TeenLife 2023 Guide to Performing & Visual Arts Colleges
You likely have a lot of questions about an education and career in the performing arts. What kind of jobs are actually out there? Where can you find a paid art internship? How can you nail your audition? In the TeenLife Guide to Performing and Visual Arts, we answer all of these questions and more. Inside, you’ll find articles, first-hand stories, and dozens of exciting program opportunities as well, most of which you can explore while still in high school. We hope this guide excites you about a future in the arts and helps you chart your path towards that future!
You likely have a lot of questions about an education and career in the performing arts. What kind of jobs are actually out there? Where can you find a paid art internship? How can you nail your audition? In the TeenLife Guide to Performing and Visual Arts, we answer all of these questions and more. Inside, you’ll find articles, first-hand stories, and dozens of exciting program opportunities as well, most of which you can explore while still in high school. We hope this guide excites you about a future in the arts and helps you chart your path towards that future!
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PHOTOGRAPHY:
Turning a Passion Into a Career
olleen Gutwein O’Neal is a photographer
and curator from the Northeastern
United States. O’Neal’s work
is focused on the human experience
through personal engagement, using
photography as a way to build lasting relationships
within her community. We caught up with
her and asked her to answer a few questions
about her career and find out what you can do
with a photography degree.
DID YOU KNOW YOU WANTED TO
MAJOR IN PHOTOGRAPHY?
I didn’t take a photography class until I got to
college. Before college I saw photography only as
one of many artistic mediums and opted instead
to take my electives in painting and philosophy.
I spent a lot of time in the summer between
high school and college with a friend who was a
photography major at Rowan, and this rekindled
my interest in the medium. After that, I took an
Introduction to Photography class my freshman
year and once I was re-submerged in the
darkroom, I knew a photography degree was for
me. However, I still explored other mediums as
well as language, philosophy, math, and science
to incorporate all of it into my work.
ANY ADVICE FOR STUDENTS WHO LOVE
PHOTOGRAPHY?
If you are a student and love photography, awesome!
Keep loving it! Careers in photography are
wide-ranging. If you are interested in the technical
aspects of the craft, you could find work as a
product photographer. If you love documentary
style work and being around people and events,
wedding photography could be a great opportunity
to hone in on your craft or start your
own business.
Alternatively, you can reject “making a product”
and consider how photography is harnessed
within the art world, create documentary content,
or support non-profit groups or activist causes.
There are so many opportunities within the field,
but you must be willing to hustle.
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