art
Art Teacher Librarian for Art Museum
Art Therapist Make up Artist
Artist Manager of a Corporate Collection
Arts Management Marketing
Author Medical Illustrator
Book Artist Mould Maker
Book Binder Museum Educator
Book Illustrator Package Designer
Ceramicist Painter
Cinematographer Paper Maker
Community Arts Programmer Photographer
Computer Graphics Photo Journalist
Conservator Poet
Costume Designer/Creator Printer
Cultural Critic Printmaker
Curator (museum, gallery, auction house, corporate collection, public institution, private collection or foundation) Professor
Registrar (museum, gallery, auction house, corporate collection, public institution, private collection or foundation)
Display Designer Reviewer for Magazine or Newspaper
Documentary Filmmaker Sculptor
Educator (museum, gallery, auction house, corporate collection, public institution, private collection or foundation) Set Designer
Entrepreneur Underwater Cinematographer
Event Planner Video and Film Editor
Fabric/Textile Designer Videographer
Fashion Designer/Buyer Website Designer
Film Maker Writer-Contemporary Art Criticism