Visual and Performing Arts
Community/Environmental/Socially-Engaged Art
Focuses on using the arts to promote activism, civic dialog, community development, ecological and environmental awareness, or social justice. Covers community organizing, cultural criticism, social practice, studio art, and visual and performing arts.
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Careers this field can lead to
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Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
- Median pay
- $78,620
- Hiring change through 2035
- 2.2%
- Job openings a year
- 8,000
To get hiredMaster's degree
Explore this career ShrinkingFine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
- Median pay
- $55,490
- Hiring change through 2035
- −2.9%
- Job openings a year
- 2,200
To get hiredBachelor's degree
Explore this career Growing with the economyArtists and Related Workers, All Other
- Median pay
- $71,240
- Hiring change through 2035
- 2.0%
- Job openings a year
- 1,100
To get hiredNo formal educational credential
Explore this careerAll work is projected to grow 3.5% between 2025 and 2035; read every hiring-change figure against it.
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