Visual Arts + Sound Art Application Requirements

All Visual Arts and Sound Art applicants submit Application Materials online via the online application system, and your Portfolio via SlideRoom. 

Visual Arts applicants must specify a Concentration (Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Moving Image, Expanded Practice | Sculpture) on your application, and this should be reflected in your Statement of Intent and Portfolio. If you are accepted into the Program, your Teaching Assistant assignments will be in your Concentration, and you will be able to take studio classes in any Concentration. 

For Sound Art, basic technological fluency in working with sound as an artistic medium is expected prior to beginning the Program.

All Visual Arts and Sound Art applicants must submit the following:

  1. Statement of Intent: 1-2 pages. Please include your reasons for applying to the Visual Arts Program, relevant aspects of your artistic practice, any elements of your experience that help understand your artwork, and your work's place in contemporary art history.
     
  2. Resume: Detailing your academic career, artistic career, and professional accomplishments.
     
  3. Transcript/s from previous schools (please refer to the General Application Requirements for specific information).
     
  4. Three Letters of Recommendation (please refer to the General Application Requirements for specific information).
     
  5. Applicants must submit portfolios specific to your Concentration, as outlined below:
  • For each image or video uploaded in any concentration, please include title, medium, year, dimensions, and a brief description of each sample.
  • Videos must be submitted through video upload or video links. If your video link is password protected, you must include a current password in the description. As additional information, you can also provide links to full videos.
  • Websites that are freestanding artworks and NOT documentation of work may be submitted through SlideRoom. A still of the website with the web address in the description may be included.


PAINTING
15 images of your work in SlideRoom. 

PHOTOGRAPHY
20 images of your work in SlideRoom. You may include up to 5 relevant video clips, and PDFs.

PRINTMAKING
20 images or videos in SlideRoom. Samples can be from any media.  

MOVING IMAGE
10 video samples with a cumulative running time of 20 minutes in SlideRoom. Links to full work in description. Can include still images to contextualize the work.

EXPANDED PRACTICE | SCULPTURE
20 images and videos in SlideRoom. Samples can be from any media. Maximum 10 minutes per sample.

SOUND ART
5-10 representative samples of your practice in SlideRoom. The documentation may include video, audio, text, still images, PDFs, and commentary contextualizing the works submitted.