There is a National Portfolio Day in Portland every year at the beginning of January. Go to it! Even starting your sophomore year! Take some of your artwork to show to college admission counselors. More info at https://nationalportfolioday.org/
There are many accredited art programs in Oregon, at the university level:
Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA): Communication Design, Illustration, Animated Arts, Intermedia, Photography, Video + Sound, Painting + Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, Writing http://www.pnca.edu/
University of Oregon, College of Architecture and Allied Arts: Ceramics, Digital Arts, Fibers, Jewelry and Metal smithing, Painting and Drawing, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture. Also Architecture and Interior Design. http://art.uoregon.edu/
Oregon State University, College of Arts and Communication: Fine Arts (painting, printmaking, sculpture, expanded media, and drawing), Photography, Art History http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/school-arts-and-communication/art/
Portland State University, College of the Arts: architecture, Art and Design (Art Practice, Graphic Design, Art History), Film http://www.pdx.edu/the-arts/
State Colleges: Western Oregon University, Southern Oregon University, Eastern Oregon University.
Private Universities: Willamette University, George Fox University, Reed College, Marylhurst University, Linfield College, Pacific University, Lewis and Clark College, Concordia University.
Community Colleges: Linn Benton Community College, Lane Community College, Treasure Valley Community College, Portland Community College, Mt Hood Community College, Clakamas Community College, Chemeketa Community College, Central Oregon Community College.
Nation-wide:
Rhode Island School of Design
https://www.risd.edu/admissions/first-year/
Maine College of Art
https://www.meca.edu/admissions/
Pratt Institute
http://www.pratt.edu/admissions/applying/
Maryland Institute College of Art
http://www.mica.edu/Admission_and_Financial_Aid/Undergraduate_Admission_and
_Financial_Aid.html
Syracuse University
School of art:
http://vpa.syr.edu/academics/art/undergraduate/
School of design
http://vpa.syr.edu/academics/design/
Fashion Institute of Technology
http://www.fitnyc.edu/admissions/index.php
University of Connecticut
https://art.uconn.edu/apply/
New York University
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/art/studio/bfa/apply/
BU College of Fine Arts
http://www.bu.edu/cfa/visual-arts/prospective/apply/undergraduate/portfolio/
Lesley University
https://lesley.edu/admissions-aid/how-to-apply
Cooper Union School of Art
http://cooper.edu/admissions/applying-to-cu
Parsons ‘The New School’ of Design
https://www.newschool.edu/parsons/apply/
Savannah College of Art and Design
https://admission.scad.edu/forms/appOnlineApplication?studentTypeCode=F
there are 31 Art Institutes, and all are a little different, depending on what city they are in and what industry they are collaborating with (Kansas City, Chicago, San Fransisco, Chicago, etc).
Cranbrook Academy of art
UCLA
and many, many more! It is important to know what you want to study, in order to choose the best universities in that field.
Here Is a list of ceramic programs nationwide:
List of 332 Ceramic Colleges, Schools and Universities
There are many accredited art programs in Oregon, at the university level:
Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA): Communication Design, Illustration, Animated Arts, Intermedia, Photography, Video + Sound, Painting + Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, Writing http://www.pnca.edu/
University of Oregon, College of Architecture and Allied Arts: Ceramics, Digital Arts, Fibers, Jewelry and Metal smithing, Painting and Drawing, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture. Also Architecture and Interior Design. http://art.uoregon.edu/
Oregon State University, College of Arts and Communication: Fine Arts (painting, printmaking, sculpture, expanded media, and drawing), Photography, Art History http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/school-arts-and-communication/art/
Portland State University, College of the Arts: architecture, Art and Design (Art Practice, Graphic Design, Art History), Film http://www.pdx.edu/the-arts/
State Colleges: Western Oregon University, Southern Oregon University, Eastern Oregon University.
Private Universities: Willamette University, George Fox University, Reed College, Marylhurst University, Linfield College, Pacific University, Lewis and Clark College, Concordia University.
Community Colleges: Linn Benton Community College, Lane Community College, Treasure Valley Community College, Portland Community College, Mt Hood Community College, Clakamas Community College, Chemeketa Community College, Central Oregon Community College.
Nation-wide:
Rhode Island School of Design
https://www.risd.edu/admissions/first-year/
Maine College of Art
https://www.meca.edu/admissions/
Pratt Institute
http://www.pratt.edu/admissions/applying/
Maryland Institute College of Art
http://www.mica.edu/Admission_and_Financial_Aid/Undergraduate_Admission_and
_Financial_Aid.html
Syracuse University
School of art:
http://vpa.syr.edu/academics/art/undergraduate/
School of design
http://vpa.syr.edu/academics/design/
Fashion Institute of Technology
http://www.fitnyc.edu/admissions/index.php
University of Connecticut
https://art.uconn.edu/apply/
New York University
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/art/studio/bfa/apply/
BU College of Fine Arts
http://www.bu.edu/cfa/visual-arts/prospective/apply/undergraduate/portfolio/
Lesley University
https://lesley.edu/admissions-aid/how-to-apply
Cooper Union School of Art
http://cooper.edu/admissions/applying-to-cu
Parsons ‘The New School’ of Design
https://www.newschool.edu/parsons/apply/
Savannah College of Art and Design
https://admission.scad.edu/forms/appOnlineApplication?studentTypeCode=F
there are 31 Art Institutes, and all are a little different, depending on what city they are in and what industry they are collaborating with (Kansas City, Chicago, San Fransisco, Chicago, etc).
Cranbrook Academy of art
UCLA
and many, many more! It is important to know what you want to study, in order to choose the best universities in that field.
Here Is a list of ceramic programs nationwide:
List of 332 Ceramic Colleges, Schools and Universities
