Artists contemplate whether they should earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) at an art college or an academic degree at a typical university because some worry about the hardship of finding a job that requires having a BFA. School of Visual Arts (SVA), ranked #12 on Business Insider’s “World’s 25 Best Design Schools’’, wants students to realize that there are a variety of professional careers in the art field.
Students at SVA can earn a BFA in film and video, interior design photography, etc. The professors at SVA support these students’ journeys in pursuing an art career.
SVA’s mission is to provide its students with “undergraduate degree programs in art and design that prepare [them] for entry into an array of professional fields in or related to the visual arts, while also equipping [them] with the skills necessary to become productive and thoughtful members of society”
SVA provides its students the resources to become the artists that invent the world we live in. People take the creative world we live in for granted and don’t realize the artists who create it.
Art students are given rigorous curriculum focusing in the arts and other classes pertaining to their major. For a BFA in, specifically, fine arts, students must complete 72 credits in studio art, 30 credits in humanities & sciences and 18 credits in art history. Each year students are required to take several types of fine art classes.
Some artists worry that a BFA wouldn’t get them a stable job after they graduate, but there are a lot of opportunities that require having a BFA.
Art student Alexandra Marguerite said, “There are numerous careers in the arts such as advertising, animation and graphic design and SVA helps students pursue their careers.”
Co-creator of Spiderman Steve Ditko, fine artist Keith Haring, and director of Ice Age and Rio Carlos Saldanha are some of the many notable former students who attended SVA and have prosperous careers.
According to Labor Department’s 2012 Occupational Outlook Handbook, there are more than 400,000 jobs in the arts, and most of them require having a BFA. Art careers such as art directors can make as much as $80,000.
SVA’s Office of Career Development helps its students and alumni find jobs; it provides them with resources they need to build professional networks and succeed as creative professionals. Students have the opportunity to attend career counseling and job fairs that link them to recruiters within the art industry.
SVA helps its students earn a professional degree in the arts and have a career after they graduate. Art students at SVA will have the skills ready for a creative profession and learn to put their talent to good use. SVA wants these artists who are considered outsiders in our world to become more recognized through many artistic opportunities.