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What are creative jobs?

Creative careers come in various forms, but they are typically ones in which you create something new or develop innovative ways of thinking. They usually involve some kind of creative skills, such as graphic design, writing, or video production.

One of the primary benefits of working in a creative job is the ability to express yourself through the different tasks or projects you undertake. Jobs for creative people make room for freedom, flexibility, and the ability to create something new.

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10 High-Paying Creative Jobs & How to Get Them

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Discover creative roles that empower individuals to channel their imaginations, infuse innovation, and bring distinctiveness to the professional environment.

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In a world being reshaped by artificial intelligence, automation, and rapidly evolving industries, one skill remains irreplaceable: creativity. While machines excel at processing data, identifying patterns, and even generating content, they struggle with true originality, human intuition, and emotional intelligence.

Creativity is not just about artistic expression—it is about problem-solving, adaptability, and innovation. Whether you are an entrepreneur, a leader, or someone looking to stay relevant in a changing workforce, developing your creative abilities will set you apart.

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Visionary Tide Media- Kenneth Thomas CEO/Author

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Why Creativity is the Most Valuable Skill in the Future

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iGCSE/ GCE and other international curriculum examples

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iGCSE/ GCE and other international curriculum examples

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The Student Art Guide helps students excel in a wide range of high school Art qualifications, such as IGCSE, GCSE, A Level, NCEA, AP Studio and IB Art. We compile new ideas, best practice and helpful learning strategies for high school Art students. Our website features outstanding high school art projects, including those that are awarded top in a qualification or country. These provide wonderful learning tools for others and celebrate the achievement of students, teachers, and schools.

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The Student Art Guide helps students excel in a wide range of high school Art qualifications, such as IGCSE, GCSE, A Level, NCEA, AP Studio and IB Art. We compile new ideas, best practice and helpful learning strategies for high school Art students. Our website features outstanding high school art projects, including those that are awarded top in a qualification or country. These provide wonderful learning tools for others and celebrate the achievement of students, teachers, and schools.

Created by experienced teachers, our resources are recommended by leading educational institutions and have been shared on social media over a million times. Learn more.

Connect with us

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The Student Art Guide helps students excel in a wide range of high school Art qualifications, such as IGCSE, GCSE, A Level, NCEA, AP Studio and IB Art. We compile new ideas, best practice and helpful learning strategies for high school Art students. Our website features outstanding high school art projects, including those that are ...

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Art in schools shouldn’t be sidelined… it should be right there right up in the front because I think art teaches you to deal with the world around you. It is the oxygen that makes all the other subjects breathe

Alan Parker, filmmaker

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Art in schools shouldn't be sidelined... it should be right there right up in the front because I think art teaches you to deal with the world around you. It is the oxygen that makes all the other subjects breathe

Arts education is in crisis. In the UK, school time and budgets are under pressure and school inspections increasingly value 'core' subjects as the indicators of school level and success. Subjects including art, music and drama are often sidelined in the curriculum. This has led to a steady decline in the number of students choosing to study arts subjects at school.

In 2018 a landmark research project commissioned by Arts Council England, and undertaken by the University of Nottingham, called Tracking Learning and Engagement in the Arts (TALE) outlined the overwhelmingly positive benefits of arts and cultural education for young people. The research drew from the experience and voices of thousands of young people and their teachers in secondary and special schools.

We have pulled together some of these voices and findings from TALE and other research, as well as helpful resources on studying art.

Whether you're choosing art as a GCSE; would like to study art or design at university; or are a parent or teacher interested in arts education: explore, join in and have your say!

Why is it important to study art?

Learning through and about the arts enriches the experience of studying while at school as well as preparing students for life after school.

Arts subjects encourage self-expression and creativity and can build confidence as well as a sense of individual identity.

Creativity can also help with wellbeing and improving health and happiness - many students in the TALE study commented that arts lessons acted as an outlet for releasing the pressures of studying as well as those of everyday life.

Studying arts subjects also help to develop critical thinking and the ability to interpret the world around us.

What are art lessons like? What do you learn?

