1) creative and academic work

2) special skills

3) activities and hobbies

Our program is geared toward emerging artists who are eager to explore different disciplines and to create work in collaboration with others. 

When you enter the program, you are not expected to be skilled in every discipline. We will provide foundational training in each broad area: —text, image-making and manipulation, performance, emerging media technology—to help you to become a multidisciplinary artist. 

Please answer the following two-part essay and imagine that you have all the resources that you need to collaborate with other artists and create an original work – in response to the following prompts: 

PART A: Choose one piece from your submissions (see part 4 below) and tell us how you could imagine augmenting, reinterpreting, or enhancing your work by collaborating with another artist to create a new, multi-disciplinary art piece. Describe the piece in your response in 300-500 words. 

PART B: Provided below are links to five notable photographs. Choose one and think about the issues, emotions, and story within that photograph. Describe in 300-500 words how you would create a multidisciplinary piece inspired by the photograph.

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Seville Spain, 1933

Gordon Parks, Ondria Tanner and Her Grandmother Window-shopping, Mobile, Alabama, 1956

Gregory Crewdson, Untitled, 2001

Silvia Grav, Untitled, 2012

Nan Goldin, French Chris at the Drive-in, NJ, 1979

If you have any issues accessing the photographs, please reach out to Colleen Seeber at colleen.seeber@nyu.edu 

*PLEASE NOTE - All interview videos must show your face in a clear light, not in silhouette in front of bright objects like windows. Your voice must also be clearly heard (record the video in a quiet space).  If you choose to move your position at some point during your interview video, please make sure that you are at portrait size (approximately head and upper torso) for at least a significant portion of the video. 

Please submit TWO SAMPLES of your original work that you think best expresses your strengths as an artist. If possible, provide two samples that involve distinctly different disciplines (e.g., a text-oriented piece and a performance-oriented piece). Your samples may fit within the traditional artistic disciplines, or they may blur the lines between them. Listed below are some examples of artistic work that you may submit. You are not limited to these specific types of work, but please follow time and length guidelines. (e.g., if you submit a video of you performing that is similar to a monologue, and it is not a traditional monologue, it must still be under 2 minutes in length). You must also clearly indicate your role in each submission.

A) Performance: 

• Monologue: 2 minutes length maximum. A video of your solo performance consisting of a piece that incorporates text and performance, such as a monologue drawn from a contemporary play or movie (i.e., 20th century - present). Other types of performance pieces are: spoken word, TED talk, poetry reading, “The Moth” type storytelling, standup comedy, podcast, etc. If you are performing from another author’s work, please state the author’s name and the title of the work.

• Movement: 5 minutes in length maximum. A video consisting of one movement piece that you either choreographed or in which you were a featured dancer. Please provide a brief statement about the piece explaining your goals and participation in the work.

B) Visual Imagery:     

• Short film: Short film or excerpts from a longer piece. 5 minutes in length maximum. The sample can be live action, animation, fictional, experimental, or documentary.     

• A portfolio of images: minimum of 5 images, maximum of 10 images. Images should be pieces of your original work from visual arts disciplines, such as photography, drawing, painting, sculpture, set design, or mixed-media art. Include a brief statement explaining the work and documenting your process.

C) Writing:

• A 5-8 page sample of a stage play, screenplay or script for television. Ideally, this excerpt will demonstrate an ability to propel traditional narrative storytelling through characters in conflict.

D) Technology, Music, and Emerging Media:

• Digital artwork, computer graphics or animation, game, manipulation of hardware, software, electronics, code, or the web. Did you build a musical instrument out of an old blender? Did you incorporate VR in a multi-media installation? Then this is your category. Include a brief statement describing the work and your part in its creation. Include video and/or audio documentation, or up to 10 images, and a URL if applicable.

• Music: A recording of your original music composition or song. You can submit up to two tracks for a total of 5 minutes maximum. Include a brief statement describing the work and your part in its creation. Include video and/or audio documentation and a URL if applicable.