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PORTFOLIO DAY
AND SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION
The Departments of Fine Arts and Design hold an annual Portfolio
Day and Scholarship Competition in conjunction with a Preview
Day admissions event. Portfolio Day is open to all who wish
to attend, regardless of intention to apply for admission or compete
for scholarships. The event primarily involves student interviews with
faculty members.Portfolio Day 2007
will be held on November 10. Students
and parents are encouraged to attend the full day of Preview Day.
If you have attended a previous Preview Day you may only want to come
to the Portfolio Day activities at McLaurin Hall. The event is for
review of student portfolios by Fine Arts and Design faculty to award
scholarships, and also to receive comments about your
work to help you improve.
To be considered for a scholarship, students must complete a portfolio
review/interview with 3 different faculty members, each lasting about
15-20 minutes each. Instructions and guidance, including group tours
of the Fine Art and Design facilities, are provided by the many faculty
and administrative staff members, and current students who participate
in the event each year.For additional information or to make a reservation
for Portfolio Day, please call 803-323-2653 for the Department of Fine
Arts or 803-323-2660 for the Department of Design.
Click
here to make a reservation to attend Preview Day, or call the
Office of Admissions at 803-323-2191 or 800-WINTHROP (946-8476).
PORTFOLIO REQUIREMENTS
Portfolios should contain 10-20 original student works. The works
need not be framed, or formally displayed, and may be reproduced
(especially 3D artworks) in photographic slides, digital images or
prints. The type and kind selected to be included in the portfolio
is up to the student, and do not have to be works for the intended
major. What the faculty members want to see in the portfolio are
the artworks the student feels the best about, what s/he is proud
of and want others to see. The artworks do not have to be from school
art class projects or formal study of any kind.
Students may compete for scholarships in absentia by shipping or mailing
a portfolio, sending one electronically via email or notifying the
Department of their website address where a portfolio is pictured.
The Department must receive notification or shipment no later than
the Friday before the Saturday event.
SCHOLARSHIPS
The scholarships awarded from the Portfolio Day and
Scholarship Competition are Dean’s Meritorious Scholarships.
They are for incoming, new students and are applicable to the first
year of study only. Typical
amounts range from $250 to $1,000. Please note that all
applications for admission to the University are reviewed by the
Office of Admissions.
NOTIFICATION OF AWARDS
Approximately two weeks after the event, a letter will be sent to all participants
in the scholarship competition, informing them of the results. This may include
a scholarship offer amount, or the placement on a waiting list for any funds
which may come available in the future, or a notification, regretfully, of not
scoring high enough in the reviews to qualify for a scholarship. The letters
with a scholarship offer amount will include an acceptance form which the student
must sign and return. All students should pay particular attention to the timelines
required for making application to enter Winthrop University, and understand
any scholarship funds awarded take effect only when admitted and attending Winthrop
as a declared Fine Arts or Design major.
Department Chair: Chad Dresbach
Phone: (803) 323-2660
E-mail: dresbachc@winthrop.edu
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