Bridgette Mongeon is a writer/sculptor/speaker/educator and Culture Shapers Sculpture Juror. Check out her write-up about Culture Shapers on her blog, Creative Endeavors.
Archive for November, 2006
Follow-up article from one of our sculptor jurors…
Published by David November 30th in Visual Arts Contest.Photos from the 2006 Visual Arts Awards Banquet!
Published by David November 30th in Visual Arts Contest.UPDATED! Click here for the complete library of photos from the 2006 Visual Arts Awards Banquet on Wednesday, November 29th.
Full details and posting Thursday afternoon! But, for the first time we had a back to back winner in a category. Who won 1st place this year in a category that they won first place in the same category last year? That’s $10,000 in two years! But, also for the first time, we had a [...]
Wednesday, November 29th we will honor 73 students, a teacher, and an administrator for their work in the visual arts. Checks for $83,750 will be handed out. Students will walk away with thousands of dollars to continue their education and passion. You can also view the 60 pieces of art and watch 10 of the [...]
World Premier of first movie to be produced in the Woodlands!
Published by David November 27th in Visual Arts Contest and Young Voices of Houston.The Bracelet of Bordeaux is a mystery adventure movie for families, produced entirely in The Woodlands by our good friend and 2005 Film Juror, Frank Eakin. Frank and his crew have created a completely unique method for creating a movie under the “community model”. Lots of young people worked behind the camera and as cast [...]
Seventy three students, one teacher and one administrator will be honored at the 7th CultureShapers Annual Awards Banquet. Checks will be handed out to the kids for more than $84,000! Art viewing begins at 6:00 and meal service begins at 6:30. Presentations start at 7:45.
Corporate Sponsor Needed!
Published by Ernie November 21st in Visual Arts Contest and Young Voices of Houston.CultureShapers is looking for a Corporate Sponsor for 2007. There will be seven semi-final rounds and a final round! These young high school performers are future stars and Young Voices Of Houston provide them with potentially four years of live experience before judges. In 2007, more than 100 students will perform before thousands of people [...]
You’d expect juniors and seniors to dominate the competition; however, this year we had three Freshman make it into the top fifteen. Congratulations to Connor Ransimer Memorial), Joran Yang (Bellaire), and Eric Zhang (Dulles) for doing so well in your first year. Keep working, improving and the next three years could be very profitable for [...]
Seven students have the potential of walking away with $10,000! Seven students entered two events and both of their pieces made it in the top fifteen! Congratulations to Marc Drumwright the only Junior (from Cy-Fair), Kristin LaFrate (senior at Cy-Fair), Ioana Manolache (senior at Spring), Brendon moody (senior at Cy-Fair), Beback Sadri (senior at Elsik), [...]
If you’re not one of the Top 15 finalists in your category and you would like to pick up your entry, you may either pick up your artwork from the Culture Shapers offices, or simply wait and we will return your artwork to your school before December 15th. CORRECTION: Our offices will be closed on [...]
In case you haven’t visited one of our companion sites, RateMyCultureShapersEntry.com or RateMyYVOHPerformance.com, Ning.com is the technology behind these two community-driven sites. Ning is the easiest way to create your own group sites for sharing photos, videos, blogs and more. Check out this write-up about Culture Shapers on their site! And thanks to everyone who [...]
We’ll do all we can over the next two weeks to drive you crazy with clues, facts, and details. We now have the money-winning TOP TEN in each category. But, congratulations are in order for SIXTEEN ISD’s that placed students in the money. Those ISD’s were led by Cy-Fair with 15! Three different private schools [...]
Invariably every year we have one or two kids who don’t tell the truth about how they did their work, etc. I know of one student who bragged later that he had used a copywright and it was missed (in 2005 I believe). That’s a wrong lesson to learn. Eventually karma catches up with all [...]
Click here to view the top 15 finalists in the sculpture category. Or, click below to view the slideshow!
Click here to view the top 15 finalists in the photography category. Or, click below to view the slideshow!
