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Portfolio Day: Schools of Art, Events, & SAC Alumni

PORTFOLIO www.portfolioday.net The Visual Arts department is directing interested students to attend the National Portfolio Day in Austin, Texas. Please visit the NPDA website to view Portfolio Day FAQs that will be helpful in assisting students prepare. Event info: When: Sat, Oct 10, 2009 Where: AT&T Exec. Education & Conf. Center (host: SVA) - Austin National Portfolio Day Location/Host: AT&T Exec. Education & Confernce Center (host: School of Visual Arts - NY - www.sva.edu ) 1900 University Avenue Austin, TX 78705 Majors and Concentrations offered in degree programs by art schools in the National Portfolio Day Association - portfolioday.net NPDA events are for undergraduate students only. San Francisco Art Institute	Visual Arts Center Gallery - Thur. Oct. 8. 2009. 9am - 2pm. San Francisco Art Institute and Kansas City Art Institute Reps will review portfolio work and provide information on art schools. 2009 NATIONAL PORTFOLIO DAY is Sat. Oct. 10 in Austin, Texas.
	The Museum. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Every year, from fall to spring, at the Visual Arts Center at San Antonio College, some Schools of Art will visit our department and hold portfolio day for our students. Reps from schools such as Kansas City Art Institute and School of the Art Institute of Chicago visit with students and review portfolios and work samples. School visits will be announced in classes as they develop. Inquire with your instructor or any full-time faculty member.	Eric Taylor. BFA, San Francisco Art Institute. (acrylic/canvas) Vanessa Centeno. BFA, San Francisco Art Institute. (acrylic/canvas)
	PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS AT PORTFOLIO DAY Below are some of the participating art schools at the Portfolio Day event in Austin, Texas. Alberta College of Art & Design Art Center College of Design California College of the Arts Carnegie Mellon University College for Creative Studies Columbus College of Art & Design Kansas City Art Institute Maryland Institute College of Art Massachusetts College of Art New York School of Interior Design Otis College of Art & Design Parsons The New School for Design Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Pratt Institute Rhode Island School of Design Rochester Institute of Technology San Francisco Art Institute School of the Museum of Fine Arts - Boston The Cooper Union School of Art School of the Art Institute of Chicago University of Texas at Austin, College of Fine Arts Washington University in St. Louis, College of Art	Contact: More Schools/Dates may be added. Check contact, below or any faculty member for more information and advisement. Check back for possible additional dates and schools to be added. For more information, conact: 210.486.1038 Mark Pritchett, Professor, Fine Arts Coordinator, Portfolio Days Committee Chair. Verify dates and times information at 210.486.1034 Visual Arts office or contact above. Savannah College of Art and Design
	Kansas City Art Institute
ABOUT PORTFOLIO DAY Go to www.portfolioday.net for information on National Portfolio Day. At San Antonio College, the Visual Arts Department, yearly since 1992, hosts local portfolio day events in the Visual Arts Center Gallery. Visits are held from prominent, Schools of Art from all over the U.S. School representatives conduct portfolio reviews for current college and high school students and provide information on the school, admissions, degrees offered, financial aid, scholarships and some include video presentations. Schools set up to visit with students in the Visual Arts Center Gallery, first floor. These visits to SAC and the VATC are in addition to the general National Portfolio Day in Austin. Ask your instructor or listen and be on the lookout for announcements of schools visiting the SAC Visual Arts department. Portfolio Days school visits may include: Portfolio Reviews for Visual Arts students. Video Presentation/School Information Topics covered: -Career Possibilities in Visual Arts -Differences between Art Colleges and -Universities -Portfolio Preparation -Scholarships -Financial Aid -Admission Requirements -Student and Alumni Work -Programs, Facilities, Philosophies -Internships and Residency Programs List of schools that have participated in the past and have had transfer students from this department include: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Kansas City Art Insitute Savannah College of Art and Design San Fransisco Art Institute California College of the Arts Art Center College of Design Maryland Institute College of Art Pratt Institute School of Visual Arts. New York
SAC VISUAL ARTS STUDENTS - PORTFOLIO DAY ALUMNI Visual Arts Alumni Art Institute and Schools of Art Transfer Students Lisa Alvarado/ The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Linda Arredondo/ MFA Candidate, Yale Kimberly Aubuchon/ BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Christina Ayala/ BFA, Kansas City Art Insitute Alfonso Cantu/ BFA, Kansas City Art Institute; MFA, Rutgers; ---- Post-Graduate work, Goldsmiths College, U. of London Jason Cardona/ Savannah College of Art and Design Wei To Chow/ School of Visual Arts. New York Vanessa Centeno/ BFA, San Fransisco Art Institute Michael Coyle/ The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Vanessa Correa/ Savannah College of Art and Design Ana Fernandez/ BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. MFA, UCLA James Gann/ BFA, School of Visual Arts. New York Quintin Gonzalez/ BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, MFA, Yale University Christopher Herbeck/ BFA, Pratt Institute. New York. Thomas Hodge/ The School of the Art Institute of Chicago S. Roxanne Hopper/ The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Shawn Lopez/ Savannah College of Art and Design Norbert C. Martinez/ The School of the Art Insitute of Chicago Sandra Martinez/ MFA, Yale Diogo Miranda/ The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Cole Montelongo/ BFA, San Fransisco Art Institute Erik Parker/ BFA, School of Visual Arts. NY. MFA, Hunter College. NY. Arthur Polendo/ BFA, California College of the Arts; ----- MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Kari Roberts/ The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Audrey Rodriguez/ Savannah College of Art and Design Eduardo Rodriguez/ BFA, MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Josh Rudloff/ Savannah College of Art and Design Brady Russell/ Minneapolis College of Art and Design Tirso Sigg/ Savannah College of Art and Design Troy Simpson/ Savannah College of Art and Design Edward Sousa/ The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Eric Taylor/ BFA, San Fransisco Art Institute If you know of someone, or are someone who should be added to this list, or have a correction, please contact Visual Arts Webmaster (erodriguez2 / @alamo.edu)

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