#portfoliotip Admissions counselors love to see your creative process, in some cases in your portfolio, it’s good to add sketches and images of the steps it took to get to the final piece you can find other portfolio tips on our instagram page @ashcanstudio
Congratulations Hayoon C! She was just accepted to the very competitive Cornell University- an Ivy League university in Ithaca, New York for Fine Art.
Congratulations To Chris H! She was accepted to the very competitive Carnegie Mellon University Design Program!
Congratulations to Young K! Young K just got his acceptance letter to CalArts Character Animation program. The acceptance rate for this program is around 8-10% They only accept 40-50 new students a year! Here are some examples from the outstanding portfolio he submitted to CalArts Admissions, that he made in Ashcan Studio's portfolio preparation program. [...]
If your Art Portfolio is haphazardly put together, you will come across as aimless and confused to Admissions Counselors.
Ashcan Studio is a Visual Arts Portfolio Preparation school located in NYC. We admit local, national, and international students who have the goal of applying to any program where an Art Portfolio is required for admissions, such as an Arts High School or BFA program. Some students start at Ashcan as beginners with little or [...]
THE PARSONS CHALLENGE - Part of the application requirements for Parsons is the Parsons Challenge- where you have to create a new visual work inspired by the theme within a piece submitted in your portfolio. One Ashcan student made this work for the Parsons Challenge she titled “The Room”, a sculptural installation that she lit [...]
