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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!

Archive for the 'Young Voices of Houston' Category

February 15 Semi-Final

We will be adding the two to fill out the Feb. 15th contestants with 1-2 back ups in case someone drops out. The ORDER of appearance will be posted next Wednesday- 8th at which time final song selection must be established. 1-Phoebe Adams, a Freshman at Cy-Woods will sing- Mama Who Bore Me 2-Caleb Sepulveda, [...]

3rd Semi Final Winners

#1-Raegan Roberts $500 (A Home Schooled Sophomore) #2-Libby Jasper $300 (Sophomore at HSPVA) #3-Julia Cole $200 (Senior at Klein) The top two automatically transfer to the April FINALS. Amazing job by two Sophomores and a Senior. Congratulations to all. The Next Semi Final is in February. Watch for the sign up period- NEXT YEAR (2012)

3rd Semi-Final (Dec. 7)

The order of appearance for Dec. 7th is posted below. Remember, no back up music in your song selection. 1-Matt Buzonas Senior At Klein Collins will sing- Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You 2-Morgan Critchlow Junior at Cy-Ranch will sing- Skyscraper 3-Savannah Minnery Junior Home-Schooled will sing- The Fire Within Me 4-Raegan Roberts Sophmore [...]

And The Winners Are……………

The 2nd Semi Final had some awesome competition, and I mean AWESOME. Walking away with $500 and 1st place was Brooke Humphrey (Senior at Cy-Woods). Second place