Careers in Art

What can you do with your degree in Art or Design?

The Marywood Art Department programs prepare undergraduate students to pursue the following career paths:

ARTS ADMINISTRATION

  • Arts Council Director
  • Arts Grant Writer
  • Art Librarian
  • Art School Director
  • Museum Director
  • Collection Curator
  • Community Art Center Director
  • Gallery Director
  • Gallery Docent

ART HISTORY

  • Museum director
  • Museum curator
  • Museum education director
  • Museum registrar
  • Museum business manager
  • Docent as a volunteer position
  • Auction house professional
  • Corporate curator
  • Expert in art law and/or art crime: governmental, corporate, private
  • Appraiser/authenticator
  • Conservator
  • Art Consultant
  • Gallery owner/director
  • Gallery professional
  • Teacher
  • University professor
  • Researcher
  • Writer
  • Art critic
  • Paid art lecturer
  • Art Librarian

ART THERAPY

  • Art Therapist
  • Mental Health Clinician
  • Mobile Therapist
  • Recreation Therapist
  • Activities Coordinator
  • Child Life Specialist
  • Expressive Arts Therapist
  • Allied Therapist
  • Licensed Professional Counselor
  • Licensed Creative Arts Therapist
  • Case Manager
  • Therapeutic Specialist
  • Arts in Healing Clinician
  • Arts Psychotherapist
  • Psychotherapist
  • Clinical Coordinator
  • Community Studio Coordinator

CERAMICS - Studio Artist and Industry Production

  • Wheel
  • Slip Casting
  • Functional Ware
  • Lamps
  • Model Making
  • Tile Design

GRAPHIC DESIGN

  • Animation
  • Advertising
  • Art Director
  • Creative Director
  • Design Instructor
  • Design Writer
  • Display/Set Designer
  • Editorial Design - print and digital
  • Exhibit/Museum Designer
  • Freelance Designer
  • Game Design
  • Information Graphics
  • Interactive —
    • Apps,
    • Banner Ads,
    • eBooks, eCards
    • Mobile and Tablet devices
    • Social Media
  • Logo Design/Branding
  • Package Design
  • Pharma
  • Print Design
    • Billboards
    • Brochures
    • Business Collateral
    • CD/Record Covers
    • Greeting Cards
    • Posters
    • Publishing (books)
    • T-shirts
  • Product Design
  • T-shirt/screen printing design
  • Typographer
  • Web Design
    • Animation
    • Coding
    • Development
    • Prototyping
    • SEO
    • User Interface

ILLUSTRATION

  • Animation
  • Caricaturist
  • Comic Books / Strips
  • Courtroom Sketcher
  • Children’s Book
  • Fashion Illustration
  • Gaming
  • Greeting Cards
  • Graphic Novels
  • Editorial
  • Medical Illustration
  • Muralist
  • Political Cartoonist
  • Publishing: Book Covers
  • Stamp Illustrator
  • Story Board Illustrator
  • Technical Illustration
  • 3D Illustration

PAINTING

  • Masters Study in Painting
  • Fine Artist - Painter
  • Gallery Exhibitions
  • Commissions - Corporate, Public
  • Commissions - Private
  • Art Professor (post MFA)
  • Art Instructor - Private School
  • Painting Instructor - Private Lessons
  • Artist in Residence
  • Painter - Theater Film & TV Sets
  • Mural Painter
  • Exhibition Curator
  • Art Gallery Curator, Director and Preparator

PHOTOGRAPHY

  • Commercial photography
    • Product, Advertising, and Marketing
  • Editorial photography
  • Industrial photography
  • Documentary photography
  • Fine Art photography
  • Photo Illustration
  • Newspaper and Magazine Photojournalism
  • War Photographer
  • Portrait and Family
  • Wedding photography
  • Wildlife photography
  • Outdoor/Nature photography
  • Event photography
  • Architectural and Real Estate
  • Fashion and Modeling photography
  • Glamour and Boudoir photography
  • Food photography
  • Travel photography
  • Sports photography
  • Marine photography
  • Aerial photography
  • Film set still photography
  • Niche or Specialty photography
  • Stock photography
  • Document and Archive
  • Criminal Forensic photography
  • Scientific photography and Educational Imaging Specialists
  • Medical photography
  • Director of Photography
  • Photo Editor
  • Photo Retouching
  • Photographic Artists, Technicians and Assistants

SCULPTURE -  Studio Artist and 3D Design

  • Studio Artist
    • Gallery and Commissioned Work
    • Metal Fabrication
    • Carving – wood, stone
    • Foundry – bronze, aluminum, iron
    • Glass – blown, cast, kiln formed
    • Installation and Performance Art
  • Three Dimensional Design
    • Furniture
    • Lighting
    • Home Accessories
    • Jewelry and Fashion Accessories
    • Product Development
    • 3D Illustration

We invite you to visit our campus to learn more about our various programs. Contact Admissions to arrange a Campus Tour.