Careers in Art

                Careers in Art

As a market on the rise in the globalized world, the artist's career has proved to be a profitable option for employment, where artists of all categories have been able to earn huge profits from their work. Thousands of people have art as their main source of income others as an alternative source.

Professionals who follow this career need, like all great artists, a deeper theoretical, technical and practical knowledge, no matter what your area of expertise or specialty. For skilled artists employability tends to grow, on average, around 18% or more in the next 8 years.

• In Canada, the cultural labor force grew 160% between 1971 and 2001, which is extremely high compared to growth of 81% in the total labor force. (SOURCE: Cultural Human Resources Council 2004).

• In Italy jobs such as painters, sculptors, designers, and others have had an incredible increase of 38.5% between 1993 and 1999.

• In Germany the cultural sector had an increase of 20% of jobs in the 90s well above the average of 2% for the same period.

• Art itself was born in Florence, and this is where the greatest artists of history have sought their inspiration and therein lies most of their works which inspire artists today.

By 2014, employment opportunities will increase by 15%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Artists create works of art that challenge the human mind to think beyond the concrete, or that tell a story in a single image. Art entertains, it intensifies the way we feel or see life. Employing a variety of methods and materials, each artist conveys a message, thought or feeling.

• Employability                                        

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Artists

In the United States, there were around 208.000 career artists in 2004. Their functions were distributed as follows:

-Multimedia artists and entertainers 94.000
-Art directors 71.000
-Classic artists such as painters, sculptors, etc.. 29.000
-Other Artists 8.500
-Artisans 6.100

Of the artists who were not self-employed, many worked in advertising and related services, newspapers, websites, books and software companies, movie industry and video services, specialized design, and design of computer systems.

Some of the artists offer freelance services to advertising agencies, design firms, publishing houses and other companies under contract or freelance.

• Profitability

The average annual income of art directors was $63,840 (per year) in May 2004. The highest 10% received more than $123,320. The average gain in the area of advertising and related services was $66,900.

The average annual salary of employed classical artists was $38,060 in May 2004, the highest 10% received on average $68,860.

Following a career in art

Florence has been the place where over the centuries artists seek their professional development because it provides the necessary inspiration in its paintings, sculptures, churches, landscapes, etc..

Markets related to the arts are highly profitable and offer greater financial stability for artists with great technical knowledge. Florence is the city's art heritage, it's the cradle of the Renaissance and today it's the global school for career artists.

http://www.italianlanguageflorence.com Is one of the fastest growing Art schools in Florence and offers the highest qualified professionals and comfortable facilities to enable students to make the most of their time in Florence.

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Using Digital Images in Mixed Media Art

Photos and postcards of people and by-gone eras add a special element to many mixed media artworks; they can be used to tell the story, bring a focal point to our pieces or express the emotion that draws the observer into our artwork. Having these images available to us in digital format opens up all sorts of possibilities.

• Why use digital images? 

Digital images offer convenient storage when compared with many pages of printed images, photos and postcards. They can now be stored in a lot less space. By having these pictures on file, we can resize and print them as needed. This will ensure they are always the right size for the project you are working on.

When purchasing digital images over the Internet, often you can download them straight away so you don't have to wait for the postman to arrive; the pictures are there, ready to be printed out and used almost instantly. Digital images can also be cheaper than purchasing preprinted images. Having your own coloured printer is the easiest way to print these images but selecting the ones you want and going down to your local coloured printing store can still be a convenient and cost effective way to create hard copies of these pictures.

When looking to use treasured family photos and historically significant documents, creating digital copies is a way of using these pieces in your artwork without altering the originals. Since the use of original documents has become popular with mixed media artist, there has been a lot of discussion surrounding the for's and against's for using these original photos and documents in your artwork; we'll leave that conversation for another time.

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• Where to find digital images? 

There are vast resources out there on the world wide web. Some of these images are offered for free; some sites would like you to add your own image to contribute to the pool of images, others are happy to be able to share what they have with the wider mixed media art community, others simply would like you to acknowledge where you found the image, to advertise their site to others. The generosity of our fellow artists is truly inspiring.

The world of blogging has also given the average person a chance to have their own space on the WWW. Not only are these great places to see others artwork, meet new people and participate in fantastic challenges, some bloggers post their personal images to share with their visitors.

If you are looking for high quality digital images, you can also purchase them, either to download directly from the internet, or to be posted to you, on compact disks. These are often laid out on a standard size of paper which makes the printing of your images much easier. Individual images are readily imported into your favourite software package, allowing you to resize or digital alter the images before printing.

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• How to use digital images 

Printing these digital images allows them to be used in collages and other mixed media artwork as you would any other picture. More details on how to download and import images will be included in the next article.

• Things to know about Digital Images 

The size of a digital image will make a huge difference as to what it will look like what it is printed out. As a rule of thumb, any images less than 100kb aren't worth messing around with, unless you are looking to print them really small (for an ATC, moo card or inchies, for example). Sticking with larger images will allow you greater freedom to resize them and still get a good quality image when printed.

• What about Digital Art? 

Digital art is a fairly new addition to the Mixed Media Art community. It is gaining popularity very quickly; amazing pieces of artwork can be make with these techniques and you are only limited by your imagination and ability to manipulate the software. Some digital images are trimmed especially to be incorporated into digital art; they will have the border cut to the outline of the image, so you don't need to worry about the background of the image.

We hope this article has inspired you to look at including more images into your mixed media art work!

Happy creating.

Michelle Brown is a mother and an engineer, who is passionate about all aspects of mixed media art.



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