Overview of major
Potential job titles
Examples of internships
Possible career fields
Possible work settings
Important skills and abilities
Sample web resources
Print resources
Sample graduate programs pursued by Fine Arts majors
Overview of major
Loyola offers a Fine Arts major, with concentrations in Music and Theatre, and a Visual Arts major, with concentrations in Photography and Studio Art. Each program provides its students with a rigorous and comprehensive curriculum designed to first introduce students to the discipline and then develop increasing levels of mastery of the knowledge, skills, and habits of the field.
Resources
Potential job titles
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Actor
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Art Teacher
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Art Critic
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Cinematographer
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Darkroom Technician
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Drama Director
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Graphic Artist
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Illustrator
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Museum Guard
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Music Teacher
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Musician
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Painter
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Photographer
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Photojournalist
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Sculptor
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Theater Instructor
- Videographer
- Visual Journalist
Examples of internships
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American Visionary Art Museum
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Baltimore Clayworks
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Baltimore Magazine
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Baltimore Museum of Art
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Walters Art Museum
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Fox News
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Estee Lauder
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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Lynette Actors Studio
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Margeotes Fertitta Powell
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NBC
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Park Avenue Studios
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Pottery Studio & Gallery
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Make-Up Art Cosmetics Inc.
- Channel 13
Possible career fields
Art museums/Galleries
- Curatorial
- Conservation
- Public relations
- Archivist
- Sales
- Exhibit design
- Art collections management
- Administration
Fine arts
Commercial art
- Graphic art
- Computer graphics
- Illustration
- Advertising
Education
- Studio arts
- Fine arts
- Art history
Art therapy
Media
- Programming
- Design
- Video
- Production
- Animation/Cartoons
- Art criticism
- Illustration
- Art journalism
- Editing
- Sales
Photography & cinematography
Fashion, textile, interior design
Art Sales
Retail
- Buying
- Store management
- Display design
- Fashion coordination
Possible work settings
- Museums & art galleries
- Local historical societies
- Studios
- Self-employed
- Schools & community programs
- Design firms
- Advertising & publishing agencies
- TV/Motion picture industry
- Media companies
- Theaters
- Newspapers & magazines
- Hospitals
Important skills and abilities
- Creativity
- Fundraising
- Research
- Instructing
- Writing
- Interpersonal & communication
- Persuasion
- Technical & computer
- Attention to detail
- Sales
- Patience
- Flexbility
- Active listening
- Social perceptiveness
Sample web resources
Print resources
(All available in the Career Resource Library in The Career Center)
- Great Jobs for Art Majors (ART Category)
- Career Opportunities in Art (ART Category)
- Creative Careers (ART Section)
- Careers for Shutterbugs & Other Creative Types (ART Section)
- Opportunities in Photography Careers (ART Section)
- Career Opportunities in Photography (ART Section)
- Quick Guide to College Majors and Careers (CP Section)
Sample graduate programs pursued by Fine Arts majors