What types of entry-level jobs are typically available to seniors majoring in History of Art and Architecture?
What types of internships are typically secured by History of Art and Architecture majors?
What are alumni who majored in History of Art and Architecture doing now?
What sorts of graduate study have History of Art and Architecture Majors pursued?
How can you lean more about careers that might interest you?
What types of entry-level jobs are typically available to seniors majoring in History of Art and Architecture?
The beauty of a liberal arts education it that it challenges student to develop a wide range of universally applicable and life-enriching skills, so your major is less representative of you abilities than it is of your interests. In other words, you can do just about anything with any degree. The following entry-level jobs are typical of jobs that Art History majors pursue.
Bloom Fine Art and Antiques, Brooklyn, NY: Assistant Curator The employee will catalogue and research paintings and/or prints and upload for online auction using an online inventory software. Must be comfortable communicating with clients and making sales. Candidates should have very strong computer skills and a background in art history. Some knowledge in the decorative arts is also desirable. (museumjobs.com)
Walt Disney Studios/ Features Animation, Glendale, CA: Registrar, ArchivistThe ideal candidate will have exceptional communication skills, written and oral, a strong initiative, and an excitement for Disney History and Animation. Must be extremely meticulous, detail oriented, computer literate, and have familiarity with database systems. (museumjobs.com)
- Warner Brothers, Burbank, CA: Art DirectorPosition responsible for creative development, concept, execution and production of various print marketing campaigns. Creative development, concept, execution and production of various print marketing campaigns. Creates and executes print concept exploratory ideas from concept to finish for both domestic and international one-sheet, newspaper, trade announcements and outdoor campaigns. Creative supervision of outside creative resources, including: creative boutiques, print sketch artists and photographers. (showbiz.com)
What types of internships are typically secured by History of Art and Architecture majors?
The following is a short list of the types of internships typically pursued by History of Art and Architecture majors that are listed on MOJO:
Christie's Boston Internship Program: Christie's, Boston, MA
Creative and Distribution Intern: New England Foundation for the Arts, Boston, MA
Endowed Internship: National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Marketing Assistant: Miami Children's Museum, Miami, FL
Intern: Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Art Gallery Intern: Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA
Intern: Susan Golden Antiques, New York, NY
- Intern Historic House Trust of New York City
What are alumni who majored in History of Art and Architecture doing now?|
Designer, Daniel Frisch Architect, New York, NY
Regional Operations North and South America, Sotheby's, New York, Ny
Studio Manager, Falkland Road Inc./Mary Ellen Mark Studio, New York, NY
Art Consulting, Renee Fotouhi Fine Art Ltd., New York, NY
Associate, Brigham's and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Consultant, IBM, New York, NY
- Student/Teaching Fellow, Columbia University, New York, NY
What sorts of graduate study have History of Art and Architecture Majors pursued?
Listed below are some of the graduate schools attended, and degrees attained, by Middlebury alumni who majored in History of Art and Architecture:
How can you lean more about careers that might interest you?
Read a book. The following books, available for perusal in the CSO Library, may be of particular interest to American Literature and American Civilization majors:
Museum Careers and Training: a Professional Guide. Victor J. Danilov. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994.
The Official Museum Directory. Washington, D.C. : American Association of Museums
National Resource Guide for the Placement of Artists Los Angeles : National Network for Artist Placement, NNAP.
- Archaeological Fieldwork and Opportunities Bulletin. New York, N.Y. : Archaeological Institute of America.
Use the Web. The following Web sites may be useful:
More Resources and Services
Stop by CSO for a Drop-In, or call to make an appointment with a counselor to talk about contacting alumni, assessing your career interests/preferences, and other actions you can take to prepare yourself for the transition from Middlebury to the professional world.