Application Prep and Portfolio Review (Online Class)

Application Prep and Portfolio Review: Online

Melanie Berardicelli | Fall II | Mondays: Oct 27 - Dec 1

Class Description:

Are you ready to become the next Master of Fine Arts or Certificate of Fine Arts candidate? Not sure how to begin your application?

Instructor Melanie Berardicelli will guide you through each step of the application process to ensure you’re set to start your journey at the New York Academy of Art! Learn how to write the perfect CV, artist statement, and curate a strong portfolio for professional review. Whether you are a drawing, painting, or sculpture major, this class provides critiques that will teach you how to strengthen your work and find your personal voice.

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Fall II Session Dates:

Scheduled occurrences for the next semester of this class are as follows:

Week	Date	Time
Week 1:	10/27/2025	6:30 - 9:30 pm ET
Week 2:	11/03/2025	6:30 - 9:30 pm ET
Week 3:	11/10/2025	6:30 - 9:30 pm ET
Week 4:	11/17/2025	6:30 - 9:30 pm ET
Week 5:	11/24/2025	6:30 - 9:30 pm ET
Week 6:	12/01/2025	6:30 - 9:30 pm ET

Before Class - Welcome & How to Prepare for Class
Week 1 - How to Write and Format an Artist CV
Week 2 - How to Document Your Work
Week 3 - How to Edit and Format your Photographs through Photoshop
Week 4 - How to Write an Artist Statement
Week 5 - How to Curate a Strong Portfolio of Work
Week 6 - How to Navigate the NYAA Portal and Submit Your Application

$410.00
Online
6 Weeks
Beginner to Intermediate

Meet Your Instructor

Melanie Berardicelli

Instructor

Melanie Berardicelli is a SURP and CE Painting Professor at the New York Academy of Art. She has been an educator of the fine arts since 2014, teaching painting and drawing, life drawing, sculpture, and art history classes at Ivy League School in Smithtown and USDAN Center for the Fine and Performing Arts. Melanie received a Master of Fine Arts in Painting at the New York Academy of Art in May 2021 and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing at SUNY New Paltz in 2017. Melanie’s artwork explores the spark felt when entering the sacred space of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the history of the Roman Martyr Catacomb Saints; her work has been exhibited in solo and group shows throughout New York State, including The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, Sotheby’s, Cryptic Gallery, Greenpoint Gallery, Upstream Gallery, The Huntington Arts Council, and The New York Academy of Art. Currently, Melanie assists artist Audrey Flack in her New York and East Hampton studio locations, creating the underpaintings and sculptures for Flack’s current Post-Pop Baroque series. Melanie is also children’s book illustrator. Her work for Augie Goes to the Library- a 48-page commemoration to the New Paltz community and the titular Border Collie- was published in 2016.