Learn About Art Jobs (Grades 6-8)

Academy of Achievement - Arts - Check out these famous actors, directors, musicians, dancers, and more.
Actor - Actors perform in stage, radio, television, video, or motion pictures. They also teach in high school or college drama departments or acting schools.
Animation Careers -Disney Animation Studios - Learn about the different artistic and technical careers.
Architect - Architects design houses and buildings, plan offices and apartments. They design schools, churches, and airport terminals.
Archivists - People in this career field appraise, edit, and direct safekeeping of permanent records and historically valuable documents and art.
Artist - Artists make art to express what they are feeling or thinking. They use many methods - drawing, painting, sculpting. They use different materials - paints, pencils, and pens, plaster, clay, and computers.
Arts & Culture - Read interesting articles on art, music and performing arts topics.
Building Big™ - Explore large structures and what it takes to build them with Building Big™ - this includes bridges, domes, skyscrapers, dams, and tunnels.
CIA Museum: The People Behind the Magic - Meet the people that make exhibits come to life and are the staff of the CIA Museum.
Curators, Museum Technicians, and Conservators - Work for museums, governments, zoos, and other institutions that require experts to preserve important records and artifacts. These workers preserve important objects and documents.
Dancer - Dancers express ideas, stories, rhythm, and sound with their bodies. Some dance in ballet; others perform modern dance. Dancers work in musical shows, in folk, ethnic, tap, and jazz dances. Many dancers also teach or choreograph dances.
Designer - Designers have a desire to create; they mix knowledge with artistic ability. Designers focus in a specific area of design, such as cars or websites.
Fashion Careers - Channel One spoke with a career counselor and professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology to get some insider tips. Check out the guide that will show you how to get a career in fashion. Plus, discover the hottest jobs in the industry.
Fashion Designer - Fashion designers help create the billions of dresses, suits, shoes, and other clothing and accessories purchased every year by consumers. Designers study fashion trends, sketch designs of clothing and accessories, select colors and fabrics, and oversee the final production of their designs.
Film / Television Database - PBS American Masters - Get interesting facts on some of your favorite film and TV stars from Lucille Ball and Clint Eastwood to George Lucas and Charlie Chaplain.
Fine Arts - New York Times - Explore current issues in depth or search fine arts by subject.
Kids and Families Page - Library of Congress - View the collections, stories , webcasts and find out what happened today in history.
Landscape Architect - Learn more about the work landscape architects do.
Meet Amazing Americans - America's Story - Discover the inventors, politicians, performers, activists and other everyday people who made this country what it is today.
Museum Technicians and Conservators - The people in these career fields prepare objects, such as fossils or skeletal parts, for museum collections and exhibits. They also restore documents or install, arrange, and exhibit materials.
Museum Work: Put Your Skills on Exhibit - Meet Pam Hatchfield, conservator. She goes to work and she's helping to preserve a little piece of history for generations to come. A museum hires workers in a variety of occupations to help share its treasures with the public.
Performing Arts and Music - Library of Congress - Explore these collections of sheet music, books, dance manuals, and other historical items.
Performing Arts Database - PBS American Masters - You can find out about Vaudeville, Julliard, the Actor&s Studio, and more at this informative site.
Performing Arts Encyclopedia - Explore music, theater, and dance at the Library of Congress.
Photographer - Photographers know how to choose the right tools to give them the best picture. They use different things such as lights, lenses, and film to create a picture.
Popular Entertainment - Learn about the beginning of film and television with video interviews from actors who have a long history in the entertainment industry.
Teacher - Teachers teach children to read, write, do math, and more; they show students different skills.