Careers in Art

  • What career will you choose as an artist when you graduate? Will you teach? Manage a gallery? Work in a museum? Take a look at this list and see what you think!

Learning to Create...Creating to Learn. This is the basic tenet held by The Juanita and Ralph Harvey School of Visual Arts at MSU Texas. Offering a tradition of development and a future bright with growth, the Art Department at MSU encourages students to experience all studio areas before choosing an category of specialization. Breadth of experience, combined with in-depth involvement in the area of your choice, provides an opportunity to obtain the education you desire while preparing you for a career in the wonderful world of art.

Careers In Art
  •  Advertising Artist
  • Animator
  • Art Acquisition Specialist
  • Arts Administration
  • Art Agent
  • Art Critic
  • Art Educator/Public School Teacher
  • Art Materials Company/Employee/Sales
  • Art Coordinator for Boys/Girls Club
  • Art Professor
  • Art Historian
  • Arts Management
  • Art Product Demonstrator
  • Art Sales
  • Art Specialist
  • Art Supply Business
  • Art Transportation Service
  • Audiovisual Specialist
  • Billboard Artist
  • Book Designer
  • Book Jacket Designer
  • CAD Designer
  • Cartoonist
  • CD/Record Cover Designer
  • Children's Book Illustrator
  • Collection Manager
  • Comic Strip Artist
  • Commercial Artist
  • Corporate Designer
  • Craftsperson
  • Custom Decorator
  • Desktop Publishing Artist
  • Education Coordinator for an Art Center
  • Exhibit Designer
  • Fashion Designer
  • Furniture Designer
  • Gallery Owner/Director
  • Gallery Staff Worker
  • Graphic Designer
  • Greeting Card Artist
  • Illustrator
  • Independent Business Services
  • Interior Designer
  • Jeweler
  • Journalistic Artist
  • Letterer
  • Magazine Designer
  • Manager (Museum/Gallery)
  • Medical Illustrator
  • Museum Curator
  • Museum Preparator
  • Museum Technician
  • Package Designer
  • Photographer
  • Portrait Artist
  • Potter
  • Press Operator
  • Printing Craftsman
  • Production Potter
  • Production Coordinator
  • Professional Artist
  • Professional Printer
  • Set Designer
  • Stylist
  • Tattoo Artist
  • Technical Illustrator
  • Textile Designer
  • TV Graphic Designer
  • Web Designer
  • Flatware Designer
  • Floral Designer
  • Framer
  • Freelance Artist
  • Foundry Personnel

LEARN MORE
For a detailed  listing of job descriptions and resources, visit Art As a Career - From the Texas Commission on the Arts

For More information contact:

The Juanita & Ralph Harvey School of Visual Arts
Midwestern State University
3410 Taft Blvd.
Wichita Falls,TX 76308
(940) 397-4264
Fax (940) 397-4369