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Applicants offered admission will be required to submit official transcripts (as well as official certified translations and evaluations of the transcripts/mark sheets and degree certifications if the degree was earned outside of the U.S.) to The New School. Admitted applicants must submit all official transcripts pertaining to their entire academic career.
Curriculum Vitae:
Submit a brief résumé/curriculum vitae summarizing your academic qualifications, relevant work experience, volunteer/community work, travel, exhibitions, public speaking, or any other relevant experiences as they may relate to your field of study, including dates and positions held. Please also note any special language or computer skills that you have.
Personal Statement:
Please outline your reasons for applying to this program. In what ways will you contribute to the subject matter of the program? You should include a thoughtful description of your background, tentative plan of study or area of inquiry in the field as you now envision it, your professional goals, and an explanation of how this graduate program will help you realize those goals. If you have not been enrolled as a student in the past five years, please address anticipated opportunities and challenges in pursuing the degree, and future career expectations upon completion of the program.
Recommendation Letter:
You are required to submit two letters of recommendation from faculty or people with whom you have worked professionally. Recommenders can submit recommendations online. Instructions are included with the online application. If preferred, the recommendation form can instead be sent by mail in a signed, sealed envelope. To send by mail, download the PDF recommendation form found in the online application, complete the personal information, save the form, and forward it to the recommender for completion and submission. Applicants can also send signed and sealed recommendations to the Office of Admission using an Application Materials Cover Sheet.
Portfolio:
The portfolio must be completed in SlideRoom only. The purpose of the portfolio is to communicate your perspectives on textile design and your singular creative talent. Create a compelling portfolio with up to 40 items that illustrate your conceptual skills, your taste in textiles, your making talent and more. The portfolio should represent an original view of your creative character as a conceptual thinking and your making skills as a designer. Include work that best demonstrates your creative vision from previous experiences. You can include images of the concept work you have established, photos of your textile designs, yarns and color studies, and fiber applications. Please include a brief description of each item that you upload. If you want to include short films such as installation, performance, or live work/process, submit them using SlideRoom. Please do NOT submit an additional hard-copy portfolio to the office of admission. All items that you want the faculty to review on behalf of your portfolio submission should be submitted through SlideRoom only; not by mail.