1. Not All Artists are Starving! Exploring career options in Performing and Visual Arts Production History Culture Criticism Aesthetics Beverly Dean

2. Objectives Expand student knowledge of careers in the arts Provide information and examples of careers in the arts for students who wish to explore this option

3. Alaska Content Standards Arts A. A student should be able to create and perform in the arts. investigate careers in arts production. B. A student should be able to understand the historical and contemporary role of the arts in Alaska, the nation, and the world. investigate careers relating to arts history and culture. C.A student should be able to critique the student's art and the art of others. 6. investigate careers relating to arts criticism. D.A student should be able to recognize beauty and meaning through the arts in the student's life. 8.investigate careers related to the search for beauty and meaning, which is aesthetics.

4. Background Information Performance and Visual Arts, or 'the arts' include many fields of study. Dance, drama, music, design, studio art, photography, and film and are just examples of the many subjects one can explore. Training is very important when choosing a career in the arts. Many schools, colleges, and universities are specifically for those who wish to make art their profession, but most large colleges and universities offer a Liberal Arts program among other core degrees.

5. What is getting an art degree like? “Within the visual and performing arts or the branch chosen, training focuses on both the history and theory of the discipline as well as the actual practice of professional life therein.” (“Visual and Performing,”)

6. Do you need formal education in the arts to be successful? Although naturally talented individuals can have success in an art career without formal training, there are many aspects to consider. Developing skills in an organized environment helps promote discipline and team work, both essential to a career in the arts. “To ensure the success of their endeavors, [artists] will also need to learn and understand how community arts projects are organized, funded, managed, and promoted. (“Xavier University art,”)

7. Careers in the arts today Currently, careers in art are very relevant and for the most part abundant. “The explosion of eMedia and popular culture has created parallel growth and demand for the traditional visual and performing arts disciplines. (“Careers in the,”)

8. Visual Arts animation art critic commercial silkscreener costume design digital imaging print studio scientific drawing graphic design photography technician website design painter land planning greeting cards fashion set design advertising fine arts appraiser art education film and video production architect, architectural photography urban planning

9. Lesson Plan ArtsEdge website includes a lesson for careers in fashion design, architecture, and graphic design http://artsedge.kennedy- center.org/educators/lessons/grade-3- 4/Arts_Careers.aspx#Overview http://www.fazeteen.com/summer2000/fashion.ht m http://www.bls.gov/k12/build04.htm http://taylor-loran.suite101.com/what-is-graphic- design-a57392

10. Student Examples APU Senior Lexy Gillett Ohio Student, KC Photography

11. Performance Art producer manager recording engineer sound technician mastering engineer composer instrumentalist vocalist Conducting Actor director accompanists music education music business arranger journalist critic therapist publisher historian dancer choreographer

12. Lesson Plans See word document

13. “When I was a kid, a book I read advised young artist to be themselves. That decided it for me. I was a corny kind of guy, so I went in for corn.” -Walt Disney

14. References Xavier university art department guide to careers in community arts. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.xula.edu/art/doc/Career_Guide.pdf Careers in the visual arts. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.temple.edu/tyler/admissions/careers.html Visual and performing arts. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://education- portal.com/directory/category/Visual_and_Performing_Arts.html