The Different Job Roles in Arts

What is the main difference between an artist and an artisan?

• Artists only work with their hands, while artisans use visual techniques

• Artists sell their crafts at fairs and shops, while artisans show their work in museums or galleries

• Artists focus on creating aesthetically pleasing works, while artisans' work focuses on accessorizing and functionality more than aesthetics

• Artists focus on functionality, while artisans focus on aesthetics

What is the role of an art agent?

• Restoring and preserving artifacts and works of art

• Managing both the creative and business sides of running an art gallery

• Representing an artist to promote and sell their work

• Selecting and acquiring art for collectors

What is the responsibility of a curator?

• Assembling, cataloguing, managing, presenting, and displaying artworks

• Choosing and presenting art for sale

• Interpreting, analyzing, and evaluating art

• Restoring and preserving artifacts and works of art

What does an art historian study?

• Art valuation

• Art auctions

• Art created in the past by individuals

• Art critics

What is the main focus of an art critic?

• Assembling, cataloguing, managing, presenting, and displaying artworks

• Restoring and preserving artifacts and works of art

• Interpreting, analyzing, and evaluating art

• Choosing and presenting art for sale

What is the role of an art dealer?

• Buying and selling works of art with the aim of making a profit

• Representing an artist to promote and sell their work

• Restoring and preserving artifacts and works of art

• Choosing and presenting art for sale

What skills are required for an art consultant/advisor?

• Negotiation, communication, and networking

• Observation, writing and editing, analytical, objective and research

• An eye for art, creative flair, awareness of trends, business, financial, marketing, sales, negotiation, and communication

• Research, art history, communication, financial, and an eye for detail

What is the responsibility of an art conservator?

• Assembling, cataloguing, managing, presenting, and displaying artworks

• Choosing and presenting art for sale

• Interpreting, analyzing, and evaluating art

• Restoring, preserving, and analyzing artifacts and works of art

What is the main focus of an art auctioneer?

• Restoring and preserving artifacts and works of art

• Interpreting, analyzing, and evaluating art

• Selling pieces of art for the highest possible price

• Choosing and presenting art for sale

What skills are required for an artist?

• Negotiation and financial acumen, communication and networking, awareness of art trends, marketing and PR

• Research, art and cultural history, communication, financial, and an eye for detail

• Creativity, imagination, and business, marketing and financial awareness

• An eye for art, creative flair, awareness of trends, business, financial, marketing, sales, negotiation, and communication