The World
Is Your Stage
As shAkespeAre observed, All the
World’s A stAge. Whether it’s music, painting,
drawing, sculpting, writing, dancing, or any other genre,
artistic expression is all around us—on TV and radio,
at the movies, in art galleries, on the Web, in our MP3
players. People who work in the Arts, A/V Technology
& Communications cluster may entertain and inform
Hot Career Areas

through an ever-growing array of new media forms
Governor Rick Perry has
such as cell phone ringtones, text messaging, and
launched a strategic plan that
targets state efforts on six
shared online videos. A world of audio-visual (A/V)
industry clusters that economists
technology and communications professionals—including
say will be the engines of
producers and directors, print and electronic journalists,
economic growth in Texas.
As you plan your future, think about a career in
website designers, video game programmers, and
one of these new and emerging sectors.
multimedia artists—makes it all possible. If you have a
calling to be creative, yearn to express yourself, or love
• Advanced technologies & Manufacturing
- Molecular technologist
using new technologies, then Arts, A/V Technology &
- Sensor/robotics engineer
Communications may be the right career cluster for you.
• Aerospace & Defense
- Aerospace engineer
- Unmanned autonomous vehicle engineer
• Biotechnology & Life Sciences
- Bioinformatics specialist
THe
- Biocontainment technician
Texas musIc projecT • Information & Computer technology
wIll award more THan $200,000
- System integrator
- Computer game developer
In musIc educaTIon granTs
To scHools and communITIes
• Petroleum Refining & Chemical Products
- Petrochemical engineer
THrougHouT Texas.
- Refinery process design engineer
• Energy
- Wind/solar energy engineer
- Geophysical (oil and gas) prospector
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