By: Nick Kieser
For students at Volunteer State Community College and who are interested in displaying their artwork, there is a National Portfolio Day taking place at Watkins College of Art in downtown Nashville.
The event is on Oct. 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. open to the public and is free of charge.
“We are trying to encourage a lot of our art majors who are interested in pursuing art-related degrees. It includes things for architecture, graphic design, fashion design, and other things as well,” said art teacher Nate Smyth.
According to www.Watkins.edu, National Portfolio Day gives the opportunity to meet with experienced college representatives who will review artwork, offer critiques, discuss college plans, and share information about their schools.
“If they have questions about the school or the program they can answer the questions, and usually have swag to give away,” said Smyth.
“I used to work these events as an assistant director of graduate admissions at the School of Art Institution of Chicago, and we used to give out outrageous amounts of stuff,” said Smyth.
Additionally, on the site as well there is an opportunity to be able to show personal artwork publicly.
The way a student or a young professional can participate in this is to register online.
“Any art school you go to you’ll need a portfolio. This gives students an incentive to show their work and really try to show their best,” said student Taylor Phillips.
According to a flyer that is posted on the second floor of the Steinhauer-Rogan-Black building down the art hallway there will be 23 schools represented at the event including the host school as well.
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