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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!

Archive for December, 2008

January DOLLARS!!!!

Cellar 17 on 1960 just East of Hwy 249 displays art (for sale). They allow professional artists to put up 20-25 pieces for a whole month. And they are allowing CultureShapers-that would be you students, the month of January to display your art for sale. 10% of the total sales price will go to [...]

Jan. 20- Fourth Semi Final

1-Kristen Malisewski is a Sophomore at Tomball. She is thoroughly involved in chorale choir as well as having performed with Playhouse 1960, HFAC, Houston Grand Opera and the Tomball STAGE department, including her most recent role as Rapunzel in Into the Woods. Kristen will be singing “Vanilla Icecream” from She Loves Me.
2-Taylor Moessinger is a [...]

Dec. 16- YVOH Semi Final Winners

Congratulations to Matthew Edquist, senior at Brazoswood, for winning 1st place and $500. Joining Matthew in the April Finals will be 2nd place winner ($300) Jackson Perrin, a Junior at Klein Collins. Winning $200 and eligible to come back in January is Sydney Roberts, a home-schooled Sophomore. We’re now taking applications for the January 20th [...]

December 16- YVOH Semi Final

Come out and support your friends next Tuesday at 7pm. Here’s the order of performance: 1-Mariah Bhatti is a senior at Clements. 2-Elliott Robinson is a Junior at Memorial 3-Hunter McMahon is a Junior at Klein Oak. 4-Zach Turner is a Sophomore at Tomball. 5-Brittany Gibbons is a Home Schooled Junior 6-Lauren See is [...]