Fine Arts Majors (choose one):

• Make a self-portrait in charcoal or pencil. It must be created by looking in a mirror – not by copying a photograph.
• Draw one of your hands in pencil.
• Make a drawing or painting in the style of Picasso’s 1911-12 painting Ma Jolie. It can be in pencil or in color. (Ma Jolie {My Pretty Girl} was a popular song sung at a club in Paris that Picasso frequented. That may be why he included a treble clef and the song’s title.)
• For an image of Ma Jolie, see the following link: Image

Illustration Majors (choose one):

• Illustrate passages from The Little Prince. Include three or four images representing different scenes from the story.
• Create an illustration to be included in an advertisement for a soft drink and make an illustration for a poster for your favorite band (you do not have to include the lettering).
• Illustrate a scene from a major historical event.
• Create and illustrate a greeting card, including its text.

Fashion Design Majors:

Submit design concepts (quick color sketches in any medium) for a minimum of six garments (women’s, men’s or a mix of both). Include at least one sketch in each of the following categories:

• evening formal wear;
• business casual;
• sportswear;
• bathing/beachwear
• fantasy.

Interior Design Majors:

Create a floor plan in 1⁄4 inch scale for a large, single-story residence with no basement.

You may draw this by hand, using an ink-roller pen or you may use one of the online drafting programs. There are a number of free programs on the web from which you can choose. An example is shown in the link below.
Your floor plan should Include:

• Living Room
• Entrance Hall
• Dining Room
• Kitchen
• Pantry
• Laundry Room
• 4 Bedrooms (a Master Bedroom; one Guest Room; a room for a young child and one for a teenager — each with a Full Bathroom) • Also include: a Half- bath (i.e., only a sink and a commode) that is convenient for guests when entertaining
• Home Office
• Two-Car Garage and
• Utility/Storage Room.

Show the position of all furnishings plus amenities (sinks, bathtubs, commodes, etc.) Be mindful of the flow and efficiency of the layout as well as safety.

Also show the position of utilities (E.g. central air-conditioning units and air handlers, water and heating systems (if on the roof, simply state that in a note on the drawing). Do not try to show the position of window A/C units.

Then select pictures of the furnishing and fixtures that you would choose for this home, as well as pictures of your choices of materials for floors, wallpapers and/or paint colors, etc. Paste these pictures on as many sheets of paper as you need, but none larger than 18 x 24 inches.

Here is a link to a free online drafting program. You will find that there are several others. Choose the one with witch you feel most comfortable. If you chose to draw your floor plan by hand, you may find the following drawing aids helpful. They are usually available in a good art supply store, but if not, they can be ordered online. Amazon.com sells them and shows pictures of them as well.

• A T-Square and a Triangle
• A Scale Ruler. (This will make it easy for you to calculate and draw rooms and walls to scale.)
• An Architects and Builder’s template (this is an inexpensive plastic sheet with cut-out spaces from which you can quickly and accurately outline the shapes of sinks, tubs, cabinets, tables, door swings, etc. in scale.

Communications Design Majors (choose one):

• Design a poster for a concert or feature film;
• Design a homepage for your own website;
• Design a logo for a restaurant or a clothing store;
• Submit six photographs that could be used to illustrate the cover story of a popular magazine. (You can choose a different magazine for each photo or shoot them all for the same publication.)
• Create a story-board for a 30-second TV advertisement for either a car or for perfume.

Photography Majors (choose one):

• Submit a minimum of eight photographs, at least two of which are black and white: Include a photographic self-portrait. Then create a series of photos that tell a story; it can be about a historical or current event, a book or article you have read, something important from your own life or pure fantasy. Use your imagination – you have a lot of latitude in choosing a topic.
• Submit a minimum of eight photographs, at least two of which are black and white: Include a posed portrait taken with artificial lighting; a still-life; a landscape; a city-scape; a photo of all or part of a piece of machinery and a photo you might take if you were a news photographer covering a story.
• Photos must be no smaller than 8” x 10”.

Fashion Marketing and Communications Majors:

Neither a portfolio nor section one of The CHAVÓN Challenge is required, but you must complete the questions below.

Imagine that you are opening a boutique, whose target market is between the ages of 22 and 34. You must select the merchandise for this store, which can be a small shop with roughly 400 square feet of selling space or it can be a virtual, online store.

• 1. Give your boutique a name.
• 2. If it is a physical space, describe it. If it is online, describe the components of your website. To complete this assignment, you must:
• 3. Define your market demographic and tell us who your customers will be. Are they:
  • Men, women or both?
  • Hip young middle-class graduates of private schools and colleges starting out in their first jobs?
  • Young working professionals who have begun to establish solid careers?
  • Young people with modest educational and economic backgrounds who want to be fashionable and move up through the ranks. • Where they do live?
  • Something else that interests you (but still within the 22-34 year-old age group)
• Decide on your merchandise. Will it be exclusively clothing, or will it include accessories; i.e., jewelry, hats, belts, shoes, etc.? Maybe it will be none of the above — a specialty store that focuses on one or two types of items; e.g., scarves and jewelry. This is entirely your decision. Choose something you really like and use your imagination.
• Then tell us in a few words what you plan to sell and at what price points.
• Select the merchandise you think would sell best to your type of customer by choosing images from the internet or from magazines, catalogs and/or other relevant publications. Print or cut them out and past them into a large notebook or portfolio (no larger than 18 x 24 inches (46 x 61 centimeters) or download them to a thumb drive or CD and bring them, along with your written answers to your interview.
• Tell us in a few words why you think these merchandise selections will sell to your customer and why they will be competitive in the marketplace.
• If you are an international applicant or live more than 50 miles from a CHAVÓN campus, you may send your material to the Office of Admissions online or send a thumb drive or CD by post our courier.

Film Majors:

Film majors are not required to submit The CHAVÓN Challenge. Applicants to this program will be evaluated on the basis of their academic records, interview, portfolio, letter of intent and essay.