7^th Grade Art Class

Art Related Careers Assignment

Your Mission: To create a PowerPoint presentation on a chosen career in the visual arts and present your findings to the class in three days.

LENGTH OF POWER POINT PRESENTATION - It needs to be no less than a minimum of seven (7) slides and no longer than maximum of fifteen slides (15) in length.

Step One: Choose a career

Choose a career in art from the ones listed below that interests you. Please let your teacher know which one you are choosing to research before you begin.

Careers Related to Visual Arts

advertising art director advertising commercial director advertising copy writer advertising creative director advertising illustrator advertising photographer aerial photographer animation director animator (digital/traditional) antique restorer architect architectural illustrator architectural technologist art auctioneer art consultant art critic art dealer art director-film/video/print art editor art historian art lecturer art librarian art publisher art therapist art/film critic artist-in-residence artists' agent assistant director automobile specialty painter background artist basketry artisan billboard designer book jacket designer cabinet maker calligrapher caricaturist carpenter cartographer cartoonist ceramic tile artisan ceramicist child/day care worker children's book designer children's book illustrator cinematographer color consultant combat photographer

comic book creator comic strip artist computer graphics designer conservator corporate designer costume designer court artist crafts artisan creative director-advertising curator cutter & editor dark room technician design consultant design engineer digital artist digital film maker diorama artist director display artist display designer documentary photographer draftsperson dressmaker editorial art director editorial illustrator editorial photographer elementary teacher exhibition designer fabric designer fashion buyer fashion designer fashion editor fashion illustrator fashion photographer fiber artist field-expedition artist film editor film/video camera operator film/video lighting designer film/video sound engineer floor covering designer florist foundry artist functional designer furniture designer gallery director gallery owner glass blower glass designer

graphic artist graphic designer greeting card designer hair stylist illustration agent illustrator-freelance industrial designer industrial photographer interior decorator interior designer jeweler jewelery designer landscape architect layout artist layout designer lecturer letterer lighting consultant lighting designer lithographer logo designer machine designer magazine designer make-up artist marine illustrator market researcher medical illustrator metalworker milliner mock-up artist model maker motion picture camera operator multimedia designer muralist museum guide package designer painter parade float designer/builder paste-up artist performance artist photo journalist photo retoucher photographer photography editor plastic surgeon police & legal photographer police artist

Primary school art teacher print maker properties artist publicity director puppet maker renderer researcher restorer salesperson scenic designer scientific illustrator sculptor serigrapher set designer sign painter silversmith special effects technician stained-glass designer stonemason structural design engineer stylist tailor tattoo artist taxidermist teacher technical illustrator textbook author textile designer theatrical photographer tool designer tour guide toy designer travel photographer TV animator TV background artist TV commercials director TV director type designer typography designer upholsterer urban planner visual aids artist wallpaper designer weaver web page designer window decorator woodcarver

PITFALLS TO AVOID –

TRY TO AVOID MAKING SLIDES THAT:

• Has a lot of text to read.
• Uses text that is too hard to read, or too small to see
• Has A LOT of unnecessary animation. (some is ok, but don’t overdo it)

Step Two: Research

SLIDE #1 - You will need a title slide that has all of the following information on it:

• Your name
• 7^th Grade
• 6^th Period – Introduction to Art Class
• Art Careers Presentation- ________________________ (put the name of your chosen career in the blank)

Research your career and answer the following questions in your presentation.

SLIDE #2 - Job Description – Find out the definition or brief description of the career. What kind of job is this? What do people do in this field? What does this person do on a daily basis? Do they have a shop or office? What time of the day or week do they work? What are they responsible for?

SLIDE #3- What qualities/interests are needed? (List what kinds of skills would you need to do this kind of job well?)

SLIDE #4 - What training or education is required for this career? For example: Associates Degree, Bachelors Degree, Certification, Internship etc.?

(What level of education or schooling do you need to do this kind of job?)

SLIDE #5- What is the average annual estimated salary? (How much money can a person make with this kind of job per year?)

SLIDE#6 - Other: famous people in the career, interesting tidbits or facts about your chosen career that you may have learned in your research. See if you can name someone famous/successful doing this career.

SLIDE #7 - Images/photos related to the career (Find as many images that relate to your career as you can and use them in your powerpoint.)

Step Three: Put it together

You will put all the information together into a final power point project. You will also be expected to present the project to the rest of the class two days from today! J

Step Four: Present your project to the class