The above image shows the populated sections of a complete, active portfolio.  

To be complete and active, a portfolio must contain a minimum of one "work sample" as well as one "project" that contains at least one piece of media.

An artist must have an active Baker Artist Portfolio in order... 

• to be considered for a Baker Artist Award 
• to be eligible for opportunities for Baker Artists available through the opportunities portal
• for their non-private portfolio to be viewable or searchable on bakerartist.org

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Work Samples will show at the top of your portfolio. These are examples that you feel best represent your work as an artist, as they are what viewers will see first. 

• Think of these as acting like a hook to make a viewer want to dive deeper into your portfolio or as a highlight reel, orienting the viewer to who you are as an artist and your work. 
• These may be pieces of media that are also included in various projects within your portfolio. 
• Artists in Film & Photography, Literary Arts, and Performing Arts may want work samples to be excerpts from a full-length project included in their portfolio, while Visual artists may want to think of a work sample as a piece or image that is representative of one of their projects.
• Up to four work samples of varying length may be submitted but must not exceed a limit of ten minutes (for video) or 15 pages (for literary work) in total. For example, (5) two minute samples, (1) ten minute sample, (3) five page samples, (1) 15 page sample, etc., would all fit within the criteria.

Projects are the larger piece of work, series, or framework that your artwork fits within.  

• Think of projects like larger containers or buckets used to organize your work. 
• Projects make up the bulk of your portfolio.  
• Your portfolio must have at least one project containing at least one piece of media, and it may have up to 10 projects with up to 10 pieces of media within each project.

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• If you are unsure how to structure your portfolio, projects, or work samples, spend some time browsing the portfolios of other artists in your discipline. You may want to begin with the awarded portfolios of Baker Artist Awardees.  
• There is no formula to a successful portfolio, so consider how  you want to tell and show the story of who you are as an artist and your artwork within the framework of your portfolio.
• Explore the resources linked in the Directory for Artists, attend a Baker Artist Info Session, or watch the recorded session.
• It is best to approach building your portfolio as an iterative creative practice-- if you wait until just before the awards deadline to begin, it will likely be too late for that season.
• Think about how viewers and jurors will experience your portfolio.
  • This is their pathway into your artwork. How might you convey what the experience of that work may be in-person?
  • If they know nothing about you outside of what is presented in your portfolio, what should they know? Make sure that is included in your portfolio in some way.
    • We strongly recommend including dates in the descriptions of the work included in your portfolio
  • Viewers will see your work samples first, and Round 1 Jurors will review these first to determine if they need to see more. Consider this in your selection.
• Your portfolio is not only your submission for that season's Baker Artist Awards-- you can adapt it, redo it, shift it, ignore and return to it, share it... to suit your needs and to develop or explore how you speak about and present your art. 

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