Evanston Art Center Portfolio Day 2026
Portfolio Day is a chance for local students to connect with art college admissions teams, get information, and/or have art portfolios reviewed before applying to colleges and universities. Portfolio Review & Informational Meetings are 10 minutes each and require registration in addition to the general event registration. To view the full Portfolio Day schedule, visit the Evanston Art Center website.
Students will have a chance to meet with representatives from Art Academy of Cincinnati, College of Creative Studies, Loyola University, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Northern Illinois University, Ohio University, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, University of Illinois Chicago: College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts, and University of Illinois Urbana – Champaign.
To get started, register for Portfolio Day, reserve your limited spot for meetings with representatives from art & design colleges, and review the online guides to “What should I bring?” “Who will be there?” and “Where is the EAC?”
Upcoming Events
The Tolerance Generation: Growing Up Online in the Anti-Bullying Era
Sarah Miller, Ph.D.
Assistant professor of sociology at Boston University
Matt Rafalow, Ph.D.
Sociologist, senior staff researcher at Google (YouTube), and research fellow at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
ON ZOOM
Hope in Motion
Arshay Cooper
Bestselling author, speaker, rower
Evanston Township High School Auditorium
Note: Event start time is Central Time (CT).
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
The Story of Your Life: How Social Media Shapes the Way We Experience Everything
Kathryn Jezer-Morton, Ph.D.
Author of the biweekly “Brooding” column at The Cut, a section of New York magazine
Jia Tolentino
Staff writer at The New Yorker
ON ZOOM

