Sarah Lawrence College

Precollege Visual Arts

Apply to the Precollege Visual Arts Program

Academics
Lifelong Learning Painting from Poetry
Painting From Poetry: Visual Arts Program Academics
Summer Programs Pre-College Extension Signature Learning Community Au Pairs Precollege Student Life

Eligibility

Sarah Lawrence's Precollege Visual Arts summer program Painting From Poetry is designed for students who will be entering their junior or senior of high school in the fall of 2027 or will graduate high school in 2027.

If you do not hold U.S. citizenship or U.S. permanent residency, you must have or obtain an appropriate visa. For precollege, the most appropriate visa is the B-2 Tourism visa since it is a non-matriculating program and avocational. Refer to the Visitor Visa page of the travel.state.gov website for more information.

Applicants for whom English is not their first language and who are not currently attending a school with an English language curriculum should take one of the following tests:

Applicants should have a minimum TOEFL score of 100, an IELTS score of 7 or higher, or a Duolingo score of at least 130.

How to Apply: A Two-Step Process

Please note: The application window is not yet open for this program; please check out the application process below so you'll be ready to go when the online application is live!

Applications are due by May 3, 2027, and are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Applying is a two-step process designed to help us know you as an artist. Please follow the steps below in order.

Step 1: Show Us Your Work!

While it's ok if you don't have a formal portfolio, we do ask you to submit three finished pieces of work you've created. These can be anything that you consider a creative act (e.g., any drawing, collage, painting, paper mâché sculpture, photos of a few pages of a sketch book, etc.). Please put each of the three works in a separate PDF; you'll also upload these three documents as part of the online application.

Step 2: Complete the Online Application

Once you've gathered your portfolio pieces into three separate PDFs, you're ready to complete our online application. Applications open October 1, 2026.

Need Help?

Feel free to email us at precollege@sarahlawrence.edu if you have any questions or need assistance.

Please note that admission into this precollege program does not guarantee admission to Sarah Lawrence College for undergraduate study.