Also called: Arts in Health Artist, Healthcare Teaching Artist
Makes art with patients, families, and staff in hospitals to reduce stress and bring joy.
A hospital artist rolls an art cart into the children's ward, helps a patient paint at their bedside, and leads a calming art session for exhausted nurses. Some create murals with patients for the hospital halls.
Approximate; often part-time or grant-funded.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Art degree; arts in health certificates exist.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Fine Arts, Art Education.
Growing faster than average. Growing with arts in health programs.
Low risk for 10 years. The whole point is human presence and comfort at the bedside; AI cannot replace it.
Classes: Art, Health science, Psychology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-1013.
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