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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 seven categories... drawing, painting, electronic media, mixed media, film, 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 $15. 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 took place on three Sundays in January. 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 December, 2007

Vote for Culture Shapers!

Thanks to the recently-submitted photo by Kerr High School, we are officially entered in the CustomInk.com “Ink of the Week” contest. CustomInk.com prints our commemorative t-shirts every year.
If our photo is chosen, we could win $100 off our next order—which means more money for Culture Shapers artists!
Contest winners are determined on a weekly basis. […]

Kerr High School says, “Thanks, Culture Shapers!”

“Kay, Lyn, Ernie, Shawn and all the wonderful Culture Shapers volunteers, we at Kerr High would like to send you a great big THANK YOU for all the wonderful work you do and extend warm wishes for a wonderful blessed holiday season! Your intention of heart is truly appreciated, thanks again!”
Lisa Canorro,
Kerr High School

Sculpture Congratulations

As you should know, the top 15 are selected in each category so that in the case a piece gets discredited when we get to the validation and confirmation phase, we have “back ups“. Once the TOP TEN are verified, the data will change of course. But for NOW, here are the statistics for Sculpture […]

Congratulations to everyone who entered the Sculpture category!

Thanks to all the students who entered this year’s Sculpture category, we took in a record-setting 112 entries and saw some of the best work we’ve seen since adding the Sculpture category in ‘03. Many folks commented that the overall body of work submitted was the highest quality and most creative work so far, […]

Double Double Double Double Double

The first person that submits entries in TWOcategories, or THREE categories, or FOURcategories, or FIVE categories gets their entries in FREE! In fact, if you are entering FIVE categories, we’d like for you to come in by appointment so we could spend a few minutes with you and highlight who you are.
So, don’t wait […]

Winner’s Spotlight: Clay Rodery

Clay Rodery was a finalist in the graphic design and mixed media categories in the 2001 Culture Shapers Visual Art Contest. In addition, he was the recipient of the special 2001 FDNY Award. He used part of his prize money to enroll in the Summer Program at the Ringling School of Art and […]


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