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Jobs and Career Help in the Arts

This guide provides career tips and resources specifically for artists, on how to improve your resume and portfolio, market yourself, and apply for grants.

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New York State is home to nearly a quarter of a million professional artists and workers in entertainment or media. The majority of those workers are based in New York City. This guide provides career tips and resources specifically for artists, on how to improve your resume and portfolio, market yourself, and apply for grants. It also includes information on how to expand your network and continue your professional development within this field.  

Explore this Guide

This libguide is split into several different pages. Each page has links to resources that can could be useful for:

- Finding what jobs are out there

- Perfecting your resume, cover letter, and artist portfolio

- Writing grant applications

- Networking with other artists and finding community

- Selling your work

You can find these different pages on the blue side bar to the left of your screen.

What you, as an artist, bring to ANY job: