02. Portfolio

Introduction

Now that you have considered your statement, résumé, and CV. You will use this to re-evaluate the existing work that you have, and work you'd like to add, in order make it the work and your statement a cohesive whole.

Objectives

• Gain greater facility with curating and assessing one's own body of work.
• Gain greater facility on documenting and organizing one's own body of work (digital & analog)
• Gain greater facility writing about the contents, and aesthetic and conceptual goals of your work.

Deliverables

• 3-5 portfolio pieces. They can be new, old or reworked. They should have good scans or documentation as well.
• Descriptions for each piece. This should be about a paragraph of each piece as well as information about dimensions, etc.
• A .PDF containing all the above. This should have a clear designed aesthetic, aligned with your work and statement.

Grading Rubric

%	Description
20.0%	All pieces, descriptions, and deliverables are present
20.0%	Critical thought related to cohesive narrative of work & statement
20.0%	Digital & Analog craft in all work is evident. It is either excellent or non-negligibly improved
20.0%	New and old pieces are thoroughly considered in relation to existing narrative from statement
10.0%	Files are organized and easy to navigate
10.0%	Descriptions of work show thoughtful curation

Relevant Dates

• 03/02/2026 → Introduction & Review Portfolio Inventory. In-class work on descriptions

• 03/09/2026 → Review drafts of PDF portfolios

• 03/16/2026 → (Ramon Tejada workshop)

• 03/23/2026 → (SPRING BREAA A A A A K!)

• 03/30/2026 → Review Portfolios, Statement, CV. Final submission for homework.