FEATURED ART SCHOOLS
PRATT
INSTITUTE
Pratt Institute provides the creative leaders of tomorrow the knowledge and experience to make a better world. A top-ranked college with opportunities in art, design, architecture, liberal arts and sciences, and information studies, Pratt offers nearly 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
The Institute’s impact expands beyond its 25-acre residential campus in Brooklyn to cutting-edge facilities throughout the borough, a landmark building and public gallery in Manhattan, as well as an extension campus, PrattMWP College of Art and Design in Utica, New York. Since its founding in 1887, Pratt has prioritized diversity and inclusion, welcoming students from all walks of life while developing and sustaining pathways to more equitable workplaces and careers.
APPLICATION
REQUIREMENTS
Pratt requires a visual or writing portfolio for all majors but construction management. View the application requirements pages for more details.
Visual Portfolio Guidelines
- 12-20 (including observational drawings pieces of your best and most recent work.
- In addition to the above, students must submit 3-5 drawings from observation
- Should consist of a variety of media and approaches.
- Can include assignment-based projects, self-directed work and sketchbook work
- Portfolio does not need to be major-specific and can include any type of work including paintings, drawings, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, etc.
- Please do not include work that copies photographs, uses the grid system or directly replicates any other artist's work (including replicating anime drawings, cartoons, or video game character designs).
- Please do not submit drawings from imagination or copied from photographs for the observational work. This is fine, however, for pieces other than observational work.
