Art and Visual Culture

Competitive Scholarships in Art

Prospective students thinking of coming to Linfield are encouraged to compete for significant financial assistance through the Linfield Competitive Scholarship Program. Contact the Admission Office for more details and dates of the competition. The following are the art department guidelines:

Aspiring Competitive Scholars in art will be interviewed individually by members of the art department faculty. Participants should arrive on campus with the following required materials for review:



1. ESSAY: Write an essay (2-3 pages typed) addressed to the art faculty articulating the importance of artistic activities in your life and education, and why you are seeking college-level work in art as an art major.
2. PHOTO AND LETTERS: Please attach a recent snapshot of yourself, as well as two letters of recommendations from people who know your work and working habits.
3. FOUR REQUIRED DRAWINGS in charcoal, graphite or pastel. Each is to be about 16 x 20”. They need not be matted or framed. The drawings should be done from direct observation, not from photographs or any other pre-existing graphic material. They need not be realistic, per se, in fact they may be highly abstracted. We are interested in how you compose and develop imagery in response to the subjects indicated:

I. A chair from an oblique angle
II. A portrait or self-portrait
III. A table-top arrangement of objects
IV. A landscape

4. SIX RECENT PIECES OF ART in any medium or combination of media, including drawing, painting, photography, ceramics, design, sculpture, etc. Formal presentation is not required, i.e. framing, though 2-D work should be matted or mounted in a viewing portfolio. Video material and/or slides will be accepted as non-returnable copies only unless return self-addressed and stamped packaging is provided.

Questions may be directed to Professor Ron Mills (rmills@linfield.edu).