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[quote=Anonymous]My child auditioned and passed for visual arts. Besides art classes in elementary school, and one semester in 6th grade, dc has not had any art or drawing classes. They’ve always enjoyed art but never to the point that they wanted extra classes or anything, so I was pleasantly surprised at how good their portfolio pieces were.  DC spent about a month on the five drawings, and besides being provided with good drawing materials, dc did all the drawings on their own.  I guess it goes to show that natural talent is a real thing, and perhaps is what the school is looking for (along with interest/dedication).

Full disclosure-DH and I both have art/design backgrounds but we’ve never pushed our interest in art/design on our kids-except to maybe force them to an art museum once in a while. The only benefit dc has from having artistic parents is access to quality art supplies. I wasn’t even able to offer tips because dc was/is so sensitive about their abilities that any comment would have been taken as a personal slight and dc would have been so, so offended. It was maddening. But it turns out, dc did fine on their own.

I know of at least two people who hired art/drawing teachers to help with the portfolio. Both kids were admitted.[/quote]

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