Possible Careers

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, over a 10-year period from 2006 to 2016, jobs for photographers, museum curators and archivists, motion picture and video artists, graphic designers and artists are projected to increase an average of 13 percent to 735,000.

Below are just some of the potential professions available to students upon graduation from KCAI.

Art history
- art critic
- author
- college professor
- exhibition designer
- magazine writer/editor
- studio artist

Animation
- 3-D computer imagist
- advertising artist
- concept/layout/storyboard artist
- designer
- educator
- film/video animator
- illustrator
- interactive media designer
- special effects designer
- Web designer

Ceramics
- educator
- freelance artist
- gallery director
- installation artist
- mold maker
- museum conservator
- sculptor
- studio artist
- terra cotta and tile restorer
- toy designer

Creative writing
- advertising copywriter
- creative director
- critic/reviewer
- curator
- freelance writer
- journalist
- magazine writer/editor
- novelist
- playwright
- poet
- professor
- short-story writer
- teacher
- television or movie scriptwriter
- Web copywriter

Digital filmmaking
- animator
- cinematographer
- digital art
- director
- director of photography
- editor
- experimental animation
- installation artist
- lead artist on animated films
- motion graphics
- producer
- production manager
- scriptwriter
- sound design
- video maker

Digital media
- electronic game designer
- motion graphics artist
- visual effects artists
- Web designer
- 3-D modeling artist
- advertising artist
- video editor
- multimedia designer
- film/video animator
- interactive media designer

Fiber
- business owner/entrepreneur
- costume designer
- design consultant
- fashion designer
- fine paper maker
- freelance artist
- hand-painted textile artist
- production weaver
- professor
- sculptor
- set designer
- studio artist
- textile designer

Graphic design
- art director
- creative director
- desktop publisher
- entrepreneur/business owner
- environmental graphic designer
- identity system designer
- illustrator
- multimedia designer
- publication/print media designer
- retail graphic designer
- textbook designer
- Web designer

Painting
- artist-in-residence
- curator
- exhibiting artist
- film scene artist
- freelance artist
- gallery director
- muralist
- portraitist
- professor
- story board illustrator

Photography
- commercial studio owner
- curator
- documentary photographer
- fashion photographer
- fine artist
- freelance photographer
- photo archivist
- photography conservator
- photojournalist
- portraitist
- professor

Printmaking
- book artist
- college recruiter
- commercial printer
- curator
- digital technician
- educator
- lithographer
- master printer
- print production manager
- print technician

Sculpture
- architectural details artist
- conservator
- foundry owner/worker
- industrial designer
- puppeteer
- restorer
- set designer
- studio artist
- teacher/professor
- toy designer