Your first step should be to decide what kind of work you'd like to do in the field of art. The education you'd need to be an interior designer is totally different from what you'd need to be a realist painter selling in a gallery or doing commissioned portraits, and different again from what a packaging graphic designer would need to learn.
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Once you have mastered the skills, there should be jobs to be had.
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Unfortunately, this doesn't mean there are "jobs" for those who have the skills. I studied realistic illustration in college and that field has all but disappeared as an occupation for artists. Once you've got some idea of what kind of work you'd like to do, then you can start your research into employment opportunities and the training needed.
If you want to be a realist painter (which means self employment, by the way) those of us on this Forum can give you some tips. For background on what you should study for those other fields, you might want to do research into the colleges that train people in those areas.
For realist painting my first stop on the web would be the Art Renewal Center. Go to
http://www.artrenewal.org and check out their approved ateliers section. That will list schools in various states and countries that teach realist painting.
You can also look around this Stroke of Genius site for artists who teach workshops. There are also many highly recommended books you can start with on your own that are listed on this site.
If you want to consider a university art program, one that will give you a BA or a BFA upon graduation, you should thoroughly check out what kind of art their students are doing. It is my understanding that those programs are still firmly in the grip of modern art and you're more likely to learn how to make grainy videos of people climbing trees in their pajamas than you are to ever learn about painting using correct color temperature or rendering the form of a model.
Good luck to you in whatever path you choose!