Portfolio Review Days at AUArts

Portfolio Review Day is a great opportunity for future AUArts students. Get some 1-on-1 time with our faculty, learn how portfolios are evaluated, and get some helpful tips on how to make your portfolio more impactful. 

Review Days if you're looking to join our community as a student, but is also open to anyone looking to get a head start on their creative portfolio.

Fall IN-PERSON Portfolio Review Day 
November 28, 2026
12:00 - 4:00pm MST

Register today - Limited space is available! 

Registration to select your meeting time will be available at a later date, limited space available.

For your review please have ready some examples of your best, most recent work, along with descriptions ready to be discussed with faculty. 

Ideas of what to prepare:

• Finished artwork related to your program of interest (for example: photos of or actual ceramic pieces, illustrations of characters, short animations, etc.),
• In-process artwork (or photos of different stages of your process),
• Sketchbook with rough drawings, ideas, research, practice studies,
• Observational studies (in a sketchbook, digital sketch, etc.)
• Descriptions of your artwork. Faculty will be interested to hear your thought process, or the reason behind why you made what you are presenting,
• Anything else you think is a good representation of your skills!
• We recommend preparing no more than 12 pieces as you will only have 20 minutes with the faculty member. 

Recommendations of how to present your artwork:

• Faculty love to see physical pieces at Portfolio Review Day - Physical artworks could be paintings on canvases, sculptures, fibre arts,
• A laptop/tablet with a slideshow/website of digital artworks or digital photography (wifi is available),
• Printed images of digital artworks or digital photography (in a booklet or singular pages compiled together),
• Using one of the AUArts portfolio templates and printing the document or bringing a laptop/tablet for presenting.

It is also recommended to bring copies of your high school and/or post-secondary transcripts. Our Admissions team will be available to review your academics to ensure you meet our minimum academic requirements.