School of Art Portfolio Requirements

  • Crafts - Ceramics, Fibers, Jewelry/Metals, Wood
  • Multidisciplinary Fine Arts
  • Painting & Drawing
  • Photography
  • Printmaking
  • Sculpture

Applicants who seek direct entry admission to the School of Art should submit a portfolio of 15 to 20 examples of original work. This portfolio should include work samples that showcase your creativity and inventiveness, as well as the skills and media that you have learned. It should also highlight your ability to communicate ideas. All portfolios must include more than one medium for admission evaluation – we recommend a minimum of three.

Two-dimensional work examples:

• Drawings: charcoal, collage, ink, pastel, pencil, watercolor, sketch books, story boards
• Paintings: acrylic, oil, watercolor
• Prints: etching, digital, lithography, monotypes, relief, silkscreen
• Photography: black and white, color, digital

Three-dimensional work examples:

• Sculpture: metal, plaster, stone, wood
• Ceramics: expressive objects, pottery, vessels
• Fibers: textile design, wearable art, weaving
• Jewelry: metals
• Wood: furniture
• Glass: functional ware, stained glass, abstract objects
• Extended Media: architectural models, mixed media, model construction, set design

Time-based Media work examples:

• Animation Production: individual and/or collaborative productions
• Film Production: individual and/or collaborative productions, film editing
• Video Production: individual and/or collaborative productions, real-time production, digital video editing
• The portfolio submission may include: DVD or streaming video
• Include a short description with your animation or film/video submissions indicating your role in the production, whether it was created as part of a school or organization based project, or done entirely on your own

Interactive Media work examples:

• Web Site Authoring: webmaster experience, site design, site graphics
• Flash or Director Animations or Interactive Productions
• Interactive CD-ROM or DVD Work combining more than one art form
• Book Arts, Graphic Novels, Magazine Publishing: combining image and text
• Performance Art: incorporating elements such as objects, movement, sound and text
• Installation: site specific objects in the environment