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About the Visual Arts Contest...

The annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Contest enables student artists to compete for more than $70,000 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. Entry forms will be e-mailed to the teacher after online registration. Teachers or students deliver and pickup the entries at the drop-off location at Westfield High School.

Each year, the Culture Shapers Volunteer Staff receive about 1,500 entries! This year, jurying will take place on Sunday, October 31st. The top ten finalists in each category are personally invited to the exclusive Awards Banquet on Wednesday, December 8th at Shirley Acres, where the winners are finally announced before a live audience!

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!

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Two Announcements

Published by Ernie August 19th in Visual Arts Contest.

We have officially made two decisions that you can put in your calendars for the
9th annual CultureShapers Visual Arts Campaign.

1-The Awards Banquet will be back at the Geiger Center
for Performing Art as it was last year. And, we’re going back to the earlier format that we
followed for seven of those eight years. The awards ceremony will be…………………
Thursday, November 20th

2-The big change for this year will be the entry period which is for only ONE DAY
for ALL categories, and then YOU pick up the art the next day! The dates are:
>Saturday, Nov. 1st- Bring in all art pieces 8:00am to 6:00pm
>Sunday, Nov. 2nd- Morning will be for judging/ pick up art from 3-7pm
Westfield High School (South of 1960 on Ella- not far off I-45) is where you will
bring you art and it’s where you will receive your honors as the Geiger Center is
part of the Westfield high school complex!

We have NOT made a decision yet on categories, prize money, and
a few other issues. All final information will be posted on the web site this coming
Monday, Aug. 25th. Are you ready to make some BIG MONEY?

Good luck and we look forward to serving you once more!

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