Arts ( Fine / Visual / Performing )

Ever been fascinated by the art showcased in galleries or impressed by the architecture of a building? Well, there are people out there who work to make a beautiful piece of art in the form of sculpture, music, drama, painting, film, architecture, photograph, animated character, and a lot more.

If you too are a budding artist who wish to create a mark for yourself in the industry, a career in Arts (Fine/ Visual/ Performing) is most apt for you.

A career in Arts (Fine/ Visual/ Performing) deals with the study of a wide variety of art forms covered under three main headers:

• Fine Arts: Fine Arts is a form of art developed primarily for its aesthetic value and beauty. This form of art mainly includes the study of drawing, sculpture, painting, literature, pottery, printmaking, ceramics, and murals. 
• Visual Arts: Visual Arts is another form of creative art whose products are to be appreciated by sight. The forms of visual art are highly similar to that of fine art (sometimes exactly same) and mainly include film-making, painting, and sculpture.
• Performing Arts: Performing Arts is a form of creative activity in which artists use their physical ability such as body, face and presence to perform in front of an audience. Different forms of performing art include music, drama, singing, dance, and stand-up comedy.    

If you are a creative and expressive individual who is passionate about your form of art, a career in Fine/ Visual/ Performing Arts is apt for you. Basic skills and traits that you should possess to build a career in any field of arts include:

Skillset for Arts Candidates
Designing skills	Imaginative skills
Hand drawing skills	Artistic ability
Creative ability	Communication skills
Interpersonal skills	Ability to focus & concentrate
An eye to detail	Innovative
Passionate	Problem-solving skills
Observant	Sense of patterns & colours
Ability to express	Patience
Technical skills	Ability to respond spontaneously
Visualisation skills	Business acumen

 

Candidates can pursue degree, diploma or certificate Arts courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

UG Level: To pursue an Art programme at degree or diploma level candidates should complete Class XII in any stream from a recognised board with a minimum aggregate percentage (usually 50% - 60%). Sometimes universities/ colleges also demand basic knowledge of Arts (Fine/ Visual/ Performing) subject in which candidates are applying.

Certificate level Arts courses are short-term courses that candidates can pursue if they clear Class X. 

PG Level: To pursue an Art programme at degree or PG diploma level candidates should complete their graduation in Arts with the minimum percentage stipulated by a particular university/ college in which they are seeking admission.  

Syllabus of an Arts programme depend on the type of course (Fine/ Visual/ Performing) as well as the specialisation (drawing, sculpture, painting, film-making, painting, music, drama, singing, dance, etc) that a candidate is pursuing. However, to give candidates a broad level idea about the course curriculum of Arts, given below are subjects that are typically taught in Fine/ Visual/ Performing Arts:

Subjects taught in Fine Arts
History of Indian Art	Clay Modeling
Portrait Painting	Indian Aesthetics
History of Western Art	Contemporary Indian Art
Techniques and Technology of Fine Arts	Art Criticism
History of Indian Sculpture	Indian Pre-Modern and Modern Art
Western Paintings and Sculpture	Art management and Marketing
Music and Aesthetics	Geometry and Perspective
Printmaking	Painting
Mold Making and Casting	Pictorial Composition
Graphic Tools	Art Gallery Management
Print Making in Mix Media	Composition Painting
Subjects taught in Visual Arts
Creative Writing	Conversational Skills
History of Art & Architecture	Fundamentals of Design
Indian Culture Arts	English
Printmaking	3 D Design
Architectural Drawing	Raster Graphics
Still Life	Head Study
Vector Graphics	Fundamentals of Drawing
Material Culture	Interior Services
Creative Planning	Auto-cad
Environmental Act	Creative Sculpture
Interior Services	3-Dimensional Design
Designing for Web	Composition
Mural Design	Western Aesthetics
Indian Aesthetics	History of Western Art
Subjects taught in Performing Arts
Introduction to Performing Arts	History of Indian Dance and Drama
Dynamics of dance, music and theatre	Value based Course in Bharathanatyam
Indian Theatre	Value-Added course in Music
Theory of Dance	Theory of Music
History of Folk Music, Dance, and Drama	Dance Aesthetics
Popular Dances of the World	Music of the World
Musical Instruments and Folk Music	Folk Dance and Folk Drama
Life Sketch & Contribution Dance	Yoga, Exercise and Body Fitness

