Arts Portfolio Interest Form

Applicant Information

Please use the same name and email address that you have or will be using on your admission application to Davidson College.

How to submit supplemental materials to your portfolio:

Complete this form.
Submit your admission application to Davidson College.
Access your applicant portal to upload and manage your arts submissions.

First Name*

Middle Name

Last Name*

Birthdate*

Email Address*

High School*

Decision Plan*

Early Decision I (submit by November 15)

Early Decision II (submit by January 5)

Regular Decision (submit by January 12)

Transfer (submit by April 1)

Areas of Interest

Creative Writing

What are your plans for creative writing involvement in college?

Please select the Davidson College organization(s) that you are interested in (if any):

Exit 30 Literary Magazine

FreeWord Poetry Group

Hobart Park Literary Journal

Libertas

Please upload to your applicant portfolio a writing sample of no more than 10 pages of your best creative writing, or a video file of your performance poetry.

For poetry, single-space all entries. Submit no more than 10 poems; do not exceed 10 pages. Please use the .pdf format.
For fiction or creative nonfiction, double-space all entries. Complete works or excerpts from larger works are welcome; label them accordingly. Do not exceed 10 pages. Please use the .pdf format.
For mixed genre portfolios, single-space all poems and double-space all prose, labeled accordingly. Do not exceed 10 pages. Please use the .pdf format.
For performance poetry, submit a video of work written and performed by you, of no more than 10 minutes.

Do not submit a scholarly essay; the portfolio should only include your creative writing.

Note: If you are interested in pursuing the Patricia Cornwell Creative Writing Scholarship, you will also need to complete the scholarship application.

Dance

What are your plans for dance involvement in college?

Please select the Davidson College dance ensemble(s) that you are interested in (if any):

Dance Ensemble

Davidson Bhangra

Gamut Dance Company

Please upload to your applicant portfolio:

a letter discussing the role of dance in your life and
two or three unedited videos, each up to ten minutes in length. Videos may be:
- you performing the work of another in either a formal performance or rehearsal setting
- your own presentation of a piece that you have choreographed or are improvising
- or another dancer performing a piece you have choreographed.

Please label each accordingly, so that we are able to identify your role in each work.

Note: This form also serves as your application for the Perry A. and Lillie Duke Clements Sloan Scholarship.

Music

Please fill out the fields indicating your musical interests.

Select your instrument or vocal range from the drop-down list below. (You may select more than one. Mac users, press the Command key before clicking to select multiple items; PC users, press the Control key before clicking to select multiple items.)

What are your plans for musical involvement in college?

Composition (list representative compositions)

Songwriting (list representative songs)

Other Interest

Please upload to your applicant portfolio a video file of no more than 10 minutes, showcasing your talent as a performer or composer.
If you are submitting a composition portfolio, you may submit either a video or audio recording of a digital or live performance. Notated scores are welcome but not required.
In the field below list and describe the media files that you will be uploading to your applicant portfolio.

Note: If you are interested in pursuing a Music Scholarship, you will also need to complete the scholarship application.

This form also serves as your application for the Perry A. and Lillie Duke Clements Sloan Scholarship.

Theatre

What are your plans for theatre involvement in college?

Please select the Davidson College performance group(s) that you are interested in (if any):

Dionysia Theater Group

Mainstage Productions

Musical Theatre

Oops! Improv Comedy

Please upload to your applicant portfolio an audio or video file of no more than 10 minutes, showcasing your talent as a performer or composer.

In the field below list and describe the media files that you will be uploading to your applicant portfolio.

Note: This form also serves as your application for the Perry A. and Lillie Duke Clements Sloan Scholarship.

Visual Arts

What are your plans for visual arts involvement in college?

Please upload to your applicant portfolio no more than 5-15 images of your work. (10-15 images gives our faculty reviewers a better sense of your studio practice than 5 images. Please indicate if work was completed for a class.)

Each image must be uploaded as an individual media file.
Once the files have been uploaded, please open each slide and include its title, dimensions, year completed, and media description.
When organizing portfolios, it is important to take sharp photos of artwork ideally with neutral backgrounds and/or to have good quality edits of video-based works.
The portfolio should present the applicant's unique approach to creating art. Evidence of innovative experimentation with concepts and techniques is encouraged.

Note: This form also serves as your application for the Pepper Visual Arts Scholarship.

Alto
Banjo
Bass clarinet
Bass/Baritone
Bassoon
Cello
Clarinet
Contrabass
Contrabassoon
Drums (jazz)
Drums (rock, pop)
Electric bass
English horn
Euphonium
Fiddle
Flute
French horn
Guitar (classical)
Guitar (folk)
Guitar (jazz)
Guitar (rock, pop)
Harp
Harpsichord
Mandolin
Oboe
Organ
Other
Percussion
Piano (classical)
Piano (jazz)
Piccolo
Saxophone (classical)
Saxophone (jazz)
Soprano
Tenor
Trombone
Trumpet
Tuba
Upright bass (jazz)
Vibraphone
Viola
Violin
Xylophone