We partner with Temple University’s Career Services to offer personalized guidance, resources and tools to support you at every stage of your professional journey. Through one-on-one career counseling, professional development workshops, portfolio reviews, interview preparation and networking opportunities, you’ll graduate with the skills, confidence and connections to take the next step in your creative career.
Professional development is built into the Tyler Art curriculum, designed to help you confidently navigate your next steps after graduation.
As a Tyler student, you’ll learn about the business of art as part of your coursework. Courses dedicated to developing your professional practice equip you with essential skills and knowledge to navigate creative industries with confidence. Topics include portfolio development, networking, exhibition preparation, grant writing, taxes for artists understanding legal and business aspects of being a professional artist, and employment in a creative occupation. By learning how to present yourself and your work effectively, you’ll be empowered to pursue a career in the arts, whether as an independent artist, designer, educator or creative entrepreneur.
Guest speakers and class field trips offer valuable opportunities to learn directly from creative professionals as they share their expertise. These experiences bridge the gap between academic learning and real-world practice, offering insight into a range of industries and career paths. They also broaden your perspective, connecting classroom concepts to the wider art world, and spark meaningful conversations about technique and context.
This annual event features alumni and professionals who have taken their creative degrees in unexpected directions. Panelists share how their education helped them thrive in industries beyond traditional creative roles. After the panel, students can meet one-on-one with speakers for resume feedback, conversation and networking.
Our career preparation services help you explore pathways in creative industries, build practical skills for professional success and align your artistic strengths with real-world opportunities.
One-on-one support includes:
Tyler MFA students build a professional profile, connect with curators and gain practical exhibition and publication experience through several opportunities.
Intersections is the annual catalog of work from students in the MFA Program at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture. Published since 2012, Intersections is an interdisciplinary collaboration between second-year MFA studio art students and graduate art history students.
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This curated exhibition offers a significant professional development opportunity for second-year MFA students. To prepare, students engage directly with a curator, discussing their work and receiving valuable feedback. This initiative provides our MFAs with a chance to build relationships with curators and build their CVs.
Each second-year MFA has the opportunity to install a public exhibition of their work at Tyler.
Learn more about the robust career services offered through the Temple University Career Center
