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History of Art and Visual Culture

Advisor:
University/college advisor
Antiquarian Book Trader
Antique Dealer
Appraiser:
Estate Appraiser
Fine art appraiser
Architectural Conservationist/preservationist
Art Gallery
Art Investor
Artist
Art Advisor:
Art Lawyer
Art Librarian
Art Organization Consultant
Art Representative
Art Therapist
Buyer, art/fashion goods
Cultural Center manager
Cultural attaché/officer to embassy/consulate
Cultural expert for multi-national corporation
Curator:
Corporate Curator
Curatorial consultant
Visual Resource curator

Designer:
Fashion designer
Set designer
Textile designer
Dresser, creates period
stage sets (movies, etc.)
Freelance collection mgr.
Freelance writer
Government employee
Independent producer, film & TV
Internet art site
Merchandise displayer
Museum conservationist/
Museum worker
Photographer
Public defendant
Publisher
Real estate analysis
Real estate stager
Researcher
Sample advertisement
Teacher/instructor

ability to think conceptually
advising
analyzing
appraising
computer skills
critical visual skills
designing
detail oriented
editing
evaluating

interpreting
managing cultural resources
oral and written proficiency
organizing
policy making
presenting
problem solving
promoting
selling
teaching

Advertising Agencies
Antique Dealers
Archives
Art Dealers
Art Organizations
College Universities
Corporations
Film Studios
Freelance
Galleries
Historical Societies

Magazine Companies
Museums
Newspapers
Nonprofit Organizations
Parks
Publishing Houses
Restoration Firms
Restored Communitie/Estates
K-12 Schools
Universities/Colleges
Websites

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

American Cultural Resource Association (job listings):
American Association of Museums
American Historical Print Collectors Society
American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works (jobs, internships, fellowships)
American Institute of Architecture (job listing)
American Photographic History Society
American Society of Aesthetics
American Society of Botanical Artists (links)
American Society of Appraisers
American Society of Golf Course Architects
American Society of Landscape Architects (job listing, grad programs)
Archives of American Art (internships, fellowships)
Art and Antique Dealers League of America
Art Dealers Association of America
Art Dreco Institute
Art Libraries Society/NA (ARLIS/NA) (jobs, internships)
Association for Professional Landscape Designers
Association of Art Historians (job listing)
Association for Art History (jobs, fellowships)
Association of Art Museum Directors (links to internships, fellowships and training)
Association of Moving Image Archivists (internships, scholarships, fellowships)
Auction Marketing Institute
Bay Area Art Conservation Guild
Bay Area Preservation Network
CA State Auctioneers Association
College Art Association (job listing and fellowships)
Daguerreian Society (old photography)
Eighteen Nineties Society
European Foundation for Landscape Architects
Foundation of Hospital Art
Franklin Furnace (interest in avant garde art)
Green Space Design
Historical Harp Society
Independent Curators, International
International Association of Paper Historians
International Foundation for Art Research
International Photographic Historical Organization
National Art and Antique Dealers Association
National Auctioneers Association (jobs for members)
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Native American Art Studies Association
Photographic Historical Society (PHS)
Print Council of America
Quilters Hall of Fame
Society for Historical Archeology (job listings)
Society of Architectural Historians (fellowships, job listings)
Society of Art History
United States Historical Society
Western Association for Art Conservation

JOB SITES:

American Association of Museums (job listing and links to museums)
Art History Network (job listings)
Art Jobs: Opportunities in the Arts
Global Museum
Job Database Museum Resource Board
Museum Employment Resource Center (job listings by field - e.g., curator, exhibit designer, etc.)

OTHER WEBSITES:

Antique Networking, Inc.
Art Initiative (art consulting firm)
Artlex (definitions and resource links)
Art History Research Centre
Art History Resources
Auction Houses:
Antique Roadshow
Christie’s (job listing)
Sotheby’s
Invaluable.com (list of auction houses)
Copyright in Visual Arts
Partners for Sacred Places
US Museum Directory (159 in CA)
Worldwide Art Resources