Arts & Culture SHSM

Interested in becoming an Arts & Culture SHSM student? Talk to your teacher or guidance department today!

• The Art & Culture sector includes a broad range of careers!

• In the Specialist High Skills Major – Arts & Culture program, students can focus on a career
  pathway that matches their skills and interests.

• Students will get a better understanding of the Arts & Culture sector through course selections
  and opportunities to connect their in-school learning to real world environments, including
  Co-op work experience, postsecondary reach ahead experiences, industry-based experiential
  learning, training and certifications.

• At graduation, students will receive a specially designated diploma.

The SHSM - Arts & Culture program may be for you if you are interested in any of the following careers:

Apprenticeship Training

• Artisan and craftsperson
• Technical and co-ordinating occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting, and the performing arts
• Painter and decorator

College

• Actor and comedian
• Announcers and other broadcasters
• Artisans and craftspersons
• Audio and video recording technicians
• Broadcast technicians
• Film and video camera operators
• Graphic arts technicians
• Graphic designers and illustrators
• Interior designers and interior decorators
• Other performers 
• Other technical and coordinating occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting, and the performing arts
• Photographers
• Supervisors, textile, fabric, fur and leather products processing and manufacturing production supervisors
• Technical occupations related to museums and art galleries
• Theatre, fashion, exhibit, and other creative designers

University

• Authors and writers
• Conductors, composers, and arrangers
• Conservators or curators
• Dancers
• Painters, sculptors, and other visual artists
• Producers, directors, choreographers, and related occupations
• Professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations

Workplace

• Camera, platemaking and other prepress occupations
• Desktop publishing operators and related occupations
• Graphic artists and illustrators
• Musicians and singers
• Other performers
• Photographic and film processors
• Textile fibre and yarn, hide and pelt processing machine operators and workers
• Weavers, knitters, and other fabric-making occupations

The Arts & Culture SHSM will also provide students with opportunities to earn an assortment of trainings and certifications specific to the sector. These may include:

• first aid/CPR/AED awareness
• health and safety – basic
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