CONFERENCE

Transcultural Exchange
Join speakers from every corner of the globe to learn about funding for your work, long- and short-term residencies for artists (including writers and musicians) and other exciting exhibition, performing and lecturing opportunities abroad.

CAREER LINKS

Art History and Art Administration

Arts Administration- Spotlight on Careers 
What is it all about? What does it take? What is the work like? How do I get into it? Produced by Yale University

Considering Graduate School in Art History?
From University of Pennsylvania

Career Alternatives for Art Historians
Brief overviews (with some good links) of a variety of careers related to art history.

Resources in Art History for Graduate Students
A Newsletter of Fellowships and other Opportunities for Art History Graduate Students.

Visual Arts

Artist to Artist: Dialogues about Survival and Success
Panel duiscussion on how artists make art and support themselves.

Media Bistro
Award-winning site offers news, media and publishing trends, advice and opportunities for artists, job boards, workshops, and much more.

Fashion Jobs Central
Highly successful student resource dedicated to providing employment opportunities for fashion students.

Fashion Group International - Annual Student Design Competition

• Up to four First Prize Winners will receive scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $3,500 at the discretion of the judges
• Checks will be made jointly payable to the order of both the student and his/her school in which he/she registered
• The 2007 categories for design are: Women's Ready to Wear, Eveningwear/Special Occassion, Menswear and Children's Wear
• In addition, one Grand Prize Winner will win a 3-week internship
• ALSO - check out their events.
• POSTPONED TO SPRING 2007

Aquent
Specializes in temporary and permanent placements in: Art and Creative Direction, Copy Writing and Editing, Desktop Publishing, Graphic DesignvIllustration, Production Art, Web Content Development, Web Design, Web Graphics, Web Page Production, Web Project Management

The Pauper
"Helping artists with the art of survival." Mostly about making your finances work as an artist.

Berkeley Career Exploration Links
Descriptions of possible careers and graduate school programs.

Society of Illustrators
Provides Career advice and tips as well as a research database.

Architecture Careers
Tons of good information, including interviews with architects in practice and information on education and examination. Links to additional sources for graduate programs and world wide directories.

Communication Arts
For the creative professional, weighted towards graphic designers. Numerous job listings, as well as articles and announcements of conferences and professional organization meetings.

Arts Wire
A venerable on-line institution. Artists come here to learn about grants, jobs, and what's going on at local arts councils as well as to post messages and create home pages presenting their own work.

World Wide Arts Resources
A true survey of art sites on the web, including artists, galleries, museums, art schools, publications, employment opportunities, antiques, and the performing arts.

Global Art Information
Visual arts - job listings (mostly academic, museums and galleries), gallery database, funding and grant information, and a newsletter of art competitions worldwide.

Guidestar.org
Find potential employers on this excellent searchable database of over 600,000 nonprofit organizations around the country. (Does not include job listings.)

Art at work
Local company opens its doors to rising artists-and gets a bit of interior decorating in return. An article from the Boston Business Journal.

Performing Arts

Performing Arts - Spotlight on Careers
A variety of links and resources. Produced by Trinity College.

Artist to Artist: Dialogues about Survival and Success
Panel duiscussion on how artists make art and support themselves.

Music - What can I do with this major?
Excellent overview of career options related to your music major.
( NOTE: This is an Acrobat Reader file. If you need the Acrobat Reader plug-in, click here.)

Theater - What can I do with this major?
Excellent overview of career options related to your music major.
( NOTE: This is an Acrobat Reader file. If you need the Acrobat Reader plug-in, click here.)

Alumni Profile: Stand-Up Comedians
Dave McLaughlin, History/English, 1985; John Roarke, Psychology, 1974; David Pierre, History, 1990; and three others

Bridge: Worldwide Music Connection
Search for full and part-time jobs, internships, grants and more through this site. Jobs are in music performance, teaching and arts administration.   Password protected - current students may receive name and password information to access this site by contacting Career Center at 617-552-4768, by stopping by the Career Center (38 Comm. Ave.) or by e-mailing us at carctr@bc.edu. 

MatchBook.org
A free online marketplace designed to match New England's performing artists with the schools, libraries, theaters, festivals, galleries, clubs, and coffee houses who book them to perform. Creating an artist profile is free and easy.

Careers in Music (Berklee College of Music)

A great site! Descriptions of every type of music-related job imaginable, as well as a comprehensive bibliography.

Idealist.org
An excellent site, filled with advice, personal stories of people working for nonprofit organizations, job listings and a database of over 20,000 organizations in 140 countries.

New England Conservatory of Music Career Center
Another great site. You can attend music career seminars, subscribe to the NEC Job Bulletin and get advice.

Cyberdance - Ballet on the Net
A collection of over 3,500 links to classical ballet and modern dance resources on the Internet, including an exhaustive listing of dance companies in the U.S. and abroad.

ArtSource
An excellent and extensive listing of arts-related employment opportunities, internships, grants, residencies, exhibitions, public art commissions, and related community resources. Provided by the Museum School.

ArtistLink
New effort to develop work and living space for artists across MA, site includes a free directory of artist space listings and the definitive place to help artists "find (or list) space to create."

Art - What can I do with this major?
Excellent overview of career options related to your art major.
(NOTE: This is an Acrobat Reader file. If you need the Acrobat Reader plug-in, click here.)

HireCulture.org
A free, searchable database of cultural employment listings in Massachusetts. The place to find arts related jobs, internships and volunteer positions.

NYFA Source - A National Database
A huge database of grants, awards, services, and publications for artists in all disciplines. Also, many Job Listings and Opportunities for Artists.

Massachusetts Cultural Council - CulturaLinks
Discipline-specific resources - Dance; Digital Arts / New Media; Folk Arts / Ethnic Heritage; History; Literature / Creative Writing; Media Arts / Film & Video; Museums; Music; Performance; Science; Theater; Visual Arts

CreativeJobsCentral.com
For students interested in an incredible wide array of creative jobs in the arts, including  fashion, photography, music, interior design, event planning, modeling, and makeup.10,000 internships and entry level positions added every week.

ArtSEARCH
ArtSearch has an incredibly wide array of creative jobs in the performing arts. Password protected - current students may receive name and password information to access this site by contacting Career Center at 617-552-4768, by stopping by the Career Center (38 Comm. Ave.) or by e-mailing us at carctr@bc.edu.