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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 February, 2010

Fifth Semi Final

The competition was awesome. Unfortuantely only two could make it to the FINALS in April. Winning first place and $500 was Kristen Malisewski a Junior at Tomball. Second place and $300 went to Myka Duval a Sophmore at Cinco Ranch. Third place and $200 went to Treshana Lewis a Sophmore at Seven Lakes. We will [...]

We Need A Sponsor For YVOH

We need a sponsor for the FINALS in April ($5,000) and a sponsor for the entire 2010-11 school year which is $15,000 (individual or corporate). This is a great advertising opportunity and tax deduction. If you know of anyone who is interested, please have them email or call us for specific details. A great cause!
Thursday, [...]

Very Successful Wine Auction!

Thanks for everyone who participated and made this years wine auction very successful. We had about a dozen or so pieces of art for sale and many were purchased. I don’t know the exact amount, but something north of $1,000 was sold. Additionally, it was our second best auction with net proceeds of $15,000.
We’re still [...]

All Registrations Now Full

If there are any fall-outs between now and March we will post a notice, but as of NOON, February 17th Feb and March are FULL. Here is the order for February pending any cancellations. Song changes can occur up to Feb. 23rd.
1-Danny Dyer- Everybody Says Don’t
2-Cassie Eggen- Good And Evil
3-Heather Eberhardt- Hometown Glory
4-Alisha Pace- Big [...]

Final Sign Up!

The registration tab will come back up on February 15th so that you can sign up for either one of the two openings left for February 25th or for the LAST March 23rd semi final! First ones to use the registration box by time stamp gets in.