Portfolios are, simply, a collection of work. They can take varied formats, show a wide spectrum of ability, focus on a specific direction or document work in progress.
Often 80-90% of our graduating art class are targeting creative careers ... and they require portfolios to get there. Creating a portfolio is an exercise in creative discernment. It involves nuanced strategy and sequencing to meet admission guidelines and demonstrate related experience, while showing versatility and uniqueness.
Our courses are designed to build portfolios, the kind of portfolios that grow confidence and opportunities. We offer portfolio workshops and individual portfolio consultations. It works. Each Year, typically, twenty or more MMHS students head off to creative programs in a range of fields. However, all of our students utilize the skills they learn, whatever the journey.
Everyone can benefit from a personal creative portfolio as a reminder of our own creativity capacity. A portfolio of creative work demonstrates engagement, the ability to discover, define, develop, and deliver with focus and refinement. Portfolios offer an edge on any pathway, as every job requires creative thinking and the ability to 'deliver'. Technologies, communication and the marketplace are becoming increasingly visual and global. An Education in the Visual Arts and a refined portfolio are keys to understanding, enjoying and excelling within the new, visual context.
Our grads can tell you, that while technologies and software are useful tools, art theory, history, an eye for aesthetics and refined hand rendering skills are indispensable. As software use increases, a homogenous quality has crept into aspects of the design world and a greater appreciation for tradition, 'maker' spirit, hand rendering, traditional photography and personal human touches and quirks has followed. Our portfolios convey modernity, tradition, hybridity, innovation and a sense of self.
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Admissions portfolios are associated with a set of requirements related to the programme of study and institution. See related current admissions information for details.
Example requirements and tips.