The art room is a very different space to other spaces in the school. On her visit to Archbishop Tenison School in London TALE researcher Lexi Earl describes the bustle of the art classroom:

'There are piles of sketchbooks, jars with pencils, paintbrushes, sinks splattered with paint. There are large art books for students to reference. Often there is a kiln, sometimes a dark room too. There are trays for drying work on, or work is pegged up over the sink, like clothing on a washing line.'

The art room is a space where students have the freedom to express their ideas and thoughts and work creatively.

The way art is taught means that interaction with other students and with the teacher is different in art and design classes. Students comment on the bonds they form with classmates because of their shared interests and ideas. The art teacher is someone they can bounce ideas off rather than telling them what to do.

Studying art and design provides the opportunity to acquire new skills. As well as knowledge of different art forms, media and techniques you can also gain specialist skills in areas such as photography and digital technologies.

Have your say!

Do you think art is important? Do you think the arts should be an essential part of education? How do you think studying art is useful for the future?

Why Study Art? 2018 is an artwork by collective practice They Are Here commissioned by the Schools and Teachers team at Tate. The inspiration for the artwork was prompted by Mo, a 14 year old workshop participant who told the artists that 'art is dead'.

All responses are welcome whether you've studied art or not! (You will be re-directed to the Why Study Art? artwork site).

Tate champions art in schools

Every year Tate Modern hosts ASSEMBLY, a special event for around 1500 London school students and their teachers. The students are invited to occupy, explore and take part in activities in Tate's Blavatnik building and Turbine hall - which are closed to all other visitors.

This annual event, first staged in 2016 which invited schools from all over the UK, reflects Tate's mission to champion the arts as part of every child's education. The project aims to highlight not only the importance of visual culture in young people's lives, but the importance of those young people as future producers of culture.

Research at Tate

Tracking Arts Learning and Engagement (TALE) was a collaborative research project involving Tate, The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and the University of Nottingham. The research focused on thirty secondary schools spread across England and included three special schools.

Over three-years (2015 - 2018) the research investigated four main questions:

What do teachers learn from deep engagement with cultural organisations?

How do teachers translate this learning into the classroom?

What do pupils gain from these learning experiences?

What do the two different models of teacher professional development at Tate and RSC offer and achieve?

See the findings of the project and explore fascinating insights through the project blogs that feature the voices of students and teachers interviewed during the research.

I don't want to be an artist - why bother studying art?

It doesn't matter if you're going to study history or geography or science, you still need to be creative because the people who are the outliers in those fields are the most creative people. To have art eroded in schools is disastrous...

Art may not be your favourite subject, but studying the arts alongside other subjects significantly boosts student achievement. Schools that integrate arts into their curriculum show improved student performance in Maths, English, critical thinking and verbal skills.

Arts education can also help with developing skills and ways of working that will benefit you in the future in whatever career you choose.

The leading people in any field are those who can think creatively and innovatively. These are skills that employers value alongside qualifications. Making and participating in the arts aids the development of these skills

When you study art you learn to work both independently and collaboratively, you also gain experience in time management - skillsets valued by employers

Studying the arts teaches determination and resilience - qualities useful to any career. It teaches us that it is okay to fail, to not get things totally right the first time and to have the courage to start again. As a drama student at King Ethelbert's School, Kent commented: 'Like with every yes, there is like 10 nos... It has taught me that if I work on it, I will get there eventually. It is determination and commitment. It has definitely helped'

Is art good for society and communities generally?

Arts and cultural learning is more important than ever for the health of our communities and our society

Creativity is essential in a global economy that needs a workforce that is knowledgeable, imaginative and innovative. Studying arts subjects also increases social mobility - encouraging and motivating students from low-income families to go into higher education. Studying the arts can also help with understanding, interpreting and negotiating the complexities and diversity of society

Students from low-income families who take part in arts activities at school are three times more likely to take a degree

By making art a part of the national curriculum, we give the next generation of artists, designers, engineers, creators and cultural leaders the opportunity to develop the imagination and skills that are vital to our future

Engagement with the arts helps young people develop a sense of their own identity and value. This in turn develops personal responsibility within their school and wider community

Arts and cultural learning encourages awareness, empathy and appreciation of difference and diversity and the views of others

Tate Collective

Tate Collective is for young people aged 15 to 25 years old. Its aim is to facilitate new young audiences in creating, experimenting and engaging in our galleries and online with Tate's collection and exhibitions.

