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How to prepare for your intake meeting
How to prepare for your intake meeting
For admissions to college programs in the arts, design and media, the best portfolios include work that is personal and self-initiated. This means going beyond classroom assignments. Strong portfolios are grounded in work based on a student’s interests and passions. To facilitate this, my coaching process starts with an initial in-depth intake meeting that is designed to create visibility on a student’s particular story, skills, experiences, and ideas.
What to expect during the intake meeting...
For the first meeting, I ask students to be prepared to talk about and/or show documentation of any and all work, no matter how “finished,” what stage it is in, and what medium.
This can be work from class assignments as well as work that is self-initiated / generated. This can be completed works, partially completed works, ideas in a sketchbook, audio sketches, scores, doodles on pieces of paper, collages, sewing projects, outlines of a project, a curated zone in a bedroom, storyboarding, projects using unconventional material, entrepreneurial projects, etc.
You should feel free to include projects “in the world,” already initiated, or in the planning phases. This doesn't have to be what is considered “art” but can include any and all interests: this could be a lecture series that you've initiated, an environmental cleanup event, a voter registration project, even baking and cooking... and more!
Images do not have to be perfect or professional - cell phone pics will do. The first session’s goal is to take an inventory of everything, so casual and imperfect documentation is fine for this first meeting.
If in doubt...include it!
From your intake meeting, we set up your Google Drive folder that serves to organize and create an inventory of your work. We will also initiate your Google spreadsheet that will map out the different components of the required creative supplement of the first three art programs on your college list. This can include criteria and guidelines for creating your portfolio, additional assignments and questions specific to each art program, technical specs, deadlines and other relevant information.
From there, I help you develop an understanding of your current, existing work. I'll help you further articulate existing work and/or create new work. I provide documentation services if needed and help you meet all criteria and technical specs for the completion and submittal of your portfolio and other elements of the creative supplement for the programs to which you are applying.
I look forward to getting to know you, and your work!
Linda Pollack
For the first meeting, I ask students to be prepared to talk about and/or show documentation of any and all work, no matter how “finished,” what stage it is in, and what medium.
This can be work from class assignments as well as work that is self-initiated / generated. This can be completed works, partially completed works, ideas in a sketchbook, audio sketches, scores, doodles on pieces of paper, collages, sewing projects, outlines of a project, a curated zone in a bedroom, storyboarding, projects using unconventional material, entrepreneurial projects, etc.
You should feel free to include projects “in the world,” already initiated, or in the planning phases. This doesn't have to be what is considered “art” but can include any and all interests: this could be a lecture series that you've initiated, an environmental cleanup event, a voter registration project, even baking and cooking... and more!
Images do not have to be perfect or professional - cell phone pics will do. The first session’s goal is to take an inventory of everything, so casual and imperfect documentation is fine for this first meeting.
If in doubt...include it!
From your intake meeting, we set up your Google Drive folder that serves to organize and create an inventory of your work. We will also initiate your Google spreadsheet that will map out the different components of the required creative supplement of the first three art programs on your college list. This can include criteria and guidelines for creating your portfolio, additional assignments and questions specific to each art program, technical specs, deadlines and other relevant information.
From there, I help you develop an understanding of your current, existing work. I'll help you further articulate existing work and/or create new work. I provide documentation services if needed and help you meet all criteria and technical specs for the completion and submittal of your portfolio and other elements of the creative supplement for the programs to which you are applying.
I look forward to getting to know you, and your work!
Linda Pollack