The Visual Arts Industry Phyllis M. Montuori L.A. Wilson Tech WBL Coordinator.

The Visual Arts The Visual Arts IndustryIndustry

Phyllis M. MontuoriPhyllis M. Montuori

L.A. Wilson TechL.A. Wilson Tech

WBL CoordinatorWBL Coordinator

Career OverviewCareer Overview

A Visual Artist paints, draws, prints, A Visual Artist paints, draws, prints, engraves, works with glass, engraves, works with glass, videotapes, films, photographs, videotapes, films, photographs, works with computers. works with computers.

A Visual Artist transforms raw A Visual Artist transforms raw materials into art. materials into art.

Your work becomes part of a process Your work becomes part of a process that creates, inspires, or provokes.that creates, inspires, or provokes.

A Career In A Career In The Visual Arts is…The Visual Arts is…

• a hard road to success, but worth the a hard road to success, but worth the effort effort

• requires an inspiration, a passion, or a requires an inspiration, a passion, or a calling calling

• not something you stumble into; it's an not something you stumble into; it's an

irresistible force, it's in your blood.irresistible force, it's in your blood.

What’s Required of YouWhat’s Required of You

• Artistic eyeArtistic eye• Ability to learnAbility to learn• Inner DriveInner Drive• PersistencePersistence• PerseverancePerseverance• Skill Skill • TalentTalent• Technologically SavvyTechnologically Savvy• THE ABILITY TO USE YOUR BRAIN!THE ABILITY TO USE YOUR BRAIN!• Work well with othersWork well with others

Expand Your Horizons… Check Expand Your Horizons… Check Out The Following IndustriesOut The Following Industries

Advertising AgenciesAdvertising Agencies Design FirmsDesign Firms Educational InstitutionsEducational Institutions Journalism Journalism Publishing CompaniesPublishing Companies PhotographyPhotography Production ServicesProduction Services VideoVideo

Careers in Visual Arts Careers in Visual Arts Departments or SubdivisionsDepartments or Subdivisions

• Fine Arts - museums and galleries,Fine Arts - museums and galleries,• Art Forum - Film Making, Commercial PhotographyArt Forum - Film Making, Commercial Photography• Textile DesignersTextile Designers• Installation ArtistsInstallation Artists• Artists who work only with paper Artists who work only with paper • Lithographers and EtchersLithographers and Etchers• Glass Blowers Glass Blowers • Mosaic Designers Mosaic Designers • Caricaturists (at parties and corporate functions)Caricaturists (at parties and corporate functions)• Painter - holiday scenes on store windows or Painter - holiday scenes on store windows or

murals murals • Design careersDesign careers

Consider a Teaching CareerConsider a Teaching Career

One art insider says, One art insider says,

"If you want to be an artist, teach." "If you want to be an artist, teach."

Showing others how to focus their talents Showing others how to focus their talents can help you focus yours.can help you focus yours.

Careers in the Art ForumCareers in the Art Forum

Film MakerFilm Maker

BBroad range of disciplines, from directing road range of disciplines, from directing to cinematography, camera operation to to cinematography, camera operation to production and designproduction and design

Basic level, a film director does all the Basic level, a film director does all the work of making a film - finds or writes a work of making a film - finds or writes a script, scouts for locations, casts actors, script, scouts for locations, casts actors, secures funding, buys film or videotape secures funding, buys film or videotape and a camera, and films or tapes the and a camera, and films or tapes the movie himself or herselfmovie himself or herself

Careers in Careers in Commercial PhotographyCommercial Photography

• Foreign CorrespondentsForeign Correspondents• Freelance PhotographersFreelance Photographers• Newspaper ShootersNewspaper Shooters• Staff photographers at fashion Staff photographers at fashion

magazinesmagazines• Still photographers on movie sets. Still photographers on movie sets.

A photographer may start out by working as an A photographer may start out by working as an assistant to another photographer in his or her assistant to another photographer in his or her chosen area of specialty. Photography is one of the chosen area of specialty. Photography is one of the more technical arts. Apprenticing is a great way to more technical arts. Apprenticing is a great way to learn the fundamentals of the discipline—lighting, learn the fundamentals of the discipline—lighting, lenses, composition, and film. lenses, composition, and film.

Financial Compensation or Financial Compensation or SHOW ME THE MONEY $$$SHOW ME THE MONEY $$$

Average compensation range for salaried workersAverage compensation range for salaried workers

• Painter/Sculptor/IllustratorPainter/Sculptor/Illustrator$16,900 to $73,560$16,900 to $73,560

• Multimedia Artist/AnimatorMultimedia Artist/Animator$25,830 to $85,160 $25,830 to $85,160

• PhotographerPhotographer $14,640 to $49,920 $14,640 to $49,920

• Filmmaker/DirectorFilmmaker/Director$23,300 to $119,760$23,300 to $119,760

Tips on Getting HiredTips on Getting Hired

• An accurate resumeAn accurate resume• Portfolio of recent workPortfolio of recent work• Clean presentable appearanceClean presentable appearance• List of referencesList of references

Insider TipsInsider Tips

Compensation varies wildly - from Compensation varies wildly - from just barely making-it to rolling in the just barely making-it to rolling in the dough.dough.

Discipline and perseverance are vital. Discipline and perseverance are vital.

Insider TipsInsider Tips

If you go down this road, you have to If you go down this road, you have to realize that more than a few artists realize that more than a few artists never earn a penny from their work, never earn a penny from their work, most create their art while paying most create their art while paying the bills with a “real” job, and only the bills with a “real” job, and only some artists strike it rich.some artists strike it rich.

High School Courses That High School Courses That Would be BeneficialWould be Beneficial

Advertising ArtAdvertising ArtBusiness ManagementBusiness ManagementComputersComputersDrawingDrawingEconomicsEconomicsInformation TechnologyInformation TechnologyPhotographyPhotographyVideo ProductionVideo Production

Job Titles to ExploreJob Titles to Explore

Advertising Designer Advertising Designer Art DirectorArt Director Creative DirectorCreative Director Graphic ArtistGraphic Artist PhotographerPhotographer Photographic AssistantPhotographic Assistant SalesSales Sound EditorSound Editor Sound EngineerSound Engineer VideographerVideographer Video EditorVideo Editor

2 Year Colleges2 Year Colleges

• Fashion Institute of Technology Fashion Institute of Technology

http://http://www.fitnyc.suny.edu/www.fitnyc.suny.edu/ Photography - Associate Degree ProgramPhotography - Associate Degree Program

• Nassau Community CollegeNassau Community Collegehttp://www.ncc.edu/http://www.ncc.edu/

Photography - Associates Degree ProgramPhotography - Associates Degree Program • Suffolk Community College Suffolk Community College

http://www.sunysuffolk.edu/Web/West/CommArts/http://www.sunysuffolk.edu/Web/West/CommArts/photocurriculum.htmlphotocurriculum.htmlPhotography - Associate Degree ProgramPhotography - Associate Degree Program

4 Year Colleges4 Year Colleges

Five Towns CollegeFive Towns Collegehttp://www.ftc.edu/admissionshttp://www.ftc.edu/admissions New York Institute of TechnologyNew York Institute of Technology

http://www.nyit.edu/http://www.nyit.edu/ Pratt InstitutePratt Institute

http://www.pratt.edu/http://www.pratt.edu/ Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester Institute of Technology

http://www.rit.edu/http://www.rit.edu/ School of Visual ArtsSchool of Visual Arts

http://www.schoolof visualarts.edu/http://www.schoolof visualarts.edu/

Local EmployersLocal Employers

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