Career Opportunities
Albion College offers scholarships for students interested in Art or Art History. Awards are based on an evaluation of each candidate’s artwork and/or scholarship.
Albion graduates in both art and art history bring outstanding abilities to professional careers or graduate studies — in critical and creative thought, technical knowledge and skills, and a broad-based approach to problem-solving fostered by the liberal arts tradition. Recent graduates have pursued advanced studies in many specific studio areas, art history, arts management, animation and architecture. Many enjoy careers in design, communications, advertising, museum and gallery positions, art therapy, and education.
Earning a degree through the Art and Art History department will equip you with the essential skills that will open doors to diverse careers in the creative industries; you’ll develop critical thinking, creativity, and visual literacy — foundational tools for success in various artistic and professional fields.
These are some of the careers to consider when thinking about getting a degree in art and art history:
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Animator
Antiques Dealer
Appraiser
Architect
Architectural Historian
Architectural Model Maker
Art Critic
Art Historian
Art Restorer
Art School Technician
Art Teacher
Art Therapist
Artist
Arts Management
Author
Book Artist
Book Binder
Book Illustrator
Ceramicist
Community Arts Programmer
Conservator
Creative Director
Cultural Critic
Curator (museum, gallery, auction house, corporate collection, public institution, private collection or foundation)
Display Designer
Educator (museum, gallery, auction house, corporate collection, public institution, private collection or foundation)
Entrepreneur
Fabric/Textile Designer
Foundry Worker
Furniture Designer
Furniture Maker
Gallery Director
Grant Writer
Habitat Sculptor
Illustrator
Interior Designer
International Art Trade
Landscape Designer
Lawyer, Specializing in Art
Librarian for Art Museum
Manager of a Corporate Collection
Medical Illustrator
Mould Maker
Museum Educator
Painter
Paper Maker
Photographer
Photo Journalist
Printer
Printmaker
Professor
Registrar (museum, gallery, auction house, corporate collection, public institution, private collection or foundation)
Reviewer for Magazine or Newspaper
Sculptor