Before You Apply to Art School: Info You Need First

Explained are concrete strategies for how to approach creating artworks for the portfolio, suggestions for what art media to include, potential subject matter to explore, and discusses tutorials that will provide the resources and information to do so. Discussion led by RISD Adjunct Professor Clara Lieu.

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Clara Lieu was an Adjunct Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design from 2007-2020. Her artwork has been exhibited at the International Print Center NY, the Currier Museum, Childs Gallery, the Davis Museum, and more. Lieu received an artist fellowship from the MA Cultural Council, has written for the NY Times, and lectured at Brown University, the NAEA conference, and in Vancouver & China. She has been profiled in Artsy, Hyperallergic, KPCC, & WBUR.

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