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 [...]
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CultureShapers has an Annual Wine Auction that raises funds to give scholarship to the Visual & Performing Art students in the Houston Metro area. Our event this year is February 22. If you would like to display ONE piece for sale, simply email me for a reservation. Last year, one piece sold for $500!
Birdies For Charity Time Again!
Published by Ernie January 14th in Visual Arts Contest and Young Voices of Houston.1-Guess how many BIRDIES will be shot during the Shell Houston
Open Mar. 29-April 4 (average for last 11 years has been 1,649).
2-Pledge 0.01 per birdie and they shoot 1,600 you donate $16. Thus $0.02
would be $32. A nickel pledge would be $90 – A $1.00 pledge $1,600! [...]
Elizabeth (Libby) DeLyria will share her immense and valued art skills from 9-12am at the CultureShapers offices, Saturday, January 30th. We currently have 23 teachers reserved. There is no charge but reservations are required.
A few highlights of her career include:
>Chosen for Teacher Institute of Contemporary Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. (June [...]
Looking For Two Sponsors
Published by Ernie December 14th in Visual Arts Contest and Young Voices of Houston.We are looking for two individuals or corporations who would like to help out our high school students in the Visual & Performing Art.
1-Young Voices Of Houston: We have three semi final events left (1-27, 2-23, and 3-23) and then the FINALS (4-27). You can be a part of their life by sponsoring all four [...]
You can see the 113 photos of the 10th annual award ceremony by logging on to-
http://www.yokomstudios.com/CS2009/index.htm
Where everyone placed and money won are now posted. Anda Brown was the BIG WINNER being a DOUBLE FIRST PLACE WINNER (Mixed Media & Sculpture) and taking home $10,000 to go along with her previous year’s winnings of $5,500 for a nice haul of $15,500!
Congratulations to Kim Glasgow (art teacher at Seven Lakes High School) [...]
All the due dligigence and phone calls have been made! Tickets are being mailed. On Saturday or more probably Monday, 90 students will get their tickets to the BIG DANCE (10 tickets for the top ten finalists and 5 tickets for 11-15) December 2nd.
Everyone will LEARN, and if you’re not a senior you should be [...]
For the first time ever, we will be giving out FREE TICKETS to those who placed 11-15 and having you stand to be recognized at the Awards Ceremony, December 2nd.! Unless you are a Senior, here’s an opportunity to SEE up close and personal who the winners were and to VISUALIZE yourself on stage next [...]
We are now doing the “due diligence” and that process will continue until Nov. 16th at which time we will post the TOP TEN in each category.
We also now begin the process of deermining our Heart In Art Award candidates as well as teacher and administrator awards. We invite your recommendations for those three awards.
What IF there are no violations, no copyright infringements, and no disqualifications at all and the TOP TEN of the judges remains as of November 16th? IF that turns out to be the case, then we already know the following 3 pieces of data-
>35 of the top 60 are SENIORS!
>Yes, a FRESHMAN can be in [...]
The judges have spoken and we know the TOP TEN, but that information will be on hold until after the probationary period and confirmation calls to teachers and parents. After due diligence has been completed we will pull down 11-15 and TEN pieces of art will remain in each category, but no one will know [...]
We came back with 58 pieces of unclaimed art. Let us know if someone didn’t pick us as planned.
Tomorrow, we post the 15 finalists in each of the six categories. If there are no problems during this probationary period (copyright violations, etc.) we’ll then post the top ten after a 48 hour period.
Finally, many teachers [...]
The fourteen hour Saturday when we took in 1,500 pieces of art was long; however, the fourteen hour Sunday when we judged the pieces and returned some 1,400+ was even more hectice. Did we ever need that extra hour of sleep Sunday am when we moved our clocks back an hour.
Monday we take pictures of [...]
The WE is all you teachers, administrators, students, and staff. Jayla Davis and Bob Mosier were symbols of so many other teachers who worked from 8 am to 6pm, eating at their work station, and giving 100%+.
Approximately, 1,500 pieces entered in 8 hours (close to 200 an hour)
There were only two brief moments when there [...]