In 2018 Tate launched £5 exhibition tickets for Tate Collective members. If you are 16 to 25 sign-up free to Tate Collective. You don't have to live in the UK - young people anywhere in the world can join! Enjoy the benefits of exhibition entry for £5 (you can also bring up to three friends to shows, each for £5); as well as discounts in Tate's cafes and shops.

I love art - but can it be a career?

Studying art and design at school opens the door to a range of careers in the creative industries. The creative industries, which include art, design and music, are an important part of the British economy - one of the areas of the economy that is still growing.

Art lessons at school include teaching functional and useful skills that prepare students for future careers in the arts. Art departments also forge links with arts organisations and creative practitioners, companies and agencies. They organise visits and workshops which provide inspiring opportunities to for students to see what it's like to 'do' a particular job and hear how artists and designers got where they are. As a student at Uxbride High School commented:

When it is from someone who has actually been through it and does it now you get the push where you're like 'oh, so I could actually genuinely do that myself', without having a teacher say it to you.

If you are interested in pursuing a career in art and design explore our art school and art career resources:

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Last year out iGCSE class received 100% A* - B grades

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Pinterest is an excellent resource for Art Project inspiration

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See whats happening in thr Art department by following out instagram account

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BBC Bitesize - How to analsye and evaluate artwork

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BBC Bitesize - How to analsye and evaluate artwork

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Artists and designers often record ideas, observations and insights that come to them as they produce their work. These insights can help them to analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of the work that has been produced.

Being able to analyse a work is an essential part of evaluating it. Recording this evaluation ensures that the creative process is communicated clearly.

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Analysing and evaluating - Analysing and evaluating - Edexcel - GCSE Art and Design Revision - Edexcel - BBC Bitesize

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GCSE Art and Design learn how analyse and evaluate work effectively to produce evaluations for the Expressive unit, Design unit and portfolios

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Dear all,

Sharing the final pieces from Art & Design Igcse Oct/Nov22 candidates.

These are from syllabus 0400.

Above: Component 1 'Breakfast' / Component 2 'In a crowd'

Above: Component 1 'Belts and buckles' / Component 2 'The journey'

Above: Component 1 'Adage' / Component 2 'The Journey'

Above: Component 1 'Anxiety' / Component 2 'Colour clash'

Thank you for visiting my blog.

I want to inform you that if you're going to check/ask me anything related to Art & Design IGCSE 0400, please email me at missfeeda@artandfeeda.net

If you comment on my previous post, I am only sometimes aware as I am unsure why I can't adjust the setting to get the notification. Unfortunately, I did not receive any notification. Please email me if you want me to respond to your concern. Thank you.

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Dear all, Sharing the final pieces from Art & Design Igcse Oct/Nov22 candidates. These are from syllabus 0400. Above: Component 1 'Breakfast' / Component 2 'In a crowd' Above: Component 1 'Belts and buckles' / Component 2 'The journey' Above: Component 1 'Adage' / Component 2 'The Journey' Above: Component 1 'Anxiety' / Component 2 'Colour clash' Thank you for visiting my blog.

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Dear Form 2 Students and Parents,

We hope that you found our elective video useful in helping you decide if visual art is right for you. If you have any other questions, please post them here, and we will do our best to answer them for you.

Kind regards,
Mrs. Williams, Ms. Morin, and Ms. Heung

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The Arty Teacher has amazing resources! - Artists listed by Theme is a page on The Arty Teacher website where artists are categorised into different groups.  It’s super-useful if your students have been given an exam paper or just want to research a theme.

If you are looking for painters, sculptors, digital artists, textile artists, photographers, ceramicists or any sort of artist, click the link below.

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Artists Listed by Theme - The Arty Teacher

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Find it here: Artists Listed by Theme DO NOT DOWNLOAD! Artists listed by Theme is a page on The Arty Teacher website where artists are categorised into different groups. It’s super-useful if your students have been given an exam paper or just want to research a theme. If you are looking for painters, sculptors, digital artists, […]

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Dear Parents,

We are also excited to invite you to explore our Virtual YHKCC Art Exhibition! This showcase features the incredible creativity and talent of our students.

