Portfolios
Students applying for admission into Tyler’s art education, art therapy, graphic and interactive design, studio art, and visual studies programs must also submit a portfolio. Studio art includes ceramics, fibers and material studies, glass, metals/jewelry/CAD-CAM, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture.
Portfolios are optional for those applying to architecture and environmental design programs. If submitting a portfolio for architecture and environmental design programs, please include any creative or technical work done in the past two years.
Portfolio Requirements
Portfolios should consist of 10 to 20 pieces of original artwork, including the following.
In addition to original artwork, written responses to the following must be included.
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Your intended major
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A list of art and/or design courses taken in school, pre-college program or community organization
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How Tyler can support you in reaching your personal and professional goals
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Your process for one of the projects in your portfolio
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Who or what influenced you to pursue an education in an art, architecture or built environment discipline
Applicants who submit a portfolio will automatically be considered for a Portfolio Merit Scholarship. If submitting more than 10 images, only the first 10 will be reviewed for scholarship consideration.