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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 the 'Visual Arts Contest' Category

Rhonda Landers

Rhonda just moved from Cinco Ranch to Sealy High School this year to cut down her commute time. Sealy is just inside Austin County and so we’re adding it to the eligibility. You have not because you ask not.

Welcome Back To School!

Catch up with the latest announcements by reading the last few posts while you were on summer vacation. And, stay tuned for more exciting announcements!

6 Categories + Film Festival?

Current funds (can you help us with more sponsors?) only allow us to have six categories this year. We have run anywhere for 5-8 categories over the nine years so far. IF we can get the funds by February ($15,000), our plans are to have a FILM FESTIVAL in March. On one weekend we would […]

Two Announcements

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 […]

Kay Hesketh Goes Home!

Kay Hesketh has been one of the most valuable employees of CultureShapers over the last nine years. During that time they’ve added THREE children to their family. Once a teacher, always a teacher?
So, Kay is going to home school her children which means she has needed to resign from her role effective June 1st. Lyn […]

Job Opportunity for Painters

Wanted – Painters! Cherry Designs, Inc. in Humble, TX is seeking skilled painters for custom glass ornaments. Flexible hours & good pay. Call David or Susan Cherry at 281.359.2399 for more details.

The 2008 Culture Shapers Wine Auction

The annual Culture Shapers wine auction, benefitting high school artists in Houston, Texas, was held on Thursday, May 15th, 2008 at the LRC Community Center in Northwest Houston. This year’s event featured an impressive array of wines, donated at cost by local wine boutique Cellar 17, and guests were treated to complimentary wines, cheese and […]

Article: Thoughts of a Sculpture Judge

I am one of the three sculptors that judge annually for the Culture Shapers Art contest. The sculpture category contains a variety of sculpture–clay, wire, welded bronze, glass, jewelry, and fabric, basically anything 3D that does not fit into the other categories. The two other judges that accompany me in the sculpture category are […]

Public Relations Intern Wanted!

Sculptor Bridgette Mongeon is seeking a marketing/public relations intern to assist with collaboration on several projects. Many of these projects are Christian-based. Though this position has no monetary compensation it could turn into a full time paid position depending on the results that are obtained and the enthusiasm and work relationship between artist and […]

Video Intern Wanted!

Are you a creative filmmaker?
A Houston artist is seeking a video intern to assist with shooting videos that will be placed on YouTube and used in marketing. Digital video camera is helpful but not necessary. Job will assist in creative collaboration on short videos, and shooting. Editing skills helpful, but not necessary. […]

Watch the 8th Annual Visual Arts Awards Presentation

Didn’t get to attend the Visual Arts Awards Presentation? Here’s your chance to enjoy every high-energy, emotion-filled moment. Pop some popcorn, pull up a comfortable chair and enjoy…

More Testimonials…

I’d just like to say thank you to every contributor at this years Culture Shapers event. I had a great time and enjoyed every minute. Just being on the main stage next to such talented artists was a huge honor.
So once again thank you so much to everyone who makes this contest possible and all […]

From Bob Mosier, 2008 Teacher of the Year

I fear I was too taken by surprise to really thank you all for the honor you gave me Thursday night. To be selected as Teacher of the Year from such a distinguished group of teachers such as those in attendance at the Awards Ceremony is indeed high praise. As I was meeting […]

From Lauren Laumbach, 4th Place in Painting

I just wanted to give a big thank you to everyone from Culture Shapers. Even though I was pretty much a complete nervous wreck the entire time, my experience at the awards ceremony Thursday night was awesome.
I liked that the video clips were placed in between the different categories; they were nice entertaining breaks that […]

From Tyler Hunter, Grand Prize Winner, Drawing

Hi,
I thought I’d just say what a wonderful time I had at the Culture Shapers award ceremony this year. It means a lot to me that other people enjoyed my drawing and for it to be selected as a winner was a great honor.
Bless Yee, who won the Danny Wood Heart in Art Award last […]


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