History of Art and Visual Culture

History of Art and Visual Culture
SOME CAREER OPTIONS:
Advisor: University/college advisor Antiquarian Book Trader Antique Dealer Appraiser: Estate Appraiser Fine art appraiser Architectural Conservationist/preservationist Art Gallery Art Investor Artist Art Advisor: Art Lawyer Art Librarian Art Organization Consultant Art Representative Art Therapist Buyer, art/fashion goods Cultural Center manager Cultural attaché/officer to embassy/consulate Cultural expert for multi-national corporation Curator: Corporate Curator Curatorial consultant Visual Resource curator	Designer: Fashion designer Set designer Textile designer Dresser, creates period stage sets (movies, etc.) Freelance collection mgr. Freelance writer Government employee Independent producer, film & TV Internet art site Merchandise displayer Museum conservationist/ Museum worker Photographer Public defendant Publisher Real estate analysis Real estate stager Researcher Sample advertisement Teacher/instructor
SAMPLING OF SKILLS:
ability to think conceptually advising analyzing appraising computer skills critical visual skills designing detail oriented editing evaluating	interpreting managing cultural resources oral and written proficiency organizing policy making presenting problem solving promoting selling teaching
EXAMPLES OF EMPLOYERS:
Advertising Agencies Antique Dealers Archives Art Dealers Art Organizations College Universities Corporations Film Studios Freelance Galleries Historical Societies	Magazine Companies Museums Newspapers Nonprofit Organizations Parks Publishing Houses Restoration Firms Restored Communitie/Estates K-12 Schools Universities/Colleges Websites
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: American Cultural Resource Association (job listings): American Association of Museums American Historical Print Collectors Society American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works (jobs, internships, fellowships) American Institute for Building Design American Institute of Architecture (job listing) American Photographic History Society American Society of Aesthetics American Society of Botanical Artists American Society of Appraisers American Society of Architectural Illustrators American Society of Golf Course Architects American Society of Interior Design (jobs) American Society of Landscape Architects (job listing, grad programs) Archives of American Art (internships, fellowships) Art and Antique Dealers League of America Art Conservation Alliance (careers in art conservation) Art Dealers Association of America Art Dreco Institute Art Libraries Society/NA (ARLIS/NA) (jobs, internships) Association for Professional Landscape Designers Association of Art Historians (job listing) Association for Art History (jobs, fellowships) Association of Art Museum Directors (links to internships, fellowships and training) Association of Moving Image Archivists (internships, scholarships, fellowships) Auction Marketing Institute Bay Area Art Conservation Guild Bay Area Preservation Network CA State Auctioneers Association College Art Association (job listing and fellowships) Daguerreian Society (old photography) Eighteen Nineties Society European Foundation for Landscape Architects Exhibit Designers and Producers Association Foundation of Hospital Art Franklin Furnace (interest in avant garde art) Green Space Design Historical Harp Society Independent Curators, International International Association of Paper Historians International Foundation for Art Research International Photographic Historical Organization National Art and Antique Dealers Association National Auctioneers Association (jobs for members) National Council for Preservation Education (jobs, internships) National Trust for Historic Preservation Native American Art Studies Association Photographic Historical Society (PHS) Print Council of America Quilters Hall of Fame Society for Historical Archeology (job listings) Society of Architectural Historians (fellowships, job listings) United States Historical Society Western Association for Art Conservation JOB SITES: American Association of Museums (job listing and links to museums) Art History Network (job listings) Art Jobs: Opportunities in the Arts E Cultural Resources Global Museum Histpres (jobs, internships) Job Database Museum Resource Board Museum Employment Resource Center (job listings by field - e.g., curator, exhibit designer, etc.) National Trust for Historic Preservation (jobs) Preservation Directory (resources, jobs) Victorian Preservation Association OTHER WEBSITES: Antique Networking, Inc. Art Initiative (art consulting firm) Artlex (definitions and resource links) Art History Research Centre Art History Resources Auction Houses: Antique Roadshow Christie’s (job listing) Sotheby’s Invaluable.com (list of auction houses) Copyright in Visual Arts Historic Interior Resource (jobs, internships) National Park Services: Technical Preservation Services (internships) Partners for Sacred Places US Museum Directory (159 in CA) Worldwide Art Resources UCSC History of Art and Visual Culture Department