Question: Jobs: What Does Brooklyn Offer Artists?

With a growing number of people living in, and moving to, Brooklyn who want to pursue a career in art, the question arises: What kinds of jobs can Brooklyn artists find?

Answer:

Thousands of artists live and work in Brooklyn. As in most places, some successful artists can make a good and even excellent living through their art. Many, however, subsidize their creative work by teaching or doing day jobs.

Jobs in Ad Agencies, Digital and Branding Firms in Brooklyn.

Jobs in Independent Book Publishing and Magazines in Brooklyn

The kinds of jobs artists might find in Brooklyn include:

• administration at one of Brooklyn's hundreds of arts organizations and event venues, from museums to bars that feature musical performances (see arts administration);
• employees at one of Brooklyn's many for-profit and non-profit organizations concerned with art, from a for-profit gallery to the DUMBO-based NYFA.
• teachers at one of Brooklyn's many colleges and universities, public schools or private schools, afterschool programs
• restaurant servers
• retail workers
• office workers
• graphic designers, copywriters, web designers, editors, copy editors
• real estate agents

Multi-Jobbing: Make Money Here, Make Art There

As with the arts everywhere, many Brooklyn-based artists split their working hours into time spent producing income, and time spent producing art.
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