Fine Arts/Storytelling Institute:

Music Business

Want a career in the music business? SMCC can provide the training you need to hit all the right notes!

Storytelling Institute

Storytelling is a powerful medium for teaching and learning...

Acting & Theatre

At SMCC, we believe there is an artist, actor, musician, singer, dancer or storyteller inside everyone.

Inspiring Others Through Creativity

While SMCC students earn their Associate Degree, they can participate in award-winning theatrical productions at our state-of-the-art Performance Art Center, explore the ancient art of storytelling at the SMCC Storytelling Institute, or harmonize in our unmatched Music Department.

In addition to core classes offered for transfer, our imaginative art program offers night studio classes in Painting and Ceramics. Much of the unparalleled artwork created at South Mountain has been permanently incorporated into the architecture of the campus.

Fast Facts

About 62 percent of artists and related workers are self-employed.
Keen competition is expected for both salaried jobs and freelance work because the arts attract many talented people with creative ability.
Artists usually develop their skills through a bachelor’s degree program or other postsecondary training in art or design.
Earnings for self-employed artists vary widely; some well-established artists earn more than salaried artists, while others find it difficult to rely solely on income earned from selling art.
Artists held about 218,000 jobs in 2006. About 62 percent were self-employed. Employment was distributed as follows:
- Multimedia artists and animators $87,000
- Art directors $78,000
- Fine artists, including painters, sculptors and Illustrators $30,000
- Craft artists $8,800
- Artists and related workers, all other $14,000
Of the artists who were not self-employed, many worked for:
- Advertising and related services
- Newspapers
- Periodical, book, and software publishers
- Motion picture and video industries
- Specialized design services, computer systems design, and related services.
The most successful actors, producers, and directors may have extraordinarily high earnings but for others, because earnings may be erratic, many supplement their income by holding jobs in other fields.

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South Mountain Community College

7050 South 24th Street - Phoenix, Arizona 85042

Phone: 602.243.8000 Fax: 602.243.8329 TDD: 602.245.5727