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People who aspire to choose art as their profession and have great passion for artistic culture, can take up fine arts as their career. It involves creative skills and artistic talents to put them together to delight their customers and clients.

Young pass outs from pre-university examinations in arts can take up Diploma courses or Bachelors in Fine Arts(BFA) in any of the categories and nurture their interest in the same. After pursuing a BFA degree, then artists can further study Masters in Fine Arts in the specialised subject and this will fetch a lot of job opportunities to them. BFA offers courses in many subjects like dance, painting, sculpture arts, music and theatre arts. There are also diploma courses in many of these selected subjects offered by many reputed colleges and schools of fine arts in various parts of the country.

Artists with innovative and creative minds with a tinch of traditional culture and designs are much preferred by textile industry for implementing new designs on fabrics and they are also needed by media to work as art directors in the field of marketing and advertising.

They can as well find their placements in institutes for teaching fine art subjects and also can work as art critics to newspapers and magazines. With a pursuit of computer knowledge and certification courses, one can take up the job of graphic designers to enhance and enrich their skill set.

Artists and creative designers are remunerated with a profitable pay package of around Rs.12K-25K per month depending on the nature of the job and the type of industry. They can set up their own boutique centres, music schools, dance classes and conduct training sessions on sculpture and architecture which may prove to be more moneymaking profession for these different types of artists. Recent surveys have predicted that art directors and designers have a great potential of earning 35K$-1 Lakh $ per year in USA which is greatly determinant on the individual’s creative and artistic skill set.

Film making and drama also is a different specialising area in theatre arts where artists can establish significant skill set to prosper and grow in this field. There are many institutes all over the world which offers different courses in fine arts to their pupils, but it greatly varies from one coutry to another as the cultures are totally different from each another.

The other areas where artists can find their existence are art museums, art galleries, advertising companies, marketing agencies and multimedia. There is an increasing demand for hand-made crafts and sculptures these days and therefore craftsmen also have a wide range of earning opportunities.

It is great fun, enjoyment and excitement to work in this field as it always craves for new productive, innovative and visionary ideas where there is no end for creations and inspirations in this area. This wide branch of fine arts has given recognition and identification to many artists and has really multiplied the number of creative people in recent times.