TOP IN PORTFOLIO CENTER Top Art & Design Portfolio Development
College/Scholarship Application MentoringProfessional Career & Life Coaching
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What you need to know about TOP IN PORTFOLIO
TOP IN PORTFOLIO CENTER works on students' development of professional art and design portfolio for undergraduate and graduate application, creates tactics and strategies for top scholarship opportunities based on students' strengths, taps on their application package design with advisement on writing techniques and graphic design, and assists in students' long-term career development through ICF life coaching efforts based on positive one-on-on student relationship. With years of teaching and coaching experiences, TOP IN PORTFOLIO CENTER has witnessed various sucesss stories among our students.
Our students have been accepted to the following top art & design programs with Scholarship offers:
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Pratt Institute
California College of the Arts
Stanford University
New York University
The New School
The Savannah College of Art and Design
School of Visual Arts
Ringling College of Art and Design
Maryland Institute College of Art
University of Florida
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OUR SERVICES
Mentors
Katie Xiaoxue Liu
I am a professional artist who has traveled to many countries to showcase my art works, and a working artist teaching aspiring artists. I am uniquely qualified to help a school or organization to meet their artistic goals. A recipient of 2018 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards as an outstanding educator whose dedication, commitment, and
guidance are represented by student work selected for national honors.
I work with local and online students to create art works by using watercolor, oil painting, acrylic painting and print-making methods. I demonstrates each art method step by step, using age-appropriate projects (8-11 years old, 12-16 years old), and high school and college students (local and international) to improve their portfoolio.
All of them have been accepted by top art colleges with scholarship, such as Rhode Island School of Design, Ringling College of Art and Design, School of Visual Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Savannah College of Art and Design, California College of the Arts.
EDUCATION
ANIMATION, MA. SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, SAVANNAH GA. 2011
GRAPHIC DESIGN, BFA. UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT, CT. 2006
PRINT-MAKING, BFA. NANJING ART UNIVERSITY OF CHINA. 2003
Lin Sun, PhD
A design professor, researcher, and entrepreneur, Lin actively teaches graphic communication with her artistic endeavours in advertising and branding. In research she brings a passion for typography, creative imaging, and digital technologies for sustainable design. Lin is a member of AIGA, who frequently make presentations in national and international professional conferences. She founded Mubranding Academy of Art and Design in 2007 and teach art and computer graphic design (digital illustration, graphic design, video production, animation) to students aged 10~18. Her students go to Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), New York University, Stanford University, School of Visual Arts, etc., with top scholarship offerings. In addition to her art teaching, she trains students creative writing, professional grant/essay writing, portfolio presentation reviewing, etc.. She is also a ICF certified advanced life coaching who assist executive functioning development among youth and college students for their academic and career success.
EDUCATION
PhD, Program of Graphic Communication Management and Technology, Department of Media, Culture, & Communication, New York University, New York, USA, 2007
M.S., Educational Technology, Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, USA, 2001
B.A., Journalism & Communication, University of International Relations, Beijing, China, 1999
Art & Design College Portfolio & Application Timeline
We recommend a minimum of one year in college application preparation prior to Early Decision deadlines (usually in November and December). Student's timeline is different based on the academic programs and majors they're applying for, and their previous art & design learning experience. For example, animation programs typically require more figure-drawing and character-design artwork than other majors. Students who have taken more than three years of art extracurricular lessons may be more proficient than students with no drawing skills, and thus take shorter time. Please contact us for the initial consultation session.
Strategic Planning
We analyze the student's strengths and weaknesses based on previous experience and career interest, and help form a concrete academic plan prior to portfolio development. Parent opinions are respected but not required. With the academic plan, we'll create a tentative timeline with teaching contents and suggested portfolio sections enlisted.
Strategic Planning
We analyze the student's strengths and weaknesses based on previous experience and career interest, and help form a concrete academic plan prior to portfolio development. Parent opinions are respected but not required. With the academic plan, we'll create a tentative timeline with teaching contents and suggested portfolio sections enlisted.
Career & Life Coaching
We help students make progress to attain greater fulfillment in day-to-day lives. We help students recognize their unique skills and strengths, clarify their goals, identify the obstacles, and come up with strategies for overcoming each obstacle. College application can be a very stressful process for a family. By helping our students to make the most of their strengths, we provide the support the family needs to achieve long-lasting positive change. We typically work with students in these areas: time management and planning, emotional management, stress & anger management, positive thinking, irritability, inability to break bad habits, sense of blocked creativity, lack of fulfillment in your social life, etc..
Career & Life Coaching
We help students make progress to attain greater fulfillment in day-to-day lives. We help students recognize their unique skills and strengths, clarify their goals, identify the obstacles, and come up with strategies for overcoming each obstacle. College application can be a very stressful process for a family. By helping our students to make the most of their strengths, we provide the support the family needs to achieve long-lasting positive change. We typically work with students in these areas: time management and planning, emotional management, stress & anger management, positive thinking, irritability, inability to break bad habits, sense of blocked creativity, lack of fulfillment in your social life, etc..
Portfolio Development through Teaching
The following teaching contents are offered at TOP IN PORTFOLIO CENTER to students applying to art schools: traditional drawing, advanced and figure drawing, traditional illustration, creative art, digital art, digital illustration, graphic design, video production, website design, etc.. Our students typically go to those programs: studio art, animation, illustration, graphic design, video production, and others.
Portfolio Development through Teaching
The following teaching contents are offered at TOP IN PORTFOLIO CENTER to students applying to art schools: traditional drawing, advanced and figure drawing, traditional illustration, creative art, digital art, digital illustration, graphic design, video production, website design, etc.. Our students typically go to those programs: studio art, animation, illustration, graphic design, video production, and others.
Creative Writing
Creative writing is taught to improve the student's essay and/or artist statement, and other related document (recommendation letters, resume, assignments, etc.) write-up.
Application Package Display Review
Graphic design, website design, video and audio production are often needed in the overall display of the student's portfolio contents. We teach and help our students develop such skills on a short-term project-based learning plan.
Selected Students Portfolios
Our students have demonstrated national top level artistic and design skills in their portfolios, and have been accepted by the top art programs in USA.
Selected Acceptance Letters
Online Mentoring & Coaching
We offer all the above services to our students online through Zoom Classroom. Please contact us for more information.
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