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Arts, Entertainment & Design

About This Pathway

Arts, Entertainment & Design includes creative careers like music, theater, film, fashion, interior design, journalism, writing, digital arts, and more. People in this field create, produce, and share work that entertains, informs, inspires, and makes the world more beautiful.  

 

Pathways for the Arts, Entertainment & Design interest include:

Design & Digital Arts

Media Production and Broadcasting

Journalism

Writing & Editing

Performing Arts

Sample Careers

Explore options for entry, technical and professional level careers for the Arts, Entertainment & Design pathway. These are only a fraction of what’s available for this pathway, so use these examples as brainstorming opportunities.

 

Entry: Graphic Assistant, Stagehand, Junior Reporter

Technical: Graphic Designer, Audio/Video Technician, News Producer

Professional: Creative Director, Actor/Musician, Journalist

SWHS Courses

South Windsor High School offers a variety of courses tailored to the Arts, Entertainment & Design pathway.

 

Explore SWHS Course Descriptions Here

Creative Metals

Broadcast News

Theater Arts

Drawing

Photography & Graphic Communication

Band

Painting

Journalism

Chorus

Claywork

Digital Art

Orchestra

Recommended Majors & Programs

    • Graphic Design (BFA/B.A.)
    • Illustration
    • Interaction / UX / UI Design
    • Digital Media / Multimedia Design
    • Fashion Design / Textile Design
    • Interior Design

    • Film & Video Production
    • Broadcast Journalism / Television Production
    • Sound Design / Audio Engineering
    • Animation / Motion Graphics

    • Journalism (Print, Digital, Broadcast)
    • Communications / Media Studies
    • Technical Writing
    • Public Relations
    • Photojournalism

    • Scriptwriting
    • Creative Writing
    • Proofreading & Editing
    • Copyediting/Copywriting

    • Acting / Theater / Drama
    • Music Performance / Composition
    • Dance / Choreography
    • Musical Theater

SWHS Media Center Career Books

SWHS Media Center - The Arts Studies

  • A View of Shakespeare

  • Classic Literature

  • Music and Poetry

  • Example 4

College Suggestions

  • Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
  • School of the Museum of Fine Arts / Tufts University
  • Pratt Institute
  • Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt)
  • Emerson College (Boston)
  • Berklee College of Music
  • Yale University (School of Drama, Yale School of Art)
  • University of Connecticut (Fine Arts / Digital Media)
  • Manchester Community College (CT) Digital Media, Design, Graphic Design
  • Goodwin University – Digital Arts, Graphic Design, Web Design
  • Capital Community College (Hartfrord, CT) – Media Production, Broadcasting
  • Gateway Community College (CT) – Visual Arts, Communications
  • Three Rivers Community College (CT) Fine Arts, Theater, Digital Media
  • Middlesex Community College (CT) – Multimedia, Graphic Design

    • Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
    • School of the Museum of Fine Arts / Tufts University
    • Pratt Institute
    • Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt)
    • Emerson College (Boston)
    • Berklee College of Music
    • Yale University (School of Drama, Yale School of Art)
    • University of Connecticut (Fine Arts / Digital Media)

    • Manchester Community College (CT) Digital Media, Design, Graphic Design
    • Goodwin University – Digital Arts, Graphic Design, Web Design
    • Capital Community College (Hartfrord, CT) – Media Production, Broadcasting
    • Gateway Community College (CT) – Visual Arts, Communications
    • Three Rivers Community College (CT) Fine Arts, Theater, Digital Media
    • Middlesex Community College (CT) – Multimedia, Graphic Design