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What are Art schools looking for when they interview you?
I’m a very artistic and creative person. I’m also a very good photographer and i know that I have potential. I’m just wondering what it is they look for and are they more interested in your portfolio than anything else? And is it really hard to get into art schools? Is it more expensive than your average college?
Preparing an Art Portfolio
The portfolio presented by an artist seeking a job is quite different than that of an art student seeking admission to an art school. The job-seeking artist will be quite specialized in one area. The art student should show a variety of skills such as drawing, painting, and basic design.
Preparing a portfolio is a good way to organize student artwork, select the best from it, and have a record of the work done in high school. It shows the student’s ability and versatility. Generally portfolios are made by students who intend to go on to a career in art and must have a portfolio for admission to an art school. Whether students plan to attend art school or not, each one should have a portfolio simply to see the progress made in a course and to keep work together and organized.
Portfolios Are Organized in Two Ways
Examples of original artwork may be submitted, or slides of artwork may be shown. Three-dimensional, fragile, or large work would always be shown by slides. A portfolio for actual artwork need be nothing more than 24" x 44" tagboard folded and taped on three sides. Two pieces of foam core may be used instead of tagboard. Professional artists’ portfolios may be purchased at art supply stores or through catalogues.
Although some art schools prefer to see actual artwork, usually slides are used to apply for admission or advanced placement. If sending the artwork, send matted work that is similar in size. One disadvantage of sending the artwork itself is that it can only be in one place at a time, and you may wish to be considered by a number of schools.
What Should Be in the Portfolio?
A good portfolio should contain from 12 to 20 works of art. If a student has taken a number of art courses, a variety of media should be represented. Copies of published work are unacceptable. An interpretation of a masterwork could be considered, but paintings and drawings copied from magazines or photographs taken by anyone but the artist are just not done. Originality and creativity cannot be stressed enough. Size of the work is not important, though variety in media is desired. Consider including something less than perfect if the student has stretched and shown imagination. The following are the three important skills to include in a portfolio:
Drawing: a portfolio should have good examples of drawing in a variety of media such as pastels, colored pencil, magic marker, ink, charcoal, and conte crayon. A sketchbook could be included. The best drawings are familiar objects, people, nature, and architecture.
Painting: acrylic, oils, pastels, watercolor paintings. Drawings made with colored media could take the place of painting in the portfolio.
Design: include a poster, publicity flyer, photographs, or layout to show ability to combine a variety of elements.
The student may wish to explore one medium in depth and might have a large number of works that evolved in a given field of concentration (such as studies of the human form). It is best to avoid having work that only reflects classroom assignments. A student who is submitting a portfolio should show evidence of original thinking and depth. Quality is far more important than quantity.
What’s hard is trying to get your portfolio together. It’s not especially expensive as opposed to other colleges but it’s not cheap either. Click here for an idea of what AI in San Francisco will cost you: http://www.artinstitutes.edu/sanfrancisco/admissions_tuition.asp
You’ll find that if you are willing to learn–they’ll be willing to take you.
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Fashion Design Schools: Choosing the BEST Among the Rest
Do you know how to sew?
Do you enjoy creating designs?
Do you love following or changing patterns to come up with a piece of clothing?
If fashion is simply just your passion, then you might just be right for a fashion design school.
Here are some reasons why you should attend a fashion design school:
1. You will learn about the most up-to-date styles that many people would consider buying.
2. If you are unsure whether you will be able to make a living out of your interest in fashion,
your level of confidence will greatly increase once you obtained a degree.
3.Studying about and later working on, a field that you love is very rewarding.
4. You will learn about the various principles behind the patterns you have worked on in the
past, as well as the ones you will be working on in the future.
5.You will also be knowledgeable on mixing and matching colors to magnify the shape and cut
of your creations.
6. You will know more about keeping your clothes together – other than just stitching! Talk
about endless possibilities.
7. Fashion design school will expose you to different kinds of people, working with them,
incorporating their ideas with your own, and developing relationships with those who share
the same feeling toward fashion.
8. These relationships will set the foundation for meeting potential employees, employers, or
business partners; all whom you will need when you start your foray into the fashion world.
There are numerous fashion design schools globally. Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, found in London, is considered by some as the most famous of them all. Other world-renowned schools are The Royal College of Arts in London, the London College of Fashion, Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, AIU in Los Angeles, and Parsons The New School for Design in New York City.
Most courses in the schools mentioned above last for about three years.
The next question, however, will be, how do you choose the best school for you?
Here are 10 helpful tips to help you in your decision making:
Tip#1- – Determine what you would like to major in. From there, search for a school that offers
the program that you like.
Tip#2- – Have a list of criteria that you would like to take a look into in your search for the perfect
fashion design school. These criteria may include program offering, major and minor
subjects, costs, location, placement record, and many more.
Tip#3- – You may now construct a list of candidate fashion design schools.
Tip#4- – Gather all necessary resources and information about each of your candidate
school. Find their websites and research.
Tip#5 – - Narrow down your list further by using the criteria you have set in Tip#2.
Tip#6 – -Inspect the schools left on your list. It would be good if you can visit these schools
personally. But if not, try to obtain a video or look for a virtual tour in their websites.
Tip#7 – - File your application to the schools that met your criteria.
Tip#8 – -While waiting to hear from the schools you sent your application to, search for
scholarship grants in the Internet.
Tip#9 – -Make your final decision based on the responses you got from the schools that you
applied to, as well as the scholarship grantors’ response. Carefully review your notes,
consider funding, and finally, decide.
Tip#10 – -Get ready to embark on a journey that you have never quite experienced before!
Off you go to the one of the best fashion design schools in the world!
Ronald Piper
http://www.articlesbase.com/careers-articles/fashion-design-schools-choosing-the-best-among-the-rest-132843.html
What are the top art schools in the country, and where are they located?
what are the top art schools to study industrial design, and where are they located?
The Cleveland Institute of Art (Cleveland,Ohio)
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Ringling School of Art and Design (Sarasota, Fl)
How does the style taught in Florence Art schools during the Renaissance differ from Roman Art schools?
I am doing a research paper on Michelangelo and apparently there is a difference between Rome and Florence art schools. Apparently his style was greatly influenced by whether it was Florence or Roman. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help. I have tried doing research online and I cannot find any sources. So if you find any sources, it would be most appreciated! Thank you so much!
I can’t help you much, but have found some sites which you may find useful.
http://arthistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/sixteenth_century_art
"THE ROMAN SCULPTORS
In the Early Renaissance, Florence supplied Rome with artists, and there was no distinctive Roman school. In the Developed Renaissance, Rome, chiefly through Michelangelo, influenced the development of sculpture throughout all Italy. Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), equally famous as architect, sculptor, and painter, was essentially a sculptor in all his work. Though a Tuscan by birth, and in his early work not uninfluenced by Donatello and Jacopo della Quercia, his spirit gave to sculpture a more independent position than it had enjoyed since the days of the Greeks and Romans. From Ghirlandaio, in whose studio he is said to have worked, he received no deep educational impress. From the very start, architectural and landscape backgrounds, perspective effects and elaborated compositions, did not enter into his conceptions. His interest centred in the human form."
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles08/sculpture-21.shtml
http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/texts/carrie_books/gilbert/07.html
http://www.wga.hu/tours/italpain/firenze.html
I hope these sources help.
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My senior thesis film made at Ringling College of Art and Design.
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Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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Arts Education Suffering in San Jose Schools
art programs, such as art appreciation, drama, theater and music, have been suffering across the nation for 30 years, as school officials concentrate on the basics of learning. With federal programs, such as No Child Left Behind, even more focus has been placed on basic learning skills, which excludes the arts. This also means that any extra funding is funneled into these basic learning programs in order to meet state and federal-set standards. Arts education is one of the standards that should be met by schools within the state of California, yet the state does not impose penalties on schools that do not met these particular standards.
A statewide survey by SRI International concluded that of the 1,123 schools surveyed:
• 89 percent failed to meet state standards for arts education;
• Nearly 1/3 offered no art education coursework that met state standards;
• 61 percent had no full-time arts specialist, with classroom teachers without adequate training teaching arts education at the elementary level;
• Kindergarten through 12 enrollment in music classes declined by 37 percent over a five-year period, ending last June; and
• Poor schools have the least access to arts education; whereas better income schools (where parents can afford private lessons) are more apt to have it.
Chris Funk is the San Jose schools’ principal of Lincoln High School, a stellar magnet arts school. He believes that the more San Jose schools’ students are exposed to the arts the better they will do in testing within other coursework.
Studies have proven that a strong arts program can be linked to improvement in everything from math skills to truancy. Arts education in elementary and secondary schools produce skilled sculptors, actors, musicians, singers and so many other arts-related careers. The arts also improve the socialization skills of students.
Bill Eriendson, assistant superintendent of the San Jose schools, stated that the level of funding for the arts is inadequate. Last year, the state budgeted $500 million for the arts and physical education; however, this amount was a one-time deal. The norm is $105 million, which is about $15 per student. According to Eriendson, the San Jose schools requires about $800,000 to restore just their music programs at the elementary San Jose schools. This figure does not include the purchase of instruments.
San Jose schools are a good representation of the statewide findings. Besides trying to meet state and federal standards in the basic coursework, the San Jose schools were hit with Proposition 13 that was passed in 1978, which imposed tax cuts for Californians and greatly reduced funding for arts education. The arts were first cut in the secondary San Jose schools and then in the elementary San Jose schools. By the late 1980s, arts education was all but gone in the San Jose schools.
According to Funk, there currently is a waiting list of 225 San Jose schools’ students. He finds San Jose schools’ students are drawn to the dance, theater, music and visual arts programs offered by his school. Without the support of the Lincoln Foundation, which donated $75,000 for this school year, this San Jose schools arts magnet would not exist.
Jason Thomas
http://www.articlesbase.com/k-12-education-articles/arts-education-suffering-in-san-jose-schools-118527.html
What’s the difference between Art Institutes, and Art Schools?
I don’t know whether i should be looking for art schools/universities/colleges, or art institutes…? What’s the difference???
The difference between a university and college, is that a college offers a 4 year degree. A university offers Masters (6 year) and Doctorate (8 year) degrees. The only Art Institute I am familiar with is the Art Institute of Chicago, and it is a museum. I would stick with a college or university in my search for education.
What are some really good schools for obtaining a degree to become an Art Director?
Preferably the most noted? Online schools are a plus, but on campus study is also appreciated!
Location is not a concern! (Just need an idea of what the best art schools are) Thank You!
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