Crafts - Kent State University at Kent

Crafts from Kent State University at Kent is a Campus Bachelor Design degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. DESCRIPTION: The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Crafts requires concentration in one of the following areas: ceramics, glass, jewelry and metals or textile arts. Ceramics affords students an intensive, pre-professional experience in the study of ceramic arts . This program explores the range of techniques, as well as design, pottery forms, sculptural ceramics, glazes and firing methods. The history of ceramics is the history of humankind, so both historical uses of clay and contemporary expression are studied. The degree prepares students for further study in graduate school as well as practical applications in the field and for the challenges of a creative professional practice. Glass offers intensive, pre-professional experience in glass-blowing and casting techniques, history and design concepts, and use of specialized materials, equipment and processes. The degree prepares students for further (graduate) study in the field and for the challenges of a professional practice. Jewelry/metals affords intensive, pre-professional experience in jewelry, metalsmithing and enameling techniques, including development of sophisticated design concepts, mastery of skills and technologies, and critical analysis of historical and contemporary issues in the disciplines. The degree prepares students for further (graduate) study in the field and for the challenges of a professional practice. Textile Arts offers intensive, pre-professional experience in concepts, materials and techniques in the textile media. Two- and three-dimensional processes, including digital designing and weaving, historical perspectives, and critical analysis of design and concept, are developed in the course of the program. The degree prepares students for further (graduate) study in the field and for the challenges of a professional practice. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: Artists held about 221,900 jobs in 2008. About 60 percent were self-employed. Employment was distributed as follows: Art directors 84,200 Multimedia artists and animators 79,000 Fine artists, including painters, sculptors and illustrators 23,600 Craft artists 13,600 Artists and related workers, all other 21,500 Of the artists who were not self-employed, many worked for advertising and related services; newspaper, periodical, book, and software publishers; motion picture and video industries; specialized design services; and computer systems design and related services. Some self-employed artists offered their services to advertising agencies, design firms, publishing houses, and other businesses. Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers held about 52,100 jobs in 2008. About 21 percent of salaried jobs for jewelers and precious stone and metal workers were in retail trade, primarily in jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores. Another 15 percent of jobs were in jewelry and silverware manufacturing. A small number of jobs were with merchant wholesalers of miscellaneous durable goods and in repair shops providing repair and maintenance of personal and household goods. Although jewelry stores and repair shops were found in every city and in many small towns, most jobs were in larger metropolitan areas. View more details on Kent State University at Kent . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Design courses.