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Studio Art Scholarships at Carthage

Carthage offers a number of competitive scholarships to prospective art majors, and smaller scholarships to art minors. These scholarships are awarded based upon a cumulative review of a candidate's application for admission to Carthage, in addition to a review of the applicant's Studio Art Portfolio by members of the faculty of the Art Department. Faculty members will conduct portfolio reviews on the following dates:

  • Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011
  • Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011
  • Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011
  • Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011

The results of all Studio Art Portfolio reviews will be included in applicants' financial aid packages developed in March by the Office of Financial Aid.

To make an appointment for a portfolio review, please contact Karen Peters, administrative assistant to the Division of Fine Arts, kpeters@carthage.edu, or (262) 551-5859.

Many students have their portfolio reviewed when they are on campus for the Presidential Scholarship competition on one of the four dates listed above. Portfolios must be reviewed by Feb. 28, 2011, to be considered as part of the financial aid package.

Students applying for an Art Scholarship at Carthage College are asked to present a portfolio of their artwork for an in-person review. The portfolio will consist of 15 art pieces in a variety of media. You are asked to bring a digital copy of the works on a CD with .jpg image files in addition to the actual works on the day of your portfolio review. You will take the works themselves home after the review but will leave the CD for review by the entire Art Department faculty. The CD should include a text document with information about each piece in your portfolio: title, date, medium, size.

The following suggestions will help you in the selection of your work:

  • Have an art teacher or mentor help you to choose your best and most representative works. This work should represent a mature approach to applying basic art principals.
  • The portfolio should demonstrate the breadth of accomplishment in different media such as drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, clay, metal, wood, etc. It is recommended that the portfolio include the variety of media that the applicant has studied.
  • Works that are too large to be brought to Carthage may be represented only on the digital portfolio CD that you bring with you on the day of your review.
  • All 2-D work should be matted and presented in a clean, professional manner. The work need not be framed.

For more information, please contact:

Kimberly Greene
Chair, Department of Art
Assistant Professor of Art
kgreene@carthage.edu
(262) 551-2134