Your support is invaluable! Please take a moment to:

Like your favorite pieces

Comment on the artworks to encourage our young artists

Share the exhibition with friends and family

Your involvement will help our students refine their work and gain confidence in their artistic abilities. Thank you for your support!

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Just as James Dyson transformed the world of design with his innovative ideas, you too can explore your creative potential through the arts! Our visual arts / art & design programmes encourage experimentation and self-expression, fostering skills that are invaluable in any field.

Join us on this exciting journey where your imagination can lead to incredible creations and humbly change the world. Embrace the opportunity to think outside the box—just like Dyson did!

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James Dyson, British inventor, industrial designer and founder of Dyson Ltd

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Born in 1947 in Cromer, Norfolk, James Dyson was educated at the Gresham’s School and later at the Royal College

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What do I need to do to make sure I get selected for Art next year?

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What do I need to do to make sure I get selected for Art next year?

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I really love digital Illustration, would I be able to use my ipad in Form 3 art?

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I really love digital Illustration, would I be able to use my ipad in Form 3 art?

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Message from Former GCE Art Elective Students (5K 22) Class 2021

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Message from Former GCE Art Elective Students (5K 22) Class 2021

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Taking art as compared to all other elective subjects is truly a unique experience as you are able to express your creativity when choosing your own topics to explore and develop, as well as being able to experiment with a variety of mediums. Although it is time consuming, when looking at the final outcome along with all of your sheets put together, you will feel as though all your hard work payed off. For all creative fields in the future when applying for universities or even jobs you are able to use your artwork to showcase your abilities. You will have a long exam that is split up across 2-3 days but honestly the time itself will fly by so quickly, while other subjects will need to study hard for one other exam you will not need to so that's an additional benefit. Humans need to be creative and by choosing art you are fostering a healthy mental environment by studying for your other subjects, as well as doing manual artwork which can be relaxing to many students. I would highly encourage you all to choose either GCE or DSE art as the experience will be unforgettable and the connection you will develop with your teachers (who are incredibly helpful when coming up with unique ideas, given their experience) is something that not all subjects have.

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In Form 3 and Form 4, i think i singlehandedly had the most fun I could ever have had in one subject, looking forward to every art lesson as if it were a gift. I used to run up the stairs as I couldn't wait to see the next creative challenge Art had installed for me. My teachers Ms Heung, Ms Morin and Ms King made each and every lesson the most lively and fun interactive experience that a student of YHKCC could ever dream of, the benefit of taking arts are countless, not only do you train you in hand-eye coordination but also you learn to be passionate, creative and also unleash your inner spirit out on paper, with colours. Representing a part of who you are, and showcasing your inhibition. I found Art to be a way to release stress and unload all my feelings and emotions after a stressful period of time at school.

Some concerns you may have as a potential art student may be the worry of time management or the thought of a 4-hour or 8-hour exam may be daunting, however, it isn't all that bad as it may have been spelt out in recent years. In form 3 I remember having miss King as my art teacher and I remember always putting all my energy and capacity into each task as I wanted to "prove myself" or to seek "validation" from my peers. However now I truly understand the meaning of Art; the freedom of expressing yourself by any means possible. There are no limitations.

Yash Kataria (class of 2023)

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Taking art gives you the chance to express yourself creatively. We are given choices about what kind of media, subject matter, & more on the artwork we do. It can be very labour intensive, but the pay off is extremely satisfying. The 8 hour art exam is usually split into several sections, and it really doesn't feel like any time at all.

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Message from Former Form 3 student (Class 2021): 

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In the Form 3 Visual Arts course you'll explore how to use different types of media as well as develop a creative way of thinking that will help you to form more solid ideas, to learn how to present your work and make original pieces that reflect your emotions as well as the relevant topics. From the themes you'll study: 'At the table' and 'Identity',  you'll learn to analyse the work of other artists as well as evaluate your own in order to improve and grow to develop your skills and technique. The Form 3 art course will be a solid start and provide you with the skills you will be taking with you, not only to prepare you for your exams but also in using throughout the next years, either when you choose to take the GCE or DSE art course.

Thank you for your time and consideration

Annabelle 3Y 12 (year 2021)