How does KCAI prepare students for "life beyond KCAI"?

The career services office at KCAI assists enrolled students in developing an organized strategy for expanding their career focus in conjunction with their academic progress. Beginning with the freshman year, the career services office provides a sequence of career-related experiences as well as information and resources to facilitate the journey to graduation.

The career services library has resources on every aspect of career development. The library includes graduate school catalogs; information on residencies, assistantships and fellowships; Internet resources; and career resource books. Topics include marketing, career exploration, internships, finances, travel, rsumes, interviews, owning and operating an art gallery and more. In addition, the library houses an up-to-date graduate catalog collection. Online resources also are available, such as Gradschool.com, AICAD.org, USNews.com, PlanetEdu.org and others.

As the career services staff assists students in guiding their careers, they employ resources such as career skills workshops, professional practice seminars, alumni speakers, one-on-one appointments and prospective employer lectures. In past years approximately 41 percent of our graduates have pursued careers in art-related businesses, 18 percent have gone on to teach at the high-school or college level and 26 percent have become studio artists.