The visual arts are art forms that focus on the creation of works which are primarily visual in nature, such as painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, and computer art. It also includes Plastic arts which are those visual arts that involve the use of materials that can be moulded or modulated in some way, often in three dimensions, such as ceramics, glass arts, sculpture, and textile art.

Performing arts include the acrobatics, comedy, dance, magic, music, opera, film, theatre, and circus arts. Artists who participate in these arts in front of an audience are called performers, including actors, comedians, dancers, musicians, and singers. Performing arts are also supported by workers in related fields, such as songwriting and stagecraft.

Literature is a body of verbal works, written or oral, related by subject-matter. Literally translated, the word means "acquaintance with letters". The most basic written literary types include poetry and prose, fiction and non-fiction. Artists involved in creative writing are also categorized here.

Traditional Arts, which also overlaps with folk arts, are deeply rooted cultural expressions - music, crafts, stories and dance passed down through time by families, communities, tribal, ethnic and occupational groups.