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MCPS VISUAL ART CENTER

A COUNTYWIDE, PRE-COLLEGE ART PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT "BY APPLICATION” PROGRAM

THE VAC IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROGRAM

SUPPORTED BY MCPS & THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SINCE 1974.

(Located at Albert Einstein High School * 11135 Newport Mill Road, Kensington, MD 20895)

VAC STUDENTS USE THEIR ART PORTFOLIOS TO GAIN ADMISSION AND EARN SCHOLARSHIP

TO ELITE LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES, UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS & THE NATION’S BEST ART SCHOOLS!

UNIVERSITIES & LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES:

• U. Arizona, Boston U., Brown U., Cal. Arts, CUA, UCLA, Carnegie Mellon U., Cornell U., U. Delaware,

Duke U., Georgetown U., Goucher, Harvard, U. Hartford, Indiana U., Ithaca College, U. Michigan, Muhlenberg, Oberlin, Sarah Lawrence, Scripps, Smith, SMU, U. South Carolina, SUNY Purchase, Swarthmore, Syracuse U, St. Johns, Ursinus, VCU, Washington U, Wesleyan U., MARYLAND SYSTEM: McDaniel, UMCP, UMBC, Towson U., St Mary’s College, Frostburg State, Salisbury State. ART & DESIGN SCHOOLS: Art Center, CCA, College for Creative Studies, Chicago Art Institute, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cooper Union, Kansas City Art Institute, MICA, Parsons, PAFA, Pratt, SFAI, Ringling, RISD, RIT, SCAD, SMFA, SVA, Syracuse, Tyler School of Art, UARTS, VAC STUDENTS GO ON TO CAREERS IN SUCH FIELDS AS: Arts Administration, Art Education, Art History, Architecture, Animation, Communications, Fashion, Film, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Motion Graphics, Photography, Public Relations, Publishing, Television, Web Design, Business, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine, & Sciences.

THE VAC PROGRAM HAS A FOUR YEAR PROGRESSIVE CURRICULUM:

❑ EACH SESSION SUPPORTS MULTIPLE LESSONS & GRADE LEVELS (VAC LEVELS 1 to 4 = Grade Levels 9 to 12) ❑ THERE ARE TWO MORNING DOUBLE PERIOD SESSIONS [Pds. 1 & 2 (Cross-Scheduled Students) & Pds. 3 & 4] ❑ THERE ARE TWO DOUBLE PERIOD CLASS SESSIONS (Pds. 5 & 6 + 6 & 7) & A TRIPLE PERIOD CLASS OFFERED IN THE AFTERNOON. ❑ STUDENTS MAY COMMUTE TO THE VAC FROM THEIR HOME SCHOOLS FOR THE MORNING OR AFTERNOON SESSIONS. ❑ STUDENTS MAY CHOOSE TO TRANSFER TO EINSTEIN HS (FULL-TIME) ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED INTO THE VAC. ❑ STUDENTS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE DCC MUST PROVIDE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION TO THE VAC

VAC 1 VAC 2

AP VAC 4

AP VAC 3

MCPS VISUAL ART CENTER APPLICATION PROCESS

APPLICATION CHECKLIST: Complete Online Application ( Opens October 4 – Closes November 1) Prepare Student Portfolio

2-3 observational drawings and 5-7 completed artworks in any media

Attend Onsite 2 hour Drawing Session + portfolio Review Time & Date will be assigned via email to each student!

YOU ARE INVITED TO THE DCC OPTIONS OPEN HOUSE

THURSDAY OCTOBER 24, 2019 VAC OPEN HOUSE @ AEHS

APPLICATION INFORMATION SESSIONS VAC CLASSROOM AT 7:30 PM

(AFTER THE GENERAL EINSTEIN HS PRESENTATION IN THE AUDITORIUM)