Arts ( Fine / Visual / Performing )

Fine art graduates develop a range of practical and creative skills, and gain valuable experience of entering exhibitions, competitions and building up a portfolio of work
Jobs directly related to your degree include:
- Exhibition designer
- Fine artist
- Further education teacher
- Higher education lecturer
- Illustrator
- Museum/gallery curator
- Printmaker
- Secondary school teacher
Jobs where your degree would be useful include:
- Art therapist
- Arts administrator
- Commercial art gallery manager
- Interior and spatial designer
- Museum/gallery exhibitions officer
- Multimedia programmer
Remember that many employers accept applications from graduates with any degree subject, so don't restrict your thinking to the jobs listed here.
Work experience
Start building up a portfolio of work while you are still an undergraduate. This should contain examples of your own ideas rather than just course work. In addition, enter as many competitions and exhibitions as possible and begin to get your work known.
Also try networking and make contacts who may be able to offer (or help you secure) commissions. If friends or family ask you to produce work for them, this can be included in your portfolio and in the list of commissions on your CV.
Voluntary work with, for example community art initiatives, can be valuable. You may also be able to find paid art-related employment while studying, through projects at summer camps and activity centres for young people.