• "What Can I Do with This Major: Art"
• "What Can I Do with This Major Handout: Dance"
  
• "What Can I Do with This Major: Graphic Design"
  
• "What Can I Do with This Major Handout: Music"
  
• "What Can I Do with This Major Handout: Theater"
  

Common Career Titles for Art and Design the Occupational Outlook Handbook:
Art Director
Artists and Related Workers
Craft Artists
Dancers
Fashion Designers
Floral Designers
Graphic Designers
Interior Designers
Multimedia Artists and Animators
Musicians and Singers
Photographers
Set and Exhibit Designers
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers

Additional Resources - Careers in Art

• Artist Help Network
  
• Campus Explorer: Art Directors Overview
  
• My Footpath: Artist Careers
  
• School Soup: Visual Artists Career Information
• Visual Arts Career Guide
  
• World Wide Art Resources
  

• Career Launcher: Fashion

Courtesy of: OnlineDegrees.com

Getting applied experience in your field is critical. The following resources will allow you to learn more about your department’s opportunities and process, as well introduce you to other major-specific internship posting resources.

TU Art Department Internship Coordinators:

• Graphic Design: Professor Nahid Tootoonchi, Professor Jessica Ring
• Digital Art/Design: Professor Bridget Sullivan
• Photography: Professor Haig Janian
• Crafts: Professor Jan Baum, Professor Rich Holt
• Art History: Nancy Siegel

Research/Internship Opportunities:

• Consider interning abroad! Search for opportunities by using the keyword "internship."
  
• Hire@TU Internship postings (search by major, employer, keyword, etc. under the “Jobs” tab)
• Museum of Modern Art
  
• National Gallery of Art-Internships: Summer
• National Geographic Internship
  

The resources below are a starting point for your job search. In addition to making use of the Internet to do research, we encourage you to talk to people in the fields you are interested in (don’t forget to use TU’s Career Mentor Database) to learn more about specific opportunities and organizations.

• American Institute of Graphic Artists Job Search
  
• Art and Design Jobs in the Federal Government
  
• Art Education Jobs, Art Instructor Jobs, Art Teacher Jobs
• Artist Resource
• Art Promote
• Art Source
  
• College Art Association
• Coroflot: Graphic Design
  
• Creative Hot List
• Dance USA
• Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance
• Hire@TU Job postings (search by major, employer, keyword, etc. under the “Jobs” tab)
• Indeed.com and SimplyHired.com - search for “Art”, “Art Director”, “Artist”, “Art Teacher”, "Art Education", “Art Gallery”, “Art Design”, “Graphic Design”, “Graphic Web Designer”
• Just Art Jobs
• Music Jobs USA
  
• My Acting Agent
• My Music Job
• Riley Guide - Arts
• School of the Museum of Fine Arts
• Style Careers: Fashion Jobs
  
  

The sample resumes are provided for your information. We encourage you to look at the resume sample for your major in addition to the other samples that are included in our resume sample database.

• Sample Arts - Graphic Design Resume (PDF)
  
• Sample Resume Database
  

Professional associations offer many benefits to students, often including reduced-price membership, mentorship programs, “careers in…” information, job and internship listings, field-related conferences and publications, and much more. Be sure to check out sections on the associations’ websites related to students, education, careers, etc.

Art

• The Maryland Art Education Association
  
• National Art Education Association
• National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
  
• National Association of Women Artists
• National Endowment for the Arts

Craft

• Craft & Hobby Association
  
• Craft Industry Trade Associations

Dance

• American Dance Guild
  
• American Dance Therapy Association
  
• National Dance Association
  
• National Dance Education Organization
  

Graphic Art

• American Institute of Graphic Arts

Illustrating

• Illustrators Club
• National Cartoonists Society
  
• Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators

Music

• National Association for Music Education
  
• American Federation of Musicians
  
• Women in Music
  
• American Music Therapy Association
  
• American Guild of Musical Artists
  

Photography

• American Society of Media Photographers
  
• National Press Photographers Association
  
• Professional Photographers of America
• College Art Association Affiliated Art Societies Directory