Art Portfolio Preparation & College Admissions Counseling by Barry Beach - Portfolio prep is my specialty, with 11 years experience in portfolio preparation and college admissions for students applying to art programs. A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, my students are accepted to top programs.
I help visual arts students decide which college programs fit their needs, create portfolio artwork, photograph artwork and digitally edit portfolios to use in college applications, whether for colleges of art or universities. I offer the following services for students applying to college programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels:
Portfolio Preparation Services for Visual Artists, Designers, Animators and Architects
• Fair and honest constructive critique about current artistic development
• Portfolio preparation advice - selecting strongest works for portfolio and explaining why
• Suggestions for improving portfolio • Individualized assignments to create portfolio art
• Course recommendations to develop portfolio at high school, pre-college programs, and other institutions
• Pre-college summer program suggestions and application assistance
• Customizing portfolios to match each college application
• Professionally portfolio photography, image cleaning and editing
• Resizing digital images for each application
Specialized College Advising Services for for Visual Artists, Designers, Animators and Architects
• Discuss differences between art and architecture programs to help students decide which is best for them
• Help students evaluate whether a liberal arts college, university or a college of art is best for them
• Help studends decide which college degree(s) are best suited for their interests
• Help students decide which colleges they are interested in
• College major guidance - which area(s) of study using interest profiling and research
• Developing a college list and narrowing choices to find a good “fit” based on interests
• Reviewing college essays and making suggestions for improvement
• Providing financial aid and merit aid information
• Assisting with the college transfer process
Professional Services for Visual Artists
• Artwork photography services
• Artist residency information and research - finding residencies that fit the needs of each artist.
• Artist statement review- helping artists express their visual ideas with words.
• Applying to MFA (Masters of Fine Arts) programs - finding programs that fit the needs of each artist
