{"id":13,"date":"2013-12-25T17:16:03","date_gmt":"2013-12-25T17:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diap.art.ccny.cuny.edu\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:04:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:04:36","slug":"portfolio-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/art.ccny.cuny.edu\/diap\/?page_id=13","title":{"rendered":"Portfolio Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>[DIAP] MFA Digital Portfolio Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"pdf\/diap_application_guidelines.pdf\"> Download complete [DIAP] MFA Procedures, Guidelines, and Requirements [pdf] <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Online Digital Portfolio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please submit work samples from any of the following categories. The number of projects presented in your portfolio should not be more than 10 and no less than 6. If a work is a series, please note this and present the work as a series and not as individual pieces in your portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>You can submit your work as a download link (Dropbox or Google Drive) or as a website (URL). If you submit a website, the website should be designed specifically for your application! There you can add a link to your general website, if you want to provide more information or works.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nStill Images<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If your submission is entirely still images, you must submit 15-20 images<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Still images must be either JPEG or TIFF files, maximum dimensions of 1920 x 1440 and no larger than 3MB file size.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Images must be correctly rotated for viewing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Each file must be named with the applicant&#8217;s Lastname_Firstname_xx.ext<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> Documentation of Still Image work should include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A thumbnail with an image of the work captioned with title, medium, date, dimensions<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">A brief description of the artwork<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">A technical description of the artwork if applicable<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong> Time-based work<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For time-based and Interactive work, submit 6-10 work samples total<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Time based work needs to be accessible online (Vimeo, YouTube or other host).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">For time-based work, give us a cue point; otherwise only the first three minutes will be viewed. A maximum of 15 minutes of video per application will be viewed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Each file must be named with the applicant&#8217;s Lastname_Firstname_xx.ext<\/span><\/li>\n<li>You can add up to three images per video<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> Documentation of time-based work should include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A representative still of each track should be in the PDF documentation captioned with the title of the work, and the length and cue point of segments to be viewed.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Brief project and technical description (e.g., is this an excerpt or the entire work, is it documenting a work or is the video an artwork in itself, etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong> Interactive work or other computer-based work<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For time-based and Interactive work, submit 6-10 work samples total<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">You can upload work to Vimeo, YouTube or another hosting service. A maximum of 15 minutes of video per application will be viewed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Each file must be named with the applicant&#8217;s Lastname_Firstname_xx.ext<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">An URL for the artwork, if appropriate<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> Documentation of Interactive work should include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A thumbnail with an image of the work captioned with title, medium, date<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Brief project and technical description. In your technical description please explain what technologies you used in your project and why, and list your technical specs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Other Application Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Transcripts<\/strong><br \/>\nOfficial transcripts from each degree-granting institution attended are emailed or mailed to CCNY Admissions as per the instructions on the CCNY application system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Letters of Recommendation<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo to three letters of recommendation should be submitted. The letters should discuss the quality of the creative work, potential and other related aspects. These should be from former instructors or creative professionals who know your work. Letters should be written on letterhead and with the recommender\u2019s signature. Recommendation letters are submitted by the recommender through the <a href=\"https:\/\/welcome.ccny.cuny.edu\/apply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CCNY online system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nIf requested in the online system, please send requested materials to the office of graduate admissions and make sure your name and the program you are applying to is included in the mail:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe City College of New York<br \/>\nOffice of Admissions<br \/>\nWille Administration Building, A-101<br \/>\n160 Convent Avenue<br \/>\nNew York, NY 10031<br \/>\nPhone: 212-650-6977<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[DIAP] MFA Digital Portfolio Requirements Download complete [DIAP] MFA Procedures, Guidelines, and Requirements [pdf] Online Digital Portfolio Please submit work samples from any of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29,"parent":4,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/art.ccny.cuny.edu\/diap\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/art.ccny.cuny.edu\/diap\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/art.ccny.cuny.edu\/diap\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art.ccny.cuny.edu\/diap\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art.ccny.cuny.edu\/diap\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/art.ccny.cuny.edu\/diap\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3370,"href":"https:\/\/art.ccny.cuny.edu\/diap\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/3370"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art.ccny.cuny.edu\/diap\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art.ccny.cuny.edu\/diap\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/art.ccny.cuny.edu\/diap\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}