Programs and Courses: Graduate Program: Portfolio Requirements
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Digital Portfolios
Digital files must be formatted for Macintosh® computers and prepared in strict adherence to the specifications outlined below. To accompany your digital submission, please enclose a printed hardcopy inventory page, headed with your name listing a description of each work in chronological order, most recent to earliest. The description should indicate whether the images are photographs of objects, installations, or events, and whether the work takes the form of a photograph or if the work is digital (e.g., '1. 2005. Digital photograph of installation with steel, wire screen, and electronics. Untitled'). A digital version of this inventory should also be included.
For Your Disk
All submissions must be on a single CD (or DVD for videos). The CD/DVD must be Macintosh-readable. It should be sent in a paper sleeve in an 8 x 10 envelope, with your name and email on the CD, the sleeve, and the envelope.
For the files on your disk
A total of twenty (20) still images and/or videos may be submitted, and they should be numbered 1-20. Still images must be in a folder named with this convention: 01_LastnameFirstnameStills (e.g., 01_SarriaJoseStills ). All still images must be RGB color in TIFF or JPEG format and can be no larger than 5 megabytes each. It isn't necessary to format (e.g., PowerPoint or PDF). Name and number all files 00_LastnameFirstname.tif (e.g., 12_SarriaJoseStills.tif) or 00_LastnameFirstname.jpg (e.g., 13_SarriaJoseStills.jpg).
All videos must be in the QuickTime format. You may submit up to 10 total minutes of video. Please do not send composite still images. Videos must be in a folder named LastnameFirstnameOther (e.g.,SarriaJoseStillsOther). If you would like your cd/dvd/video returned, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope of appropriate size with proper postage. Mail to the following address:
Department of Art Practice
Attn: Grad Assistant
345 Kroeber Hall #3750,
UC Berkeley,
Berkeley, CA 94720-3750
Slide Portfolios
Slides must be sent in a Kodak Transvue 80 Chargeur carousel slide tray. Check the Internet if you are unable to obtain a carousel at your local photo supply store. Ebay or Amazon are good sources. Submit no more than twenty (20) professional-quality color slides-35mm only. The slides should indicate your major interest and direction and, in addition, should demonstrate your ability. Sort the slides in chronological order beginning with the most recent (at least half should represent work done in the last year). Mark the front of each slide (do not use labels to mark slides as these can jam in the projector) with your name and the date in the upper left corner. The Department of Art Practice will not take responsibility for improperly packaged or postaged carousels that are lost in the mail.
We cannot accept slide sheets.
The following instructions must be strictly adhered to in the packaging of the carousel slide box:
- Slide Inventory: Enclose in the carousel box a printed page, headed with your name, current email address and phone number, and a listing for each slide in chronological order (latest to earliest): date of the work, dimensions of the work, medium, and title if any (e.g., 1. 2005. 48≤ x 36≤, oil on canvas. Untitled). Also, please label each slide.
- Return Postage: If you would like your slides returned, you must include an affixed return address label and correct postage which will be revealed when the original slide package is opened, with your name and address clearly printed on it. Slides will be returned via parcel post unless you prefer (and pay for) an alternate method. Be sure not to put tape over stamps.
- Packing and Shipping: To package your slides, cover only the top of the carousel box (use only a designated carousel box, not any other kind of box) in plain brown craft paper. Affix to the top of the carousel box a typed (or clearly printed) mailing label with the name and address to which you would like it returned as well as correct postage. This should be equivalent to the cost of mailing. Then wrap the carousel box completely in plain brown paper, or insert it in a large padded mailer. Do not send unboxed carousels or use any other odd box for return mailing as we do not have storage space for extra or odd-sized boxes and they will be discarded. Place your name and return address in the top left corner and center the following mailing address:
Department of Art Practice
Attn: Grad Assistant
345 Kroeber Hall #3750,
UC Berkeley,
Berkeley, CA 94720-3750
You may ship your work via any reliable carrier, including United Parcel Service (UPS) or the U.S. Postal Service. International applicants may also use DHL.
Do Not Submit:
- Any additional unrequested materials, such as fancy binders of any kind (plastic, metal, etc.), because we will have to take it apart to create our own folders. Do not do anything to "gussy up" your materials (no feathers, seashells, photos, fur, liquids).
- Duplicate pages of the application in book form of any kind.
- photos or originals of your work.
- PLEASE NOTE: The department will not be responsible for the return of any unrequested items.