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.
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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
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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!More Info...
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- The 9th Annual Visual Arts Awards Ceremony, November 20, 2008
- 8th Annual Visual Arts Awards Ceremony, January 31st, 2008
- 7th Annual Visual Arts Awards Ceremony, November 29, 2006
- 6th Annual Visual Arts Awards Ceremony, November 17, 2005
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It makes me really sad to know how Culture Shapers is extremely subjective. It makes me sad because out there, there’s many artists that put their heart into their piece and then they soon discover their artwork was rejected. The entries that made it to the top 15 I call them ” the judge’s tastes”. The Top 15, which of course, do show great ability and talent are sometimes just chosen because judges like them. Within judges, they relate to some of those entries. It makes me upset because sometimes I feel my artwork isn’t that good and that I’m not an artist at heart. That’s what upsets me most about this competition: not knowing if your entry was good enough to rank among the “best.” Personally, I think art shouldn’t be as subjective as this. Judges just choose the ones they like, they sometimes lack that ability to recognize the HEART put into the piece. That’s why I dedicate this reply to all those great artists that weren’t able to make it through this year. I hope you find within yourself an inspiration, a motivation to keep working hard, to keep doing that great artwork. Don’t worry if you didn’t make it, have perseverance within yourself and never give up.
But for now, I just wanted to leave a message to all those that are sharing the same feelings I’m feeling now:
“The greatest glory consists not in never fallings, but in rising in every time we fall”
-Vincent Van Gogh