Connecticut's School-to-Career system is organized around industry-identified career clusters. Courses in the WHS Art Department prepare students for the Arts & Media Career Cluster. Jobs in the Arts and Media Career Cluster involve designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content including visual and performing arts and design, journalism, and entertainment services. There are more than 2.1 million artists in the United States work force, including (but not limited to) fine artists, industrial designers, commercial artists, art directors, cinematographers, web designers, illustrators, curators, photographers, animation artists, 3D modeling artists, videographers, fashion designers, and art instructors.
or check out the $$$ associated with jobs in Art from this PayScale Article for 2017/2018 Art Majors!
Interested in Art, Design and Technology? Wondering what to do if you love both Art and Math? Check out this video on majoring in Industrial Design shared by Alumni Chandlyr Jackson!