Everything you wanted to know about the visual-arts industry but were afraid to ask
Still not sure what you're looking for? Need facts and stats to help convince your parents that there are good-paying jobs in visual arts? Read on for links to statistics and a government white paper (lengthy – but impressive to parents) that explores the future of the visual arts industry. Plus career tips, internships, inspirational videos, FAQs and more.
Schools
What are your options?
- High Schools That Offer Design Set Students Up for Success
- Strengthen Your Creative Work with Portfolio Schools
- Miami Ad School Toronto Dean Stephen Jurisic - Beyond Ideas: The Skills You Need to Get and Keep A Job
Career Choices
What's the best route for you?
- From OCAD to Silicon Valley: Seizing Opportunities to Get Where You Want to Be
- No Boundaries: A Guide to Creative Directing Your Own Career (English w/ French sub-titles)
- Breaking Out of the Niche Bubble: How Visualizing the Voice of Authors Led to Finding My Own
- A Snapshot of the First Year In Advertising
- Are Careers in Advertising Dead? (Hint: NO!)
Internships
How to make the most of it
- From Intern to CEO: How To Make The Most Of Your Placement
- 10 Tips to Turn Your Internship Into a Job
- How To Become A Successful Intern in the Creative Arts
- Where To Find Internships
- The New Skills All Interns Need
- From Humber Beginnings: A Snapshot of the First Year in Advertising
Career Tips
What you need to know to succeed
- Mastering the Art of Job Search: Portfolio, Prospecting and Interview Dos and Don'ts
- The Wild Wild West of Design: Tapping Canada's Untapped Job Markets
- The Illustration Market Today: Artists' Agent Advice for Young Illustrators
- From Cadavers to Cannes: Lessons on Breaking Into Advertising In a Big Way
- The Skills You Need to Get and Keep A Job: Beyond Ideas
- 10 Tips to Turn Your Internship Into a Job
- Job Prep For Ad Grads
Virtual Speaker Series
Career advice for New Grads
- The Collective Catapult: Creating Opportunity With Community - with Photographer Michelle Yee
- Beyond Ideas: The Skils You Need to Get and Keep a Job with Stephen Jurisic
- Lessons on Breaking Into Advertising In a Big Way: From Cadavers to Cannes with Patrick Godin & Michael Romaniuk
- Artists' Agent Advice for Young Illustrators: The Illustration Market Today with Mohamed Danawi
- A Snapshot of the First Year in Advertising: From Humber Beginnings with Christina Roche and Andrea Por
- How Visualizing the Voice of Authors Led to Finding My Own: Breaking Out of the Niche Bubble with Justine Anweiller
- Tapping Canada's Untapped Job Markets: The Wild Wild West of Design with Nick Asik
- A Guide to Creative Directing Your Own Career: No Boundaries with Kristian Manchester (Eng. w/ Fr. sub-titles)
- Seizing Opportunities to Get Where You Want to Be: From OCAD to Silicon Valley with Vicky Li
- Portfolio, Prospecting and Interview Dos and Don'ts: Mastering the Art of Job Search with Brad Monk
- Marvin Gets a Job - From Graduate to Junior in One Week
FAQs, Facts & Stats
Impressive and factual info