 

Note: Each course of Fine/ Visual/ Performing Arts consists of a right mix of lectures, computer-based learning, practical training, seminars, individual and group project works, and guest lectures.

Candidates who wish to become artists in their chosen field have a plethora of job opportunities available for them in sectors such as animation, advertising, fashion, publishing, television, textile, and so on. However, the type of job one can secure after obtaining a degree/ diploma/ certificate in Arts varies as per the chosen specialisation. Check out the different job profiles available for fine/ visual/ performing artists below:

• Animator/ VFX artist: An animator works with developers, designers and directors to make drawings, models, sketches, etc that are put to life with the help of computer software. There are different types of animators in the industry such as 3-D animator, flash animator, mathematical modeler, in-between animator, etc.
• Teacher: A candidate can choose to be an Art teacher in a school or Art professor in a college. As a teacher/ professor, a candidate can train students in developing artistic techniques. However, for this profession candidates usually need to obtain an additional BEd degree (for school teaching) or a doctorate degree (for college teaching). 
• Visualiser: A visualiser is a person who assists art directors in producing quick and high quality artwork for presentation. A visualiser usually works in advertising agencies and helps in raising the bar on the quality of creative output for brands.
• Commercial artist: A commercial artist is a person who is employed to express the ideas of a client or employer. A commercial artist creates designs, computer graphics, video art, graphs, illustrations, etc to make products or ideas more appealing and presentable to the public.
• Art director: An art director is a person who is responsible for the visual style and images in newspapers, magazines, and movie and television productions. An Art director usually works for advertising agencies and public relation firms. S/he creates the overall design and directs others who develop artwork.    
• Story-board artist: A story-board artist has the responsibility of creating storyboards for ad agencies and film productions. The artist visualises and sketches frames of the story. Storyboard applications that are typically used by artists are Adobe Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Storyboard Pro, and so on.
• Illustrator: An illustrator is an artist who creates two-dimensional images for industries such as fashion design, books, magazines, manuals, websites, etc. An illustrator uses various techniques to create visual effects such as the richness of colour. 
• Curator: A curator is basically the manager or keeper of a cultural heritage institution such as a museum or a gallery. A curator has the basic responsibility for the acquisition, care, display and interpretation of different artworks. A curator is also responsible for implementing and managing art exhibitions.   
• Fabricator: A fabricator typically works in an art fabrication studio and provides services related to the production of technically difficult artworks.
• Cartoonist: A cartoonist is a            visual artist who specialises in drawing cartoons and works for both print as well as electronic mediums. A cartoonist may work for different print publications such as newspapers and magazines. Some cartoonists may also work for television and films where they prepare model drawings and sketches of characters and also draw special effects for animation projects.    
• Actor: An actor is an artist who portrays a character in a performance. An actor may perform for different platforms such as theatre, films, and television.    
• Musician: A musician is an artist who composes, conducts and performs music. A musician can specialise in a variety of styles depending on his/ her culture and background.  
• Community arts worker: A community arts worker performs arts and its related activities for a certain community. Such workers usually work with NGOs or organisations that take the initiative of working for the welfare of local communities.

Some of the top recruiting companies for fine and performing artists in India include:

Top Recruiting Companies for Arts Graduates
AAPC	Cognizant
Microsoft Corporation	Lowe Lintas
Robosoft Technologies	Saregama India Limited
Universal Arts Limited	HT Media
Iris Mediaworks	Balaji Telefilms Limited

 

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