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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 winners of the 3rd Annual Young Voices of Houston FINAL, Monday, April 9th!

Twelve area high school students gave it their all for the 3rd Young Voices Of Houston Finals. Walking away with $1,500 and 1st place was Alison Luff (Klein Collins). She’s won it two of the first three years. Winning $1,000 and 2nd place was Carl Culley (Klein Oak), who won it last year. Third place and $500 went to Kristyn Chalker (Cy-Creek). Congratulations to all performers. You were great- twelve of the best in Houston. We hope to see all of our non-seniors back in September when we kick off the next season. And that means everyone has to compete against Carl for two more years!
Click here for details about this fabulous and memorable night!, featuring the 1st and 2nd place winners from each of this season’s monthly semifinal events. Congratulations to everyone who competed in the 2nd season of YVOH!

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