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Craft Artists
Creates original art: paintings, sculpture, illustration and more.
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Fine artists and illustrators make paintings, sculpture, prints and illustrations for galleries, books, games, ads and clients. Most combine their art with teaching, commissions, design work or another job.
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High school courses that build toward it
- Studio Art · Arts
Builds art and music, which this job uses.
- Creative Writing · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
- Entrepreneurship · Career and Technical
Builds sales and marketing, which this job uses.
- Geometry · Math
Builds math, which this job uses.
- Physical Education · Health and PE
Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.
- Computer Science Principles · Computer Science
Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.
Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.
Craft Artists on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.