COMMERCIAL ART INTERVIEW/PORTFOLIO

Each applicant for Commercial Art/Graphic Design must submit a portfolio for review and evaluation during the initial interview. The emphasis of this portfolio review is on the applicant’s drawing ability.  The portfolio should consist of 10 pieces of artwork.

If you do not have a portfolio, please create these five assignments:

  1. A portrait
  2. A perspective drawing of a room with a table and a chair
  3. A telephone
  4. An automobile
  5. A landscape or cityscape drawing
All artwork must be original and not copied from existing drawings or photographs

EXCEPTIONS
For applicants living outside the New England area, an interview may be waived; however, it is highly recommended.  Commercial Art portfolios in this case may be submitted to the school in the form of slides and will be returned only when postage is included.

TRANSFER STUDENTS
Students with previous art training from one or more art schools or who have taken a variety of studio art classes other than high school classes may apply to the Commercial Art Program as transfer students.  The normal application procedure is the same.  Transcripts or official documentation of previous training should be submitted along with a high school transcript.

Portfolios should contain artwork representative of all previously attended classes.  The school feels it is important to place a transfer student at a level where he or she will be challenged and learn effectively.  Each transfer applicant is evaluated and treated on an individual basis.