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Making Your Mark

The day after graduation, you’re going to be a different person. Oh, yes – you’ll still be as creative and no doubt as inspired by your own talents and dreams as you ever were. And you’re still going to have to work as hard as you ever did to continue to express yourself in fresh and exciting ways. But no matter what form your creativity takes—through the visual or performing arts, or through communication—after you graduate from college you’ll be taking that giant step from being a student to becoming a professionalin your field...

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Creative And Applied Arts

How to Choose an Art School

Choosing an art school to attend is a life-changing event. Once you finish school, receive your degree, and develop a strong portfolio of work, you will begin what should be a long and rewarding career in art and design. This is a very exciting and thought-provoking time in your life! ...

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CHOOSING A SCHOOL

Art School Vs. University

As an upperclassman in high school the phrase “where do you want to go to college” is becoming all too familiar. In fact, if one more distant relative or family friend asks you this question you may feel the need to start inventing elaborate scenarios just to get them off your back. Its not that you don’t want to go to college its simply that you’re not sure where you belong. Inevitably, some of your friends have already planned their college careers all the way down to their first choice of dorm and preferred major (perhaps minor too). Their confident enthusiasm (and sudden interest in school colors) is probably not making your decision any easier. Where DO you belong? A place where you could experiment with your love of art and design would be nice. But still you wonder, “is art school right for me”?...

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The BFA Degree

Are professional art schools like law schools? Yes, in that art college graduates, like law school graduates are equipped to be successful in a variety of fields outside of their original discipline. Some law school graduates end up not practicing law, or at least not for very long, becoming instead corporate executives, investment counselors, leaders of social service agencies, real estate developers, etc. Professional art college graduates, in the process of learning to be artists and designers, acquire the skills and insights of self-management, organization, discipline, resourcefulness, critical thinking, question asking, and problem solving all of whi h are highly transferable to other lines of work or interest. Art college students (and sometimes their teachers) don't always realize this applicability and adaptability. After all, the main purpose of the Bachelor of Fine Arts or comparable degree program is to educate professional artists and designers. Which is as it should be. But it is worth noting that this BFA education is also an excellent basis on which to build alternative or supplementary careers should one be so inclined...

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COLLEGE PREPARATION

Portfolio Anxiety Cured

I’m you. College applications loom ahead. My art portfolio isn’t finished yet (“finished yet”?, I’m not even sure what a portfolio is!). I’m a nervous wreck just thinking about it.

It’s time to stop worrying and start doing. Your portfolio is a major part of your application to any art program. The sooner you begin, the better it will be, and the quicker you’ll feel more confident...

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