Careers in painting
Become an art director. Become an art consultant. Become a painter. Paintings and works by SCAD alumni promote record-breaking blockbusters like Black Panther and are featured in films such as Gemini Man. Among other pioneering career paths, SCAD painting alumni exhibit at world-renowned museums and the world’s most prestigious art fairs, like Art Basel Miami Beach. They serve as art directors for publications, design directors for apparel companies, and experts in Hollywood scene setting and object manipulation.
Launch your career as a professional:
- Studio artist
- Curator
- Gallery owner/director
And get recruited and hired by the best of the best:
- Acadiana Center for the Arts
- Adler & Co. Gallery
- American Craft Magazine
Flourish as a professional
SCAD will give you access to the tools and equipment you need to develop your personal aesthetic and fully realize your artistic visions. Scott Carter (B.F.A., painting, 2008) explains how his time as a student helped him identify his preferred medium, develop a fresh perspective, and fulfill his creative drive.
Jimmy O’Neal
M.F.A., painting, 2016; B.F.A., illustration, 1989
O’Neal brings the viewer into his painting using his unique techniques that are on full view at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga.
Julie Ferris
B.F.A., painting, 2012
Ferris merged her love for classical painting and horses to become an in-demand equestrian artist.
José Parlá
B.F.A. painting
Parlá's large-scale, colorful paintings have garnered critical attention for their dialogue between urban visual language and fine arts.
Championing alumni art
SCAD Art Sales, a full-service art consultancy with showrooms across university locations, offers distinctive design and curatorial services to a global clientele of collectors, businesses, and organizations. SCAD alumni artworks from SCAD Art Sales are in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the office of Facebook, and posh Sotherly Hotels. Alumni are often commissioned to create large-scale wall works.
SCAD will see you to success
SCAD supports its students from first classes to graduation and beyond. Throughout their SCAD journey and professional path, the SCAD office for career and alumni success (CAS) offers students and graduates an array of career-building services:
- Résumé development
- Portfolio building
- Mock interviews
- Self-promotion
- Assistance finding internships and employment opportunities
With its preeminent instruction, professional guidance, and one-on-one career advising, SCAD will help you launch your creative career to new heights
