Our experts in visual arts and design guide students through every step of the way as they build a portfolio that represents the best of their artistic abilities.
Through rigorous projects and exercises in drawing, painting, collage and more students will develop finished works that showcase their skills and passions. At the beginning of the class, the instructor will evaluate the students current work, individual interests, and educational goals to create tailored projects to fit their unique needs that will be completed in class and at home. The focus will be on creating finished works that will form a part of a competitive portfolio for admission to top art and design colleges and specialized programs like Parsons, Pratt, and Rhode Island School of Design.
This class is designed for students who have completed 1-3 semesters of art classes and are focused on refining and building their portfolios. We recommend enrolling your child in this class 6-12 months before they plan on submitting applications to specialized high schools and colleges, giving them ample time to create a strong body of work.
All supplies are included.
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Heidi Lee lives and works in NYC as an artist/designer straddling the intersection of art, fashion, and technology. Her work challenges and summons the viewer on a universal level, as if a mythological mind/storyteller walks among us now. Not just borrowing from past aesthetics, she builds on a cosmology that links the modern world with our past. Lee received her BFA, BGD from RISD and garnered the 2012 Accessory Design Award from the MET Costume Institute. She has taught at NYU School of Professional Studies, National Arts Club, Brooklyn Museum, MAD Museu ...
Heidi Lee lives and works in NYC as an artist/designer straddling the intersection of art, fashion, and technology. Her work challenges and summons the viewer on a universal level, as if a mythological mind/storyteller walks among us now. Not just borrowing from past aesthetics, she builds on a cosmology that links the modern world with our past. Lee received her BFA, BGD from RISD and garnered the 2012 Accessory Design Award from the MET Costume Institute. She has taught at NYU School of Professional Studies, National Arts Club, Brooklyn Museum, MAD Museum, and Beam Center and has guest lectured at Google (Mountain View), FIT, Parsons, UPenn, and VCU Arts (QA); Lee has also served as guest critic at Eyebeam's Computational Fashion Master Class.
Lee is currently on the International Advisory Council for ICP and has exhibited at MoMA's Prime Time, New Museum's New Inc, MAD Biennial, SCAD Museum, Derby Museum, Charles Wright Museum, National Centre for Craft & Design, Science and Industry Museum (UK), Arnhem Mode Biënnale, Spielzeug Welten Museum, and Swarovski Manufaktur. Her clientele include Beyoncé, JLO, Billy Porter, Pat McGrath, Anne Hathaway, Madonna, G-Dragon, Lady Gaga, Missy Elliott and Lauryn Hill.
Portfolio Prep for Visual Art & Design Colleges
Teen Figure Drawing
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