What is National Portfolio Day: Thinking about going to college for art? National Portfolio Day is a great way to find out your options! National Portfolio Days serve a variety of purposes. Most importantly, they help further the development of young artists by bringing together experienced college representatives to review artwork, and offer critique. You’ll hear many different opinions about your portfolio in one place who share a powerful commitment to the arts. This experience is a small taste of what attending a professional art program can be like. To find out more about National Portfolio Day, please visit the National Portfolio Day web site.
What to Bring: Please bring finished pieces, work in progress, and sketchbooks. We ask you to bring your original artwork whenever possible. We suggest that you do not spend time and money matting or framing your work. If you would like to show some work digitally, please bring your own laptop with a self-contained power source as there will not be computers or outlets at each representative’s table.
Here’s where we’ll be:
Sunday, September 24 | Atlanta, GA | Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at GW
Saturday, September 30 | Indianapolis, IN | Herron School of Art and Design
Sunday, October 1 | Dallas, TX | School of Visual Arts
Sunday, October 8 | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Institute of Art
Sunday, October 8 | Minneapolis, MN | Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Saturday, October 14 | Memphis, TN | Memphis College of Art
Saturday, October 14 | Milwaukee, WI | Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
Sunday, October 15 | Chicago, IL | School of the Art Institute
Sunday, October 15 | Nashville, TN | Watkins College of Art, Design and Film
Sunday, October 22 | Boston, MA | Lesley University College of Art and Design
Sunday, October 28 | Kansas City, MO | Kansas City Art Institute
Saturday, October 28 | Richmond, VA | Virginia Commonwealth University
Sunday, October 29 | Grand Rapids, MI | Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State
Sunday, October 29 | St. Louis, MO | Washington University
Sunday, November 5 | Philadelphia, PA | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Saturday, November 11 | Charlotte, NC | Kansas City Art Institute
Sunday, November 12| New York, NY | Fashion Institute of Technology
Saturday, November 18 | Washington, DC | Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at GW
Sunday, November 19 | Baltimore, MD | Maryland Institute of College of Art
Saturday, January 20 | Miami, FL | New World School of the Arts
Sunday, January 21 | Sarasota, FL | Ringling College of Art and Design
