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Did you know that arts and design graduates earn more than the median American worker \u2014 and their earnings grow substantially over time? According to the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project’s 2024 research brief, median income for arts and design graduates rises 44% over the first decade of their careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps more telling: 81% of arts and design alumni report high career satisfaction within five years of graduation, regardless of the specific field they work in. Most arts graduates don’t work in the narrow category of “fine artist.” They work across media, communications, education, design, technology, and entrepreneurship \u2014 bringing skills that transfer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sources: Strategic National Arts Alumni Project, 2024; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2024\u20132034.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cJust surrounding yourself with the best people possible will lead to extraordinary results. This kind of combination of making ideas real and then surrounding yourself with great people is I think really some of the real antecedents to Blue Man Group.\u201d<\/p>\n\u2014Matt Goldman \u201983, MBA \u201984, LHD \u201915<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Matt Goldman speaks to an audience of students and faculty during a recent visit to Clark.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When he was a Clark student, Matt Goldman, co-founder Blue Man Group, knew that he wanted to be an entrepreneur. The form that ambition would take came later, through the people he surrounded himself with and the ideas he took seriously enough to make real. “That experience at Clark gave me a tremendous grounding and jumping-off point,” he says. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Where do Visual and Performing Arts alumni work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Clark graduates are working and studying at some of the most respected institutions in the arts, media, and creative industries. The list below draws from all six programs across the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Apple<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\"BMG<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Bonhams<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Bose<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Boston<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Company<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Emmy<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Fox<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"HBO<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Hulu<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Logo<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Library<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"met<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Museum<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Sony<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Peacock<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Postworks<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Temple<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Disney<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Where do graduates study?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • American Film Institute Conservatory<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Berklee College of Music<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Boston University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • California Institute of the Arts<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • City University of New York<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Clark University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Columbia University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Courtauld Institute of Art, London<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Emerson College<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Harvard University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • London Film School<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • New England Conservatory of Music<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • New York University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Northwestern University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Purdue University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Selznick Graduate Program in Film and Media Preservation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Tulane University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • UCLA<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • University of Pennsylvania<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • USC<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Where do students intern?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • Boys and Girls Club of Worcester <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Democracy Today, Armenia<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Etchings Festival, Auvillar, France<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Florentine Films<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Mus\u00e9e National d’Histoire et d’Art, Luxembourg<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Salvaguarda, Colombia<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Williamstown Theatre Festival<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Worcester Art Museum<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Worcester Chamber Music Society<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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