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About the Visual Arts Contest...

The annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Contest enables student artists to compete for more than $85,000 in cash prizes in six categories... drawing, painting, electronic media, mixed media, photography and sculpture. The contest takes place in the Fall, and is open to all High School Students in Harris, Waller, Liberty, Chambers, Galveston, Brazoria, Fort Bend and Montgomery counties.

Students receive a commemorative t-shirt with their entry fee of $20. Entry forms are downloaded from the website and parents, students or teachers deliver the entries to the drop-off location.

Each year, the Culture Shapers Volunteer Staff receive about 1,500 entries! This year, jurying will take place on Sunday, November 2nd. The top ten finalists in each category are personally invited to the exclusive Awards Night, where the winners are finally announced!

About the Culture Shapers Jurying Process...

Culture Shapers jurors are a combination of educators and professionals, who come highly recommended to us by other notable organizations, such as the Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE), as well as others. Many of our jurors have experience both in and out of the classroom, which gives them a unique and valuable perspective on evaluating student artwork. Click here to read more about the Culture Shapers jurying process.

The Visual Arts Awards Ceremony

Click here for details about the Visual Arts Awards Ceremony!

About Young Voices of Houston...

In 2005, Culture Shapers expanded into the performing arts, with the Young Voices of Houston performing arts contest. Featuring ten to twelve of the top vocalists from area high schools, Young Voices provides these talented students the opportunity to perform vocal works for a live audience and compete for cash prizes! Young Voices of Houston competitions are held several times throughout the year. Click here to learn more about Young Voices of Houston!

Archive for October, 2006

Viewing The Entries

On Saturday, November 4th (from 8-9:00am only) you can view the Painting and Drawing entries (482 pieces). Then on Saturday, November 11th the public can view (8-9:00am only) Mixed Media, Electronic Media, and Photography entries (659 pieces). This is a great teaching and learning opportunity. Don’t be late!

Kerr High School thinks Culture Shapers rocks!

Thanks to Lisa Canorro and her students at Kerr High School for sending in this photo. We think you guys rock, too!
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Unofficial Individual High School Entry Data

We had 68 different high schools involved in the competition this year. And five people submitted entries that were being home schooled. The top 5 high schools with number of entries were: John Cooper 90, Clements 68, Cinco Ranch 62, Klein 61, and Memorial 47. More data every day!

UNOFFICIAL ISD DATA!

After taking in 900+ entries in the last two days, we have a lot of clean up and double checking to do, but UNOFFICIALLY we’re at 1,356 entries. A total of 21 different ISD’s submitted entries plus home schoolers and that awesome private school in the Woodlands with 90 entries- The John Cooper School.
Seven [...]

Unofficially………….1,341!……now 1,356! :-)

In spite of cut backs this year in some art programs, the 2006 total is the 2nd highest ever, falling only about 94 shy of the 2005 record. Congratulations for ALL of you. This is one of those “experiences” that is just one step in your art journey. I’ll be posting many statistics over the [...]

Two Hours Left!

We have taken in 1,259 entries. The top three categories are: Drawing (342), Photography (264) and Mixed Media (207). Deadline is 5pm!

Only Five Hours Left

The entry period for 2006 CultureShapers Visual arts Contests ends at 5:00pm today. We currently have taken in over 1,100 entries!

2007 Hunting Art Prize

Culture Shapers is helping to spread the word about a tremendous opportunity from the Hunting PLC Company for a Texas-based visual artist. The winner receives an award of $50,000. Please help us get the word out around!
2007 Hunting Art Prize
Hunting PLC, an international oil services company, has announced their call for entries for [...]

Three Days Left!

It’s now, the next three days, or wait til 2007 for six categories in Visual Art. Don’t wait til the last day!

Young Voices Of Houston- Dec. 1st

Three more contestants have been approved to perform at the next YVOH semi finals, Friday, December 1st. Be sure and check out past performances at www.RateMyYVOHPerformance.com — Vote and leave comments for your friends! Even upload your OWN videos!
#6-KRISTYN CHALKER is a Senior at Cy-Creek who lives for the stage. She has been performing a [...]

Expectations Compared to 2005

One of the questions is how many entries will there be in my category? While we don’t know that answer, we can give you the 2005 results for comparison…
Drawing (401), Photography (265), Mixed Media (241), Painting (202), Electronic Media (144), Sculpture (111 and we took in 105 this year), and finally, Film (86). Good luck! [...]

Young Voices Of Houston- December 1st

The first five approved contestants are…….
1-BRITTANY THAXTON is a 17 yr old senior at Klein High School. Not only has she been in numerous service activities with her school and church, but she has been performing and dancing since age 3 and has been singing for the past two years. This past summer she was [...]

Rate My Culture Shapers Entry!

BRAND NEW: RateMyCultureShapersEntry.com
So, you entered the Culture Shapers Art Contest and now you’re wondering if your entry made it to the TOP 15. Well, here’s something to do in the meantime… check out RateMyCultureShapersEntry.com and see photos of the competition.

Rate your favorite entries!
Post comments for other artists!
Build your own albums!
Embed a slideshow in your [...]

2006 Sculpture Entry Slideshow

Congratulations to the 105 students who entered the 2006 Culture Shapers Sculpture category on Friday, October 20th. Judging took place on Saturday, October 21st and the TOP 15 finalists will be posted to this site on Monday, November 13th.
Everyone who toured the entries during the Open House commented that this is the best body of [...]

Top Fifteen Selected

The judges have now narrowed the field from 105 to 15. The really hard work now begins. The quality this year has moved up a notch. It seems that’s the case each year in all categories.
We do not know the order of the fifteen so we don’t know who the top ten money winners are, [...]