Services

Art and design portfolio coaching for college applications

Coaching options that fit your schedule, location and goals. One 10-session package, built around your portfolio, and everything here converges on a single next step: a free initial consultation with Dr. Nell Daniel to map out your path.

Core offer

Art Portfolio Coaching

One on one guidance to build a portfolio that is as unique as the student and unforgettable to the admissions team.

  • A focused portfolio review inside the package, for students who mainly need an expert read and a plan rather than the full build.

Where coaching happens
  • In your home, for families in the NYC area

  • Remotely, over Zoom

  • At our Tribeca studio

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Also offered

Artist Statement and Essay

Shape the writing that frames your work, from artist statements to the supplemental essays that art and design programs ask for. Often paired with coaching, available on its own.

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Packages

How coaching is packaged

Coaching is offered as a 10-session package or as individual sessions, with the expert review available inside the package. We match the shape of the engagement to your teen's goals and timeline at the free consultation.

Why families choose

Why families choose Portfolio Coaching NYC

Individualized, one on one

Coaching is customized to each student's interests, needs, schedule and aspirations. Whether your teen is just starting or refining a senior-year portfolio, the approach is flexible, strategic and deeply student-centered.

A credentialed, firsthand expert

Dr. Nell Daniel brings over 30 years of teaching art and design to high school and college students, as a former Director of Admissions at Parsons School of Design and a two-term member of the RISD Board of Trustees.

More than a portfolio

The creative process builds more than portfolios. It builds a lifelong, confident creative practice.

Let's build your portfolio together

Whether you are starting out or refining a senior-year portfolio, we are here to help you stand out and get in. Book a free initial consultation to begin.