Entertainment Arts
We love finding innovative careers and areas of study for creative students. The growing field of Entertainment Arts which involves the comprehensive designing, building, and managing of entertainment spaces is one of these emerging areas of study that we know will appeal to a wide variety of creative students.
Are you a dancer, who also loves costumes and set designs and wants to someday manage your own immersive theatre experience? Or a filmmaker who also wants to incorporate game theory in your movies so the viewer chooses the plot as they progress through the experience? Entertainment Arts might be for you.
What is especially compelling about this area of study is that you can be involved in it through multiple ways -- physics, architecture, visual arts, performing arts, business, storytelling, computer graphics and animation, and more. Additionally, programs for students interested in Entertainment Arts can be found at both art colleges and universities which allows students to have differing college experiences.
Some students like to envision a concept from start to finish and want to be involved in the development of the entertainment venue from start to finish. These majors might be interesting:
Indiana University: Themed Attraction Design
Northeastern University: Theatre and Design
Ringling: Entertainment Design
USC: Themed Entertainment
For students who like to physically build and make things, programs which focus on set design, costuming, make up, and prop design are probably appealing. Below are some excellent programs to consider:
CalArts: Experience Design and Production
DePaul: Scene Design
UNCSA: Design Production
For students who like to build in the virtual world and enjoy technology these majors focus on the technical aspects required for entertainment spaces.
SCAD: Immersive Reality
UT Austin: Arts and Entertainment Technologies
VCU Arts: Kinetic Imaging
VATech: Creative Technologies
Other students want to focus on the business aspect of entertainment. Some programs are more business focussed, others are more integrated with the creative arts (and might require you to take the BFA foundation year). Here are some majors for those interested in managing large scale artistic endeavors.
American University: Business Entertainment
Drexel/Westphal: Entertainment Arts and Management
Parsons: Strategic Design and Management
Ringling: Business of Art and Design
The application requirements for these programs vary. Some require a visual arts portfolio, others may require a portfolio which demonstrates your experience in the back of the house for performing arts, others do not require a portfolio but may require written responses to prompts highlighting your interests, experiences and visions.
We love working with students who want to blend the arts with other areas of interest. If you're looking for ideas on how you can incorporate your artistic interests in other creative majors schedule a meeting with us today.