OCSA Portfolio

About

This unique art and illustration program is tailored for students from 5th to 8th grade. This class thoroughly prepares students for OCSA’s Visual Arts, Design & Media, Production & Design programs. Students will create works of art that meet the portfolio guidelines required for OCSA's VA, DM and PD programs.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the program, you should be able to:

Prepare exceptional portfolio for OCSA Visual Arts / Design & Media / Production & Design.
Experience drawing and painting from observation
Experience in Basic and advanced illustration
Experience advanced oversized work & 3D work

What We Do

Visual Arts: 7th & 9th grade application

Production & Design: 7th & 9th grade application

Design & Media: 9th grade application

At ICON, we offer a portfolio preparation program for OCSA admission in Visual Arts / Design & Media / Production & Design. This is a unique art and illustration program tailored for students from 5th to 8th graders. This class thoroughly prepares portfolio submissions for OCSA’s program. Our experienced teachers will be guiding students through the entire application process. Students will create unique works of art that are required in their portfolio submission to OCSA’s program.

OCSA Admission Systems

Applicants will receive a scored rubric with helpful feedback and a proficiency level from our conservatory staff. Applicants will only be able to add an entry into the lottery for a conservatory in which they have completed a Placement Activity and met the minimum proficiency level. A public, random drawing (“lottery”) will be conducted by the conservatory, grade level, and when applicable, concentration, to determine which students are offered admission.
A public lottery will be conducted, in accordance with the admission preferences in OCSA’s approved charter petition, in order to determine admission in each conservatory. Once all available spaces are filled for a particular conservatory, Applicant Numbers will continue to be drawn and placed on a waitlist in the order drawn.