<p>I am sending in my application along with an art portfolio very soon. It says on Brown’s Visual Art Department website that “approximately 10 color prints of work” are necessary for an art portfolio. What does this refer to? Simply printing from my computer the images of my pieces?</p>
<p>I wouldn't print; try to put your work on a CD instead. Or use slides, if you can get them.</p>
<p>Hey I sent brown an e-mail and they said that a CD would be just fine. I sent a little more than ten pictures</p>
<p>I was told by an associate professor at the visual art department (via e-mail) NOT to send a CD. I don't think I have access to slides, and she mentioned I should either do prints or slides.</p>
<p>Brown told me that a CD was fine, though, so I sent that in.</p>
<p>Oh dear, more panic fodder :)</p>
<p>When my D sent her portfolio, 2 years ago, they said SLIDES, not CD. That may have changed over these couple of years. However, if the VA department said slides or prints, that is better info than admissions saying a CD is OK. The admissions committee doesn't look at the portfolio, the VA department does. Then, when she arrived on campus in September 2007, she entered her work to see if she could enroll in the advanced intro studio course and she needed slides or photos for that as well. Not a CD. But, again, that was a couple of years ago. Follow the directions of the department.</p>
<p>I don't know what a "print" refers to.</p>
<p>A print is a photograph that is not a slide or on a CD. You take pictures of your work, because you cannot submit the real work.</p>
<p>Does that mean I am submitting a photograph that I must have developed by a store or individual, or am I to print my photographs from my computer? That's all I'm asking.</p>
<p>Either way-- you can scan and print yourself, if you have a good printer. I would not print on regular printer paper, but you probably already know that. You can also take your disk with photos on it to a print shop and have them make the prints. Your printer needs to be pretty good to do this work. If you use film, which not too many folks use these days, you would take the film to a lab and have them develop it. Be certain to follow the specifications that the school suggests, regarding size of prints, for example.</p>
<p>All right, thank you, that is very helpful. I guess I'll figure out which method I'm going to use.</p>
<p>well i sent prints, because i felt like they would be able to look at that more easily. It would be much more immediate than sending in cd or slides. And I only sent nine.</p>
<p>This is from the Admissions site:
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Art portfolios should be designed to reveal and/or highlight the applicant's creative potential. Applicants are encouraged to present a diverse body of work focusing on individual artistic strengths and interests. Please do not send the original piece of art. Include one sheet of 10-20 slides, or approximately 10 color prints of your work with an accompanying list of the pieces including title, size, and medium. We encourage drawings, paintings, collage, sculpture, photography, books, and mixed media; we discourage the submission of ceramics, jewelry, and other crafts.
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It's pretty clear.</p>