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What can I do with my degree?
Is there a demand for artists?
How does your program prepare graduates for a career
in art?
 What
can I do with my degree?
Art education and students may be certified
to teach kindergarten through 12th grade. Many Art education majors
earn advanced degrees to become administrators, art critics, teacher
supervisors and art therapists.
Art and Graphic Design majors may be self-employed
or work for public or private businesses. Artists may design film
and theater sets, exhibits, brochures, web sites, fashions, costumes
or television graphics. They may become commissioned artists,
art materials retailers, art museum assistants, or studio craftspersons.
Careers also include photographers, art directors, illustrators
or copywriters. The possibilities are as varied as the individuals
who graduate from the program.
Recent graduates of Western’s Art program
include a gallery manager, free lance illustrators, jewelry designers,
an art institute alumni director, art teachers in elementary and
high schools, and graduate school students.
Is there a demand
for artists?
People with artistic training are in
great demand, especially talented graphic designers and those
with multimedia skills. Web and software companies hire thousands
of artists each year, and advertising and publishing industries
constantly need illustrators and photographers. Employment of
artists and related workers is expected to grow
about as fast as the average through the year 2012,
according to the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
 How
does your program prepare graduates for a career in art?
The main objective of the Art program
is to provide students with opportunities to express their thoughts
and ideas through a variety of media, such as paint, clay and
film, to name a few. Coursework is intended to force students
to think and reason to establish skills in conceptual thinking.
The Art Department boasts of fully equipped painting,
ceramic, photography, sculpture and printmaking studios, a foundry,
a department library, an active art gallery program
with visiting professional artists who exhibit, lecture and conduct
workshiops, and a state-of-the-art computer lab with the latest
MacIntosh computers loaded with the most current graphic design
software.
A talented and diverse group of professors who have
many years experience as artists, illustrators and designers work
with students in upper division studio classes and individually
to teach them techniques and professional practices.
Students have opportunities to study abroad and
participate in internships and research projects and applied learning
to gain a broad range of experiences that prepare them for their
career.
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