Portfolio Requirements

Applying as a transfer student? See transfer portfolio requirements.

FIRST YEAR FOUNDATION PORTFOLIO - SUBMIT ONLINE AT SLIDEROOM

PORTFOLIO
Applicants must submit their portfolio to us online at SlideRoom. Before you use SlideRoom please make sure that you have applied through ApplyBC and that you have received an email from us acknowledging your application. Access to SlideRoom will open September 15 and close February 1.  Applicants may upload images (jpg, png, gif) or video (mov, wmv, flv, mp4), music (mp3) and one PDF document. For good image quality and fast upload, your image files should be sized around 1024 x 768px @ 72 dpi.  Please keep video files under 120MB each and 2 - 3 minute clips.  Our SlideRoom portal offers additional instruction for submitting your work. For technical assistance , contact support@slideroom.com  . You can also access their help desk at http://slideroom.zendesk.com . SlideRoom will allow you to log in and edit your portfolio as much as you like; however, once you click on the submit button, you will no longer be able to make changes. REMEMBER you must click the submit button if you want us to review your portfolio, unsubmitted or pending portfolios will not be reviewed. A $12 USD fee will be charged at the time of submission. Please note that there are several programs listed at our SlideRoom portal; it is very important that you upload your images into the correct program that you are applying for.

A. 10-15 EXAMPLES OF YOUR ARTWORK SUBMITTED ONLINE AT SLIDEROOM

The portfolio is a collection of work and ideas that represents the state of your creative development. It represents your creativity, knowledge, interests and skills. All applicants to Emily Carr University must submit a portfolio as part of the admission process. There is no formula for an acceptable portfolio. The portfolio you prepare may take a variety of forms. The primary goal of the portfolio submission is to show us how you communicate ideas and make use of research processes and materials. You should submit your best and most recent work that represents your personal interests and your abilities.

Portfolios should include a range of some of the following:

  • Drawings, prints or paintings
  • Animation, film, video, audio recordings, ideas for scripts and storyboards
  • Photographs, collage and other mixed media work
  • Sculpture and ceramics
  • Designs for zines, websites, communication and industrial design
  • Performance art
  • Images from sketchbooks, journals and notebooks

We recommend that you include in your portfolio a range of work in a variety of media. Include works that are a reflection of your time and place in relation to the immediate world, tell a story or show how you have developed a theme or an idea in your work. Select and use materials and techniques that best suit your ideas. These may include two and three dimensional, traditional and nontraditional materials and techniques. It is recommended that at least 50% of your portfolio work should be original self-directed projects, i.e., work done outside of structured art classes. Note:  In order to show us research drawings and images from sketchbooks you may upload these examples as a multi page PDF document.  You are permitted one PDF file with a maximum 6 pages - note: this will be considered as one of your 10 - 15 image submissions. 

Suggested themes for self-initiated work could include:

  • Time and space
  • Map your week
  • History turned backwards
  • Social/political issues
  • Burning questions
  • Energy drains
  • Fragmented memories
  • Explorations of identity, gender issues, stereotypes
  • Social myths
  • Artist as documenter, witness, anthropologist or collector
  • Clothing as armor
  • Clothing and memory
  • Observations of the domestic realm
  • Transforming the familiar, the banal, into the sacred or absurd
  • Recurring dreams
  • Passages through the everyday
  • Public spaces/public experience

We value inventiveness and exploration. How imaginatively you develop and give form to your ideas will be important to the assessment committee.

B. QUESTIONNAIRE COMPLETED ONLINE AT SLIDEROOM

To further support your portfolio application we would like to find out more about you, what motivates you. Where do you find your inspiration and how do you presently relate to the world?  While there are no right or wrong answers to our questions, we want you to consider how your answers may enhance or contribute to our understanding of your portfolio work as we view it.

TRANSFER PORTFOLIO - SUBMIT ONLINE AT SLIDEROOM

PORTFOLIO
Applicants must submit their portfolio to us online at SlideRoom. Before you use SlideRoom please make sure that you have applied through ApplyBC and that you have received an email from us acknowledging your application. Access to SlideRoom will open September 15 and close February 1.  Applicants may upload images (jpg, png, gif) or video (mov, wmv, flv, mp4), music (mp3) and one PDF document. For good image quality and fast upload, your image files should be sized around 1024 x 768px @ 72 dpi.  Please keep video files under 120MB each and 2 - 3 minute clips.  Our SlideRoom portal offers additional instruction for submitting your work. For technical assistance, contact support@slideroom.com .  You can also access their help desk at http://slideroom.zendesk.com .  SlideRoom will allow you to log in and edit your portfolio as much as you like; however, once you click the submit button you will no longer be able to make changes. REMEMBER you must click the submit button if you want us to review your portfolio, unsubmitted or pending portfolios will not be reviewed. A $12 USD fee will be charged at the time of submission.  Please note that there are several programs listed at our SlideRoom portal; it is very important that you upload your images into the correct program that you are applying for.

A. 10-15 EXAMPLES OF YOUR ARTWORK SUBMITTED ONLINE AT SLIDEROOM

The portfolio is a collection of work and ideas demonstrating the state of your creative development. Your creativity, knowledge, interests, and skills are represented. All applicants to Emily Carr University must submit a portfolio as part of the admission process. There is no formula for an acceptable portfolio. The portfolio you prepare may take a variety of forms. Its primary goal is to show us how you communicate ideas and make use of research processes and materials. You should submit 10-15 examples of your most recent work that best represents your personal interests and abilities.

As a transfer applicant you are encouraged to include examples of work related to the specific program you are applying for. Select and use materials and techniques that best suit your ideas. These may include two and three-dimensional, traditional and nontraditional materials and techniques. It is recommended that at least 50% of your portfolio work should be original self-directed projects, i.e., work done outside of structured art classes.  Note:  In order to show us research drawings and images from sketchbooks you may upload these examples as a multi page PDF document.  You are permitted one PDF file with a maximum 6 pages - note: this will be considered as one of your 10 - 15 image submissions. 

We value inventiveness and exploration. How imaginatively you develop and give form to your ideas will be important to the assessment committee.

B. QUESTIONNAIRE COMPLETED ONLINE AT SLIDEROOM

To further support your portfolio application we would like to find out more about you, what motivates you, where do you find your inspiration and how do you presently relate to the world?  While there are no right or wrong answers to our questions; we want you to consider how your answers may enhance or contribute to our understanding of your portfolio work as we view it.