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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!



We Have A Winner & YVOH BIG NEWS!

Winning $500, first place, and an automatic pass to the May 11th finals is Klein Collins Senior, Jessica Van Dongen! Coming in at second place ($300 prize) and less than 2 tenths of 1% difference is a Freshman at Klein Collins, Jackson Perrin. And just to make it a SWEEP for Klein Collins, third place and $200 goes to Sophmore, Hannah Miller. Thanks to the other contestants from College Park in Conroe, ISD, Cy-Woods and Cy-Fair.

We are now taking applications for the October 16th semi finals! It’s a Monday! There is no event in November and the last one of ‘06 is December 1st! Then we have four more (Jan-Feb-March-April) and the finals May 11th.

BIG NEWS-

And in about a week anyone on this planet will be able to log on to www.RateMyYVOHPerformance.com and vote for your favorite Performer. Now your aunt in New York, your cousin in France, and your nephew in South Africa, your brother in Japan, and your TEACHER in Houston can log on and watch your performance! The web site should be operational within a week to 10 days. And all performances after that will be added.

Congrats to all!

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