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Fine Arts Resources
This list includes resources on careers in fine arts. This is not a comprehensive list of possible resources! Depending on your interests, there are many other materials in the Career Resource Center that may be helpful to you. Advisors are available to assist you with identifying and choosing career options. Please do not hesitate to ask for assistance!

CAREER GUIDES
General:
Careers For Competitive Spirits & Other Peak Performers

(Entertainment)
Careers For Perfectionist & Other Meticulous Types

(Art Conservators)

The WETFEET Guide to Industries and Careers for Undergrads

Opportunities in:

Acting Careers
Arts and Crafts
Cable Television
Commercial Art and Graphic Design
Crafts Careers
Desktop Publishing
Entertainment Careers
Film
Museums
Music Careers
Performing Arts
Photography
Summer Camp Careers

Teaching
Television and Video Careers
Visual Arts

Education:
Careers in Education
Job Search in Private Schools
Real People Working in Education
Substitute Teaching

Writers/Artists/Entertainers:
Artists' Survival Manual
Career Opportunities in Music Industry
Career Opportunities in Theatre and The Performing Arts
Careers For Color Connoisseurs & Other Visual Types

(Artists and Designers)
Careers For Culture Lovers & Other Artsy Types
Careers For Film Buffs & Other Hollywood Types
Careers For Shutterbugs & Other Candid Types
Careers For Stagestruck & Other Dramatic Types
Careers In Writing
Great Jobs for Art Majors
Great Jobs for Theater Majors
How to Be a Working Actor
How to Survive and Prosper as an Artist
Jobs in Arts and Media Management
Making It in Video
Your Film Acting Career

EMPLOYMENT DIRECTORIES
General:
Job Banks for:

Atlanta, Houston, Phoenix, Austin/San Antonio, Indiana, Pittsburgh, Boston, Las Vegas, Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Seattle, Connecticut, Missouri, Tennessee, Dallas/Fort Worth, New Jersey, Virginia, Denver, New York, Washington DC, Detroit, Ohio, Florida, Philadelphia

National Resource Guide For the Placement of Artists
Yellow Pages of Rock

Education:
ASCUS Directory of Public Schools in the U.S.
Education Resource Book
Directory of Overseas Schools
Handbook of Private Schools
Ohio Education Directory
Teacher Recruitment Consortium Name & Address Notebook

RESUME WRITING/INTERVIEWING
Academic Job Search
Complete Job Search Organizer
Cover Letter That Knock 'Em Dead
How To Get A Job And Keep It
Job Search 101
Job Smarts
Resumes For First Time Job Hunter
Resumes For Performing Arts

SCHOOL INFORMATION
Graduate School Guide
Peterson's Annual Guide to Graduate Studies

SUMMER JOBS/INTERNSHIPS
Internships
National Directory of Art Internships
Summer Job/Internship Notebooks

WOMEN, MINORITIES, AND DISABILITIES
Careers and the Disabled (Periodical)
Diversity Resources Guide

How to Build a Career in the New Economy: A Guide for Minorities and Women
Native American Connection