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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!



Congratulations to the 2006 Young Voices of Houston winners!

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One freshman, three sophomores, five juniors and two seniors did a fantastic job of entertaining the record crowd during the final round of competition, held at LRC in northwest Houston. Ten gals and one lone male voice… and it was the male voice of Carl Culley, a sophomore at Klein Oak, who won first place and $1,500! Alison Luff (our 2005 Finals winner), and a Junior at Klein Collins, took second place and $1,000! And the South African transplant, Jessica van Dongen, a junior at Klein Collins, won $500 for third place. It’s a HAT TRICK for Klein ISD as they swept the finals. And all three are eligible to come back for the next year’s competition.

The next semifinal is May 19th. Next year’s FINALS will be in early May, meaning we will have at least eight opportunities for all old and new contestants to give it a go. In fact, starting with the April semis, we will have a combination of audience and professional judges determine the monthly winners. Congrats to ALL ELEVEN! You made us proud! Click here to read more about this exciting evening!

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