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2012 Graduate Pre-Application Online Portfolio Reviews

September 21 to October 19, 2012 -- Deadline Extended!

Each fall, the Office of Graduate Admission hosts Online Portfolio Pre-Reviews to allow potential applicants to upload their art and design for pre-review by graduate faculty. Feedback will be provided by graduate faculty to help participants refine and prepare their portfolios before re-submitting for admission review. Please review the page below for submission guidelines, participating graduate programs and deadlines.

Participating Programs

Additional programs may be added prior to the start of the portfolio review.

Art Education (Online/Low-Residency MA)

Karen Carroll, Director

Community Arts (MFA)

Ken Krafchek, Director

Critical Studies (MA)

Jennifer Hirsh, Director

Curatorial Practice (MFA)

George Ciscle, Director

Graphic Design (MFA)

Ellen Lupton, Director; Jennifer Cole Phillips, Associate Director

Hoffberger School of Painting (MFA)

Joan Waltemath, Director

Illustration Practice (MFA)

Whitney Sherman, Director

Photographic and Electronic Media (MFA)

Tim Druckrey, Director

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Graphic Design

Sandie Maxa, Faculty Leader

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Fine Art

Bill Schmidt, Director

Rinehart School of Sculpture (MFA)

Maren Hassinger, Director

Social Design (MA)

Mike Weikert, Director

Studio Art (Low-Residency MFA)

Zlata Baum, Director

Teaching (MAT)

Shyla Rao; Matthew Sutherlin

Submission Guidelines

Starting September 21, 2012 prospective applicants to MICA's graduate community may upload a portfolio of artwork via mica.slideroom.com for review by graduate faculty. Please upload work to the 2012 ONLINE PORTFOLIO REVIEW program on SlideRoom, under the REVIEW EVENTS heading. Please note that materials uploaded to the application area will not be reviewed. During the upload process, select the program(s) that will review the portfolio. All portfolios must be received by October 19, 2012 to be reviewed. Although writing sample may be submitted as part of the review process, they are not required. Please note that SlideRoom charges a $10 submission fee in order to process and store your work for review.

The Office of Graduate Admission recommends reviewing each program's specific guidelines before uploading a portfolio. Program-specific requirements can be viewed by visiting Graduate Admission Procedures. Please note that a separate application and portfolio must be uploaded by January 15th, 2013 for application review.

Feedback

Participating students will receive feedback from graduate faculty beginning October 25, 2012 and concluding around November 15, 2012. Feedback will be sent to the email address provided when the portfolio is uploaded. MICA's graduate faculty provide short, specific critical feedback to your portfolio. This could include suggestions, critique, responses to specific pieces or simply a general review of your portfolio as a whole. A typical response is approximately 200 words.

No final decisions or admission offers will be made during the portfolio review; please complete all required application requirements by January 15th, 2012 to be considered for graduate admission. If you have any questions about these portfolio reviews, please contact Chris Harring, Associate Director of Graduate Admission, at charring@mica.edu.

Graduate Admission

  1. Application Deadline

    January 15, 2013

    Although the priority deadline of January 15 has passed, several programs will continue to accept applications for graduate admission. For a full list of program requirements and deadlines, click here. A separate application is not required for scholarship consideration; by completing the application for admission, prospective students will automatically be considered for merit-based funding. For more information on financial aid and scholarship, visit the graduate section of the Office of Financial Aid.