Course Code: ART-01
“Portfolio Prep Class” or “Portfolio Development Class”:
A strong portfolio, together with an artist’s statement, is essential for admission into college art programs. Through this course, students will acquire both technical and critical skills necessary to compile a portfolio that is representative of each student’s unique voice and talent, as well as demonstrative of his/her scope of conceptual abilities and technical competencies.
By the end of this course students will gain confidence in:
- Selecting and compiling work
- Writing an effective artist’s statement
- Preparing slides
- Mounting and matting work
- Presentation techniques for 2D and 3D work
In addition to technical skills, we will focus on:
- Understanding what schools look for
- Instilling the habit of critical analysis in one’s own work as well as others’
- Understanding how to select and present work that demonstrates the breath of the artist’s work
Critiques will be an integral part of the course as it will allow student to strengthen his/her own work and provide insight into the ways in which portfolios are reviewed during the admissions process.
Please refer to course syllabus.
None specific. Students are admitted based on individual merit.
Please contact our office for enrollment.