<p>Apparently one of McCain's over-used jokes on the stump relates to his daughter -- a CC art history grad who is on the trail with him -- and goes something like this: "If anyone knows of any job openings for an Art History major, see me after the event." Funny guy :)</p>
<p>lol, personally I wouldn't study anything art related because of the job market. Super competitive and low salaries.</p>
<p>Job market? There is one, besides academia?</p>
<p>lol and tour guides at art museums.</p>
<p>yeah, she could always work at the Met.</p>
<p>Damn, I want to major in Art History at CC :/</p>
<p>LEARNING FOR THE SAKE OF LEARNING,
the summum bonum of life, yes?</p>
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<p>You can get employment as a tour guide? At most museums, aren't they all nice little old ladies who volunteer? Or does an art history major work in the gift shop of the Met or something.</p>
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LEARNING FOR THE SAKE OF LEARNING,
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<p>No. </p>
<p>A nice Gordon Gekko quote is appropriate here: "The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind."</p>
<p>My friend is an art history major and she wants to be an art gallery owner (she's an artist herself but wants to explore the business side). Owning a successful art gallery is very lucrative if you know what you're doing.</p>
<p>Also, many fashion magazine editors are Art History majors/minors -- they might not be earning millions a year, but they have successful careers.</p>
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My friend is an art history major and she wants to be an art gallery owner (she's an artist herself but wants to explore the business side). Owning a successful art gallery is very lucrative if you know what you're doing.
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<p>The people who do best on the business side of the art world are business types, not hippie artisans. Creating a successful art gallery requires a lot of capital / investment, so that's why a business who who likes art is far more likely to do well in the art business than some artisan who has no money.</p>
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<p>You can major in anything and be a fashion mag editor. The pay is really bad; even if you're with Conde Naste or something big.</p>
<p>haha on the Met website it says 'career opportunities'. I can only assume an Art History degree would be beneficial, no?</p>
<p>it's an equal opportunity employer, by the way, if anyone's interested. ;)</p>
<p>Yeah, I've never researched the area thoroughly but I've always wondered how many job opportunities are available for art history majors. Seems like something that could branch out into a bunch of fields, but isn't really geared toward one. I guess it's just not a you go into if you want a clear career path...which for some people is just fine.</p>
<p>(And hey MariaChristina! How have you been?)</p>
<p>"LEARNING FOR THE SAKE OF LEARNING,
the summum bonum of life, yes?"</p>
<p>i would say learning for the sake of others is the summum bonum.</p>
<p>actually, there are lots of art history based fields. there's art gallery work (not just owning, but assistant positions, director positions, administrative/secretarial positions), art dealing, auction house work, appraising, teaching (high school and college), critical writing for publications, and as always - non-profit arts organization positions.</p>
<p>and by that, i do mean museums like the Met, but also smaller non-profits that need marketing and development people or curatorial or archival assistants.</p>
<p>while things like marketing are not solely art history positions, these organizations typically require an art history degree or similar to work for them. they want their employees to be familiar with the field they are representing.</p>
<p>The mother of a good friend of mine is in charge of restoring and displaying textiles at the Met. She gets things like an ancient chinese suit of armor or an african rug, does little repairs or maintenance, designs the display case, writes the blurbs, decides where things go, and gets them into the exhibits. Her daughter brought me to this gala at the Met recently and I met a few interns who'd just gotten hired by PS 1 or MoMA or the Met - they'd all had art degrees, done an internship at places like the Met, and were ecstatic to be making $25k doing art stuff all day long and living in the east village. How they were pulling that off I'm not sure, but they sounded like they were enjoying it.</p>
<p>there just seem to be precious few jobs like that one to go around.</p>
<p>you can become an art history teacher or prof.</p>
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they'd all had art degrees, done an internship at places like the Met, and were ecstatic to be making $25k doing art stuff all day long and living in the east village. How they were pulling that off I'm not sure, but they sounded like they were enjoying it.
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<p>Daddy's got to be subsidizing their E-Vill pads. And daddy and/or his buddies at the University Club are probably on the board of the Met/MoMA and thereby hooked them up with these exclusive internships.</p>
<p>Hey NightOwl! I've been alright, I was on the NYU forums but I came back for old time's sake :)</p>