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Arts, Media and Entertainment

Close-up of a person holding a DSLR camera directly toward the viewer, with the lens filling most of the frame and one eye visible above it.
A student uses a dual-monitor setup with a backlit keyboard during a game design class.
Two performers stand center stage in a black-box theater, speaking and gesturing mid-scene, while several classmates in black rehearsal clothes sit and watch from the floor around them.

ARTS, MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT

The Arts, Media, and Entertainment industry sector is big business in California. This dynamic sector is relevant statewide, with most of the major employers concentrated in the southern part of the state. It offers jobs that require a vast range of creative and technical knowledge and skills. Employment will increase from about 773,100 jobs in 2014 to about 789,700 jobs in 2024.

 

Flexibility and adaptability to a rapidly changing professional landscape are key elements to an individual’s ultimate success in a career in arts, media, and entertainment. Consequently, most of the professions found in this sector require students to become familiar with information and skills across several different academic disciplines and career pathways as well as within their primary pathway.

Pathway/Program
School/Program
County
3D Animation Marysville High School Yuba
Digital Art & Media River Valley High School Sutter
Digital Photography Lindhurst High School Yuba
Digital Photography Marysville High School Yuba
Game Design Lindhurst High School Yuba
Game Design Yuba City High School Sutter
Graphic Communications Marysville High School Yuba
Media Academy Yuba County Career Preparatory Charter School Yuba
Media & Design Arts Live Oak High School Sutter
Visual & Performing Arts East Nicolaus High School Sutter