Guide to MFA Art School Portfolios

research

• AI & Cheating, 1 min
• After a BFA, 1 min
• Wrong info, 1 min
• Departments, 1 min
• Rankings, 1 min
• Should I go?, 52 min
• Student debt, 21 min
• Art Students, 1 min
• MFA dream, 54 min
• Why go, 1 min

Start

• Do this first, 1 min
• How to prep, 44 min
• Mistakes, 35 min
• MFA Track
• RISD Prof, 6 min
• Self-critique exercise

portfolio content

• Art media, 1 min
• Avoid this, 1 min
• 2 media, 1 min
• Cohesion, 1 min
• Consistency, 1 min
• Don’ts, 1 min
• GDesign, 1 min
• Personal art, 1 min
• Quality?, 1 min

artist statement

• Statement Guide
• Statement Exercise
• Statement Editing
• Write w/ me, 15 min

Letters of rec

• Get letters, 43 min
• Letters exercise
• 4 Mistakes, 1 min
• RISD Prof, 1 min

photographing artwork

• How to Guide
• Mistakes, 37 min
• Canvas edges, 1 min

group support

• Art Club

Programs

• Programs list
• School tour photos
• What I regret, 1 min
• Choosing, 1 min
• Yale MFA, 1 min

1 on 1 SUPPORT

• Art Club (Feast tier)
• Mentoring
• Portfolio critiques
• Statement editing

interviews

• Tips, 45 min
• Interview exercise
• Mentoring: mock interview

statement & resume

• CV/resume, 45 min
• CV/resume exercise
• This matters, 1 min
• Start early, 1 min

CRITIQUES

• Mistake, 1 min
• Class critique, 31 min
• Critiques Area
• Playlist
• Portfolio critiques

Prof lieu Q&A

• Q&A 1, 49 min
• Q&A 2, 37 min
• Q&A 3, 42 min
• Q&A 4, 22 min
• Q&A 5, 54 min
• Q&A 6, 54 min

After art school

• Pro Development
• Careers
• Art jobs, 46 min
• RISD President, 7 min

art school issues

• Career prep, 41 min
• Racism, 64 min
• I left RISD, 30 min
• Adjunct, 48 min

attending art school

• Time, 5 min
• Mentors, 41 min
• Tough profs, 41 min
• Class critique, 39 min
• Class critique, 31 min