Calling All Seniors! Office of the Mayor Scholarship Awards Available

For our CAC seniors who will be going off to college next year, be sure to check out this scholarship opportunity!
Office of the Mayor Scholarship Awards information

Applications are due Thursday, April 30, 2015

It's not too early to start thinking about National Portfolio Day!

National Portfolio Day is an opportunity for high school students considering applying to art school to bring their artwork to be reviewed by representatives from colleges all over the country to get feedback and advice.

The next one in the area will be on Sunday, November 9, 2014 in Philadelphia hosted by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA).

Location: TBA
Time: TBA

Best of all, it's FREE!

So start saving your artwork and think about attending.

Be a Future Teaching Artist this summer!

Interested in a future career in the arts? Love working with kids? Need to fulfill school community service requirements?

Apply to be an FTA and work side-by-side with professional teaching artists this summer as you assist with DCCA Summer Art Camps.

Pick up an application at the DCCA today!

Drawing lessons

Really good drawing from life Tip and Tricks
HERE:http://www.learn-to-draw-lessons.com/geometric-shapes.html

*Remember, drawing from life is needed for your college portfolio
-Draw your surroundings: a messy room makes for a great subject
-Draw your friend
-Draw your shoe

Portfolio Requirements for College

NATIONAL PORTFOLIO DAY SCHEDULE

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH Portfolio day is in PHILLY!!!!

 

PORTFOLIO REQUIREMENTS**

**Individual Schools have specific requirements.  Make sure to visit the schools of your choice for specific requirements. Here are some links:

PARSONS NEW SCHOOL OF DESIGN (NYC)

UNIVERSITY OF DE (Newark, DE)

DCAD (Wilmington, DE)

UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS (Philly, PA)

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Philly, PA)

 

 Check out the CAC Pinterest Board, College Portfolio

General Portfolios should include 15-20 pieces in at least two of the following forms:

Examples of Two-Dimensional Work:

• Drawings from life: figure drawing, still life, landscape
• Drawings in charcoal, ink, pastel, pencil, etc.
• Paintings: oil, acrylic, watercolor, etc.
• Sketchbooks
• Illustration, storyboards, character design, concept art
• Prints: traditional (etching, monotypes, silkscreen, etc.) and digital
• Design: posters, book covers, web graphics, use of typography
• Collage, mixed media
• Photography: traditional, digital, black and white, color

Examples of Three-Dimensional Work:

• Sculpture: metal, plaster, stone, wood, etc.
• Crafts: ceramics, metals, textile design, fibers, glass, jewelry, furniture (wood)
• Product and toy design
• Book arts
• Fashion, costume design
• Extended media: architectural models, mixed media, model construction, set design
• Installation: site specific objects in the environment

Examples of Time-Based Media:

• Animation production: individual and/or collaborative productions
• Film/video production: individual and/or collaborative productions - the work should have a clear beginning, middle and end; you should have primary responsibility for it.
• Interactive media
• Website authoring: site design, site graphics
• Flash or Director animations or interactive productions
• Interactive CD-ROM or DVD work combining more than one art form

DEVELOPING YOUR PORTFOLIO

An artist’s portfolio is a way to present your talents, express your individuality, and tell us something about your formative creative visual experiences. We would like to see recent, original work that demonstrates your strengths and experience in the visual arts. The selection of pieces in your portfolio will tell us a great deal about you. Choose thoughtfully and carefully those pieces you think best demonstrate your talent and potential for further development in the art, media, and design professions. Just as all talents are different, so are the backgrounds of all students. The Admission Committee keeps this in mind when reviewing your work; we know that applicants’ portfolios may reflect a wide range of experience.

Students looking for feedback on their portfolios during the development process can take advantage of the following options:

• Schedule a Preliminary at your school of choice
• Portfolio Review National Portfolio Day: National Portfolio Days offer students another opportunity for a preliminary portfolio review. At these events, you can receive feedback on your portfolio-in-progress from  school representative.
• PRESENTING YOUR PORTFOLIO

While the presentation of your portfolio needn’t be elaborate, it should demonstrate the respect you have for your work. If you show us your portfolio in person, you should be able to talk about it—what each project involved, how you made design decisions, what you learned from the experience, and how you feel about the finished piece. It is not necessary for you to mount or mat your work as long as it is presented as a
neat and coherent body of work. Group the pieces in a specific order, such as by medium, by size, by date completed, or by subject matter. Both you and your interviewer will then have an easier time grasping the full import of what you show. Work done in charcoal, chalk or pastels should be sprayed with fixative and covered with a clean sheet of paper to protect it.

NATIONAL PORTFOLIO DAY SCHEDULE