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PORTFOLIO PREPARATION
Our portfolio prep program focuses on building portfolios for the following majors:
Entertainment/Game/Film Concept Design | Illustration |
Fine Art/Studio Art | Graphic Design | Animation |
Generalized Art Portfolios for Universities
Our values of excellence and creativity are exemplified through our teachers, who are all highly qualified professionals in the art and design industry. Our unique staff and program enables us to provide students with a diversified and ever-evolving education in the arts as we help students gain admission to prestigious art schools. We emphasize small class sizes and individual attention paid to each student to help each portfolio feel unique and tailored both to the student’s personality and personal creative expression as well as to the type of work that their top school choices look for in a college admission portfolio.
We offer various levels of college prep help, from assisting only with scheduling, school choice, and portfolio, to assisting with essays and meeting with students one on one to walk them through whatever parts of the portfolio creation or application process that they need extra help with.
We offer a full schedule of art classes in each category expected in a college art portfolio (figure drawing, sketchbook, and creative pieces) as well as classes for creative pieces that are more specialized so we can tailor to major-specific portfolios and help students improve on their weaker points to produce a well-rounded portfolio that shows excellent execution of all basic skills expected at a top tier art school.
PORTFOLIO PREPARATION
For College & University Applications
A distinctive portfolio is essential to acceptance into and receiving merit scholarship to competitive college art programs. With a success rate of nearly 100% for getting students into their top college choices, you will get invaluable insight from our instructors into the process of creating a portfolio that highlights your unique strengths and tells your artistic story while catering to the preferences of specific colleges.
Standard Portfolio Program
Our standard portfolio program is designed to help you complete your portfolio in a competitive way by providing classes tailored to student needs, helping students choose their target college list, and providing multiple individualized critiques. After an initial one-on-one consultation with an art counselor, you will receive a recommended class schedule tailored to your field of study and goals. Regular check-ins with the portfolio counselors will give students feedback on their projects and skills, as well as the portfolio as a whole. Our students will receive training in foundational skills and industry knowledge so they can apply to the art college or university of their choice with confidence, both in their portfolio and in the career path they have chosen
This program includes:
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Meetings with the student’s assigned counselor
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Portfolio Classes tailored to student needs
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A personalized weekly schedule
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A portfolio and college steps cheek list
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Personalized critique
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Help to prepare and organize submission materials
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College Application Workshop
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A portfolio review
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Help with Portfolio Layout
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Recommendation letter (only for excellent performance)
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Portfolio Full-Package Program
Our full-package portfolio program is designed to carefully guide students through every step of the portfolio preparation and application process. After a 1 on 1 meeting, our counselors and instructors will create a comprehensive plan to assist the student with developing foundational skills, creating portfolio-specific projects, and preparing their applications with week-to-week schedules and checklists of both portfolio goals and checklists of all the smaller steps needed to go through the process of applying for college.. Students in the Portfolio full-package program meet with their counselors twice a month to receive guidance, support and individual attention, to help them prepare competitive, unique portfolios and well-crafted admission and scholarship applications.
This program includes:
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Meetings with the student’s assigned counselor twice a month
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Portfolio Classes tailored to student needs
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Help editing college essays
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A personalized weekly schedule
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A portfolio and college steps check list
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Personalized critique
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Help to prepare and organize submission materials
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College Application Workshop
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Multiple portfolio reviews
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Help with Portfolio Layout
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Recommendation letter (only for excellent performance)
College Rep. Visits and Portfolio Reviews:
Our portfolio prep program boasts a number of virtual visits from representatives at various colleges. Some visits are to give a presentation on the college, and some visits are to review student portfolios. Students from both tiers of the program are invited to attend these talks. Sign up sheets for portfolio reviews are circulated several weeks prior to the visit.
In the past we have had virtual visits from Otis, CalArts, ArtCenter College of Design, Laguna College of Art and Design, SVA, RISD, Ringling, SAIC, and CCA.
