Acrylic on paper, from AP Studio Art drawing portfolio
I offer the following services for students applying to college programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels:
College Counseling Services for All Students
• Assist in deciding what area to major in
• Assist in developing a college list and narrowing choices to find a good “fit” based on interests
• Provide advice for selecting recommenders
• Review college essays and make suggestions for improvement
• Provide information about the financial aid process
• Assist with the college transfer process
Specialized College Counseling Services for Visual Artists and Architects
• Discuss differences between art and architecture programs to help students decide which is best for them
• Help students evaluate whether a liberal arts college / university or a college of art is best for them
• Help students decide which colleges of art they are interested in by reviewing photographs from my campus tours
Portfolio Preparation Services for Visual Artists and Architects
• Provide fair and honest constructive critique about current artistic development
• Give concrete suggestions for improving portfolio
• Give individualized assignments and critique to create portfolio art if needed
• Help select art courses to develop portfolio at high school, pre-college programs, and/or outside institutions
• Suggest pre-college summer programs to attend and help apply
• Select strongest works for portfolio and explain why
• Professionally photograph portfolios digitally [all photos on this site were taken by me of client work]
• Tailor portfolios for each program application
• Portfolio image cleaning and editing [all photos on this site were edited by me of client work]
• Resizing digital images for each application
Professional Services for Visual Artists
• Photography services for artwork
• Artist residency information and research - finding residencies that fit the needs of each artist.
• Artist statement review- helping artists express their visual ideas in words.
• Applying to MFA Masters of Fine Arts programs - finding programs that fit the needs of each artist