Mount Vernon Nazarene University -- Art Department, School of Arts & Humanities

Portfolio Requirements

In the interest of tracking your developing art skills while at MVNU, we require that you submit a portfolio of your best high school art projects for assessment to the Art Department. We are eager to see your work and dedicated to helping you grow and develop as an artist.

Please understand that you are already accepted into the art program and and that your portfolio will be used to assess the MVNU art program. Your portfolio will give us a starting point from which to compare your portfolio at the end of your sophomore year.

Your portfolio may be submitted in actual work or on CD (digital). Art portfolio review will be on February 10-11, 2012 from 9 am to 5 pm.

Please send to: Art Department, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, 800 Martinsburg Rd, Mount Vernon, OH 43050.

FRESHMAN PORTFOLIO REQUIREMENTS:

Include a minimum of two examples of each from the following categories for assessment:

DRAWING (From life, not from photographs. Include a self-portrait).
COLOR (Any graphic image that you feel represents your best color usage).
DESIGN (Any graphic image that you feel represents your best design example).
SCULPTURE OR THREE-DIMENSIONAL (This could be ceramics).

You will also be evaluated on your level of creativity and concepts.
Please indicate whether ideas originated with you or someone else.

Submit your portfolio online.

FRESHMAN GRAPHIC DESIGN PORTFOLIO REQUIREMENTS:

Incoming freshmen interested in majoring in graphic design must submit a portfolio prior to the first semester of the freshman year. The portfolio must contain:

One 8" wide X 11" tall poster in any media with the topic of "Save the Environment." The poster must contain both image and type;
One self-portrait drawing, done in graphite pencil, done while looking at yourself in a mirror;
One original photograph, black and white, or color;
One original art or design project of your choice.

The portfolio must be contain the actual images; photographs of the poster, self-portrait and art or design project are not acceptable. However, if your work is three dimensional, such as a sculpture, you may submit photos of it, taken from different angles. Submit video in QuickTime format on a clearly labeled DVD. Submit web examples digitally on a clearly labeled DVD. Each piece must be labeled with student name, e-mail address, phone number, and the category for which it qualifies. The pieces must be held in a portfolio labeled with the student name, e-mail address, and phone number.

If you have questions, please contact Interim Art Department Chair John Donnelly at
(740) 397-9000, ext 3042 or by email at donnelly@mvnu.edu.