‘Art is long and life is short’ this phrase explains that arts have the potential to stay longer than human lives. The arts performed will breathe even after the ages and it has the power of trapping a person with its unique and colorful elements. All the seven forms of arts that are music, cinema, painting, dance, sculpture, and literature have their own way of learning, presenting and experiencing them. Every individual has one or the other fascination towards arts and learning at least one artist in their lifetime but, it is a well known universal fact that most of us do not choose arts as a career. Why do students give a pause when they are asked about taking art education as a career? Though all of us are well aware of the immense scope and opportunities it has in the present time.

Art is a field of creativity and innovation that makes our mind active and provokes our thought process to search for a different and unique solution or any form of skill or talent that satisfies our mind and heart. Reasons for Art Education is as follows –

1. Art always helps individuals in finding a new viewpoint and improves problem-solving and creative skills.
2. Every art has its own culture of connecting people with different thinking dimensions and background.
3. It inculcates patience level when students face challenges at different points they learn to remain calm and find a way to resolve them.
4. It offers a wide range of career opportunities to the students depending on their abilities.

Arts has vast career opportunities in numerous fields, following are the streams available in arts –

1. Literature
2. Dance
3. Theatre
4. Sculpture
5. Photography
6. Designing
7. Painting or Illustration
8. Martial Arts
9. Writing
10. Videography
11. Psychology and a lot more.

Some of the educational Courses to excel in arts are –

1. B. A. and M. A. in Journalism
2. B. A. and M. A. in Literature
3. B. A. and M. A. in Psychology
4. B. A. LLB
5. Bachelors in Mass Communication (BMC)
6. Diploma or Degree in Film Making
7. Diploma or Degree in Fashion Designing
8. Animation
9. Air Hostess
10. Bachelors in Marketing Management
11. Diploma or Degree in Tourism and Hospitality
12. B.Sc. in Interior Design
13. B.A. (Hons.) Economics
14. B.A. (Hons.) Humanities and Social Sciences
15. B.A. (Hons.) in Political Science and many more.

Following are some of the popular colleges and universities for Art Education-

1. Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath College of Fine Arts
2. Delhi College of Art
3. Sir J J Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai
4. Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata
5. Bharati Vidyapeeth’s School of Photography, Pune
6. Royal College of Art, United Kingdom
7. RMIT University, Australia
8. University of Arts London

With the new advents, Art Education is also developing rapidly in every country. The importance of arts education and the scope of arts as a career are developing and the skills students are establishing successful careers in fine arts. Today, the youths are getting more attracted to the courses and opportunities that the colleges and universities are offering in art education. Fine arts are turning into mainstream education with the increasing number of career opportunities.