All Visual Arts applicants should submit the described Portfolio for their Specialty choice at the same time they submit their Application Packet.  Mail or hand deliver your completed ArtQuest Application Packet with your Portfolio to the SRHS Main Office, Attention Jan Sofie, ArtQuest Director.  Your application will be considered incomplete and will not be processed nor your portfolio reviewed until all required materials are received.  Portfolios will be reviewed by Visual Arts teachers beginning in early Spring, 2009, with the first portfolio review tentatively scheduled for Thursday, March 5, 2009 and continuing thereafter.  IMPORTANT: You may be required to attend an interview as part of the application and Visual Arts portfolio review process and will be contacted by phone if an interview process is required. You will be notified by letter or by phone about your acceptance and when/where to pick up your portfolio.

Submit portfolio of images demonstrating abilities in computer software programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, 2D and/or 3D animation programs, etc.  Work may be submitted in various formats, including disk, zip disk, CD, video, hard copy prints etc.  Include information as to what applications were used to create the project, successful or appropriate ways to view it and the name and file format.  Work should be carefully protected and identified with name, address and phone number.  While there is no minimum number of works, applicants should submit their best examples in both technique and concept.

*Important Alternative: We recognize that some students may not have had much experience or opportunity to work within the medium of digital drawing or animation.  In this case, the portfolio should consist of  hand drawings, designs, storyboards or other visual art works, along with a clear statement about why this is the Specialty choice, even though little or no work can be shown in the specific media.  This substitution may affect your acceptance.

No prior video experience is required to apply for the Video Specialty.
Submit a videotape which reflects the experiences you have had using either film, video or computer imaging.  In some instances a DVD or CD-ROM may be submitted instead.  Include information as to what applications were used to create the project, successful or appropriate ways to view it and the name and file format, if necessary.  (Example: Project made using PowerPoint/Office for Windows, created in Flash, will play via Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, Death Star.FLC or Race.mov etc.)  Work should be presented in a professional manner, carefully protected and identified with name, address and phone number. 

*Important Alternative: We recognize that some students may not have had much experience or opportunity to work within the medium of Video.  In this case, the portfolio should consist of  hand drawings, designs, storyboards or other visual art works, along with a clear statement about why this is the Specialty choice, even though little or no work can be shown in the specific media.  This substitution may affect your acceptance.

All Performing Arts applicants must submit a completed Application Packet first and then follow discipline-specific directions below for the Audition.  Mail or hand deliver your complete ArtQuest Application Packet to the SRHS Main Office, Attention Jan Sofie, ArtQuest Director.  Your application will be considered incomplete and will not be processed nor an audition scheduled until all required materials are received.  Auditions will be scheduled by the specific Performing Arts teachers beginning in early Spring, 2007. You will be notified by letter or by phone about your acceptance.

After your completed ArtQuest Application Packet is processed, you will be contacted for an Audition and given further instructions at that time, with the first round of auditions tentatively scheduled for Saturday, March 8, 2008 and continuing thereafter.  Please be advised that no truly Beginning level Dance class is offered;  students must have dance skills and experience at the minimum of an Intermediate high school level upon entry, which is usually about 2 or more years of previous instruction.

After your completed ArtQuest Application Packet is processed, you will be contacted for an Audition, with the first round of auditions tentatively scheduled for Saturday, March 8, 2008 and continuing thereafter.  Applicants must be prepared to attend the full 2 1/2 hour audition, held in  the SRHS Black Box Theatre, Room 24, which will include group exercises, improvisations, and presentations of selected monologues.  Wear loose-fitting clothes to move in.  Be prepared to present a fully memorized and developed two-minute monologue from a published play; it is advisable to have a second monologue for a backup.  Applicants must also bring a one-page resume and a sealed, second letter of recommendation attached to this resume to the audition. (These materials are in addition to the AQ Application.)

After your completed ArtQuest Application Packet is processed, you will be contacted for scheduling of an audition and interview.  All applicants will be screened based on written information and recommendation contained in the application.  Applicants must be prepared to attend an individual audition to be held by appointment in Room 41 in the Music/Dance building, with the first round of auditions tentatively scheduled for Saturday, March 15, 2008 and continuing thereafter.  The audition will include a student solo, vocal exercises to determine range, 2 sight-reading exercises, and 2-3 tonal memory exercises.  Applicants should be prepared to bring 2 copies of the sheet music for their one memorized song, 2-3 minutes in length.  Accompaniment will be provided.  (IMPORTANT: Missing the ArtQuest Application deadlines as described earlier may affect your acceptance and/or placement.

Special Note for All Music Applicants: Music applicants may take two Instrumental, two Vocal, or a combination of Instrumental and Vocal classes, if possible in the schedule and if appropriate for their level in each area (Vocal or Instrumental).  Applicants should follow directions above for either or both, as appropriate.