
We help creatives gain admission to visual arts colleges and educational programs
Acceptance into elite architecture, design, and art programs is competitive and requires application materials that traditional programs do not. Portfolio Admissions Consulting helps develop these important materials. We work individually with creatives to shape and sharpen their unique creative portfolios, written statements, and creative research projects. Past students have used our services in their applications for post-bacc, undergraduate and graduate colleges, for AP portfolios in high school, and in support of artists’ residencies, early career development and job placement.
Our students have been admitted to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Pratt/NY, Central St. Martins/UK, Parsons School of Design, Cornell University, UC Berkeley, Washington University, Syracuse University, New York University, Vanderbilt, College of William & Mary, Oxford/UK and others.
Our Services
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All our engagements begin with an application strategy and assessment where we will discuss short and long term goals, and the best way to achieve them. This will include developing a list of schools and programs, activities lists, testing options, and other application details.
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For the portfolio, we will review and assess your creative work, offering written and concrete steps for developing and refining your portfolio presentation. Discussion of your process, craft, idea, and medium is geared toward each student’s goals and interests and suggestions are made for new work.
We will create a personalized portfolio plan starting at any stage of development and ending in a cohesive body of work. Services can be tailored from an initial 90-minute review to standard 10 hour package.
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The written statement comes in a variety of forms and generally supports creative work. It is an opportunity to provide background information about the creative vision, process, ideas, and background. This service includes the inventory and organization of ideas and guidance in writing Artist’s Statements, Project Statements, Resumes, and the Common Application Essay. Guidance in authentic development of story-telling, voice, point of view, and confidence in writing. This is a 5-hour service package.
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Increasingly, students are including supplemental research and creative projects into their applications in order to stand out or as an opportunity to study an in-depth a topic or body of work prior to college.
These engagements can take many forms such as research papers, exhibitions, blogs and websites, or small business. Working over 10 sessions, we will help craft your project, provide expert guidance and help package and present the work upon completion.
