Career in the Arts - The Complex Learning and Career Needs of Creative Professionals

This book contemplates what young artists and performers should know when considering an education and career in the arts, and how practical financial needs and self-expression are effectively balanced by artists.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Setting the Stage: The Economics of the Arts
Chapter 2: Bias, the Failure Taboo, and Transitions to Sustainable Careers
Chapter 3: Educational Traditions, Patronage, and Student Debt
Chapter 4: Arts Institutions, Curricula, and Approaches to Teaching
Conclusion: The Artists of the Future
Bibliography
Author's Biography

About the author

Gary A. Berg, PhD, MFA, is the author or editor of ten previous books including The Rise of Women in Higher Education: How, Why, and What's Next and Low-Income Students and the Perpetuation of Inequality, as well as numerous articles and short stories. Berg has an MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA, and an MA in Film Studies from San Francisco State University.

Summary

This book contemplates what young artists and performers should know when considering an education and career in the arts, and how practical financial needs and self-expression are effectively balanced by artists.

Product details

• Authors: Gary A. Berg, Berg Gary A.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781475862379
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-6237-9
• No. of pages: 170
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / Professional Development, EDUCATION / Arts in Education, EDUCATION / Counseling / Career Development, teacher training, Careers guidance, Teaching of a specific subject, Curriculum planning & development, Educational: Art & design, Educational: Social sciences, Educational: Arts, general, Educational: Humanities and social sciences, general, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Arts & Humanities, Educational: Humanities & social sciences, general