Advancing Your Art Portfolio for College Admission

This 8-week course will support the portfolio development of advanced art students (ages 15+) through a review of past work and by developing at least one new, independent artwork for future college or enrichment applications.

Shannon Brinkley

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80 minutes

per class

Once per week

over 8 weeks

15-18

year olds

3-12

learners per class

per learner - per class

How does a “Multi-Day” course work?

Meets multiple times at scheduled times

Live video chats, recorded and monitored for safety and quality

Discussions via classroom forum and private messages with the teacher

Great for engaging projects and interacting with diverse classmates from other states and countries

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Description

Class Experience

This course is designed to support advanced art students (ages 15+) who plan to study undergraduate-level art or who wish to enhance their current art portfolio. With a student-centered focus, time will be spent identifying each individual student's creativity, passions, and strengths in visual arts. The course offers numerous, relevant goals: to identify opportunities for growth in the portfolio sequence, to photo document existing work, to generate new artwork ideas, and to develop the next...

This class is taught in English.

Students will view examples of exemplary student art portfolios for college entrance.
Students will revisit past artworks and curate their selection for a portfolio for future applications.
Students will write personal goals for their art portfolio.
Students will learn to create a written proposal for an artwork.
Students will identify inspiration, themes, techniques, and/or materials as the basis for a new artwork.
Students will build independent art concepts and produce a new piece of artwork.
Students will learn how to document their artwork for digital submission.
Students will provide peer feedback and self-reflect.

I have previously taught at the undergraduate level and, in addition, successfully guided many students through the college admissions process as a high school teacher. With previous training in IB Visual Arts and Cambridge curriculum, I also have 12+ years experience working with students in high school. My MAAE and MFA make me exceptionally qualified to help guide your students through the process of preparing a portfolio of artwork for college admission and/or for summer enrichment programs. Please reach out to me if you have additional questions!

Each week, extra time required (outside of class) to complete different stages of the art portfolio process. Some weeks, students will be more heavily engaged in creating artwork. Depending on the students, their personal interests, goals, and motivation, artwork production can take anywhere from 3-8 hours of work over the course of one week.

Portfolio of completed artworks (six or more are recommended as a starting point)
Digital camera
Art materials of student's choosing

1 hour 20 minutes per week in class, and an estimated 2 - 4 hours per week outside of class.

Teacher

Shannon Brinkley

🇺🇸

Lives in the United States

Visual Arts Educator

About Me

I am excited to share my passion and love for making art with you. I will be sharing my knowledge for developing refined art skills and portfolios for college admission, but also guiding my students in their work with new materials and techniques...