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PORTFOLIO CLASS Level 2 Credits: .50 Prerequisite: Thirty pieces of student work, signed contract prior to registration. This course is for students pursuing a career in the field of art. The focus of this course is the development and organization of an art portfolio. Students will be expected to write an artist’s statement of purpose, catalog their work, maintain an artist journal and prepare work for presentation. The following portfolio formats will be covered: physical and digital. Critiques, written evaluations, exam and required completed portfolio will be assigned. (This is not a course in which artwork is produced.) Completion of this course is no guarantee of admission to a college, university, or design school, nor a scholarship, as this is dependent on the discression of the awarding institution. Other potential art options for the advanced student: Community College Art courses at Tunxis Community College and Northwestern Connecticut Community College, internships at local art organizations (work study). Prior approval for any alternative arrangement must be secured through the art department, guidance, and administration at registration time. Click here to download a .pdf of the portfolio course agreement. |