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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!



Culture Shapers Donors Win Again!

Congratulations to Steve Arizpe, Vicki Sarvadi and David Cordray, the three donors who guessed the correct number of birdies to be shot in the Shell Houston Open last week—1,651.

These three will join the other individuals who guessed the correct number, in a drawing (date TBA) for the brand new Buick Lucerne.

This is the 2nd year in a row that Steve Arizpe has guessed the correct number of birdies in the Birdies for Charity fundraiser, and last year he beat out 48 others to win the car! Could he repeat? Stay tuned for more details.

UPDATE! Culture Shapers and Steve Arizpe win the Buick for the second year in a row!
Kay wins the Buick!Kay Hesketh, representing Culture Shapers, won the 2007 Buick Lucerne Grand Prize when she used the 35th key selected to start the car. A total of 39 finalists had correctly guessed that 1,651 birdies would be made at the 2007 Shell Houston Open.

With the HGAHGA president Steve Timms, right, staffer Sharon Fitzpatrick, and lucky Birdies for Charity grand prize winners Kay and Shawn Hesketh of Culture Shapers.

A huge, “Thank you!” to Steve Arizpe and Administaff for donating your chance to win to Culture Shapers. We are grateful!

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