Residential Visual Arts Admissions

Application
Applicant must send the following pieces with his/her application:

  • A 9” x 12” color-based composition on paper using some aspect of color theory
  • A 9” x 12” white paper with four black squares of equal size glued onto the paper. The composition should express “tension” using the positive and negative space
  • A 9” x 12” drawing of two unrelated objects from direct observation (Please do not draw from a photographic resource.)
Audition

Research
Applicant must research three artists of his/her choice, one from each of the periods below, bring a printed sample from each artist and come prepared to discuss what interests him/her about it:

  • Renaissance
  • 1850-1950
  • 1950-present
  • Applicants may use books, magazines or the Internet. Some web resources:
    • www.gallery.euroweb.hu
    • www.askart.com
    • www.artchive.com

Work

Applicant must bring the following to the audition:

  • A three-dimensional piece created for the interview which demonstrates an awareness of form and space
  • A two- OR three-dimensional piece created for the interview which best demonstrates the applicant’s artistic skills
  • A self-portrait in pencil, drawn from life by using a mirror
  • A sketchbook with 20 or more full-page drawings from observation done in the past 12 months

Drawing Workshop – 1.5 hours
Applicants will draw a still life while being observed by SCGSAH Visual Arts faculty.

Interview
Applicant will be expected to discuss the following:

  • His/her work
  • The work of the artist he/she researched
  • His/her aspirations in the arts

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