PART 1: Resume
Please submit a one-page resume that includes:
1) creative and academic work
2) special skills
3) activities and hobbies
No where else in the world can you find the range of disciplines in one school. Over the last 50 years as we forged new programs, built our home in New York and expanded to our global academic centers, institutes emerged. Each are built with shared values, common goals, and a priority for putting students first. The result – a place where artists and scholars create the future.
The Collaborative Arts program is ideal for students with a rich diversity of talents who crave a wide variety of experiences. We’re looking for independent minded students, who are motivated to challenge themselves and work with other artists to generate interdisciplinary projects. Our students are curious, willing to take risks, and interested in exploring the wonderful possibilities of working between disciplines.
There are two required components to complete your application. Applicants to the new BFA in Collaborative Arts must complete both the NYU Common Application as well as submit a creative portfolio.
Please see below for the updated creative portfolio requirements.
You must complete the Common Application with the NYU Supplement. Please refer to NYU Undergraduate Admissions for more information about applying to NYU.
You must prepare a four-part creative portfolio and submit via the Artistic Review portal (NOTE: a couple of days after you submit the Common App, you will receive an email from NYU with a personalized link to the Artistic Review portal. If you are applying as a transfer student, you will receive this link after the new calendar year).
Please submit a one-page resume that includes:
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
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.
Freshman Early Decision 1: Common Application due November 1st, Creative Portfolio uploaded by November 6th
Freshman Early Decision 2: Common Application due January 1st, Creative Portfolio uploaded by January 6th
Freshman Regular Decision: Common Application due January 5th, Creative Portfolio uploaded by January 6th
Internal Transfer/Change of Major/Double Major: uploaded by March 1st
External Transfer: uploaded by April 1st