my accepted art school portfolio ! (SAIC, Parsons, SVA, etc.) + tips 

awe thank you !

I’m so glad! Thank you! 💖💖

Thank you !!!

Of course! I go over some tips in the video towards the end. For the portfolio it depends on the school but it could be anywhere from 12-20 pieces. Something helpful to do is to look up other videos like this one to see what other people did for their portfolios- the more recent the better! I promise it will be ok, it’s a stressful process (esp for me since I’m a slow artist) but you’ll get through just fine ! If you have any other specific questions you can DM on Instagram @labillierose 💟

Hey omg thank u for replying it means a lot… I’m a slow artist too and I feel better now cause I might be able to pull it off! And yes if there’s anything I wanna ask about I will dm u on insta Tysm!!🫶🏼

first of all proud of u for thinking that far ahead ! All I can think of is just to make art lol. When you build your portfolio you want to have lots of pieces to choose from so you don’t feel like you’re just scraping together anything you have- that’s kind of what I did and it was not great. Other than that practice some of the “boring” parts of art like still life’s and anatomy so you can explore more creative projects with a greater skill, hope this helped ! 💖

@@billierose3574 yes it did! tysm i appreciate it!! 🤍🤍

Make it as personable as possible and try to appeal to the school's values! On the parsons about page, they seem most interested in innovation, creativity, and community. Looks like one of the '23 essays is about a social issue that's valuable to you, maybe try to do some research into if Parsons has done anything around a similar issue and mention it. Giving those little references makes your essay seem more authentic. Hope that helps at all!

I think it does play an important role, but your portfolio holds more weight- I would try to look up the specific schools you were considering and see if there are any specific things it's looking for (ie. good grades, variety in medium, or ur artistic process). Also please take care of yourself 10 aps is crazy my love! If ur down for the challenge go for it but honestly I wouldn't go too hard! You seem in a good spot atm

thank you i’ll do that! and i just add on one ap every year its been fine so far lol

@@casp_art ok but please take care of urself !

I'm currently at Massart!

Yes ! if I remember correctly I got a scholarship from every school except umass Dartmouth

@@billierose3574 oh! How much have u got from Parsons?

@@arryaattri6608 I got a 16k scholarship from Parsons, also I double checked I only got scholarships from CCA, SAIC, and Parsons lol

It was relatively straightforward! I did my application through the common app and my portfolio through something called slideshow. Remembering the dates of pieces and describing them was probably the most difficult part for me, I also remember messing around with the order of my portfolio a lot. The only other thing was that I'm someone who works slowly so it was difficult to find pieces I felt were good enough and met the minimum requirement. Massart freshman year is major-less so it's all very experimentative and broad and I think they look for that in Freshman portfolios as well. Whereas transfer portfolios are definitely expected to be major-based, showing off your strengths in whatever you'd like to do.

@@billierose3574 ouhh, i also work slowly even tho i had basically a whole yr to plan 🧍🏽‍♀️ anddd another question, what should b put in the resume + list of activities ? dumb question but i lowkey don’t got much to add to those so i was hoping to get some ideas yk 💀😅

@@melonball_ I didn't have much to put there either, I was in a GSA leadership position in middle and high school for a bit so I put that but honestly that was it. If you've done any work or volunteer work I'd mention that, especially if it's art-related otherwise my only other tip is to really stretch and exaggerate anything you have done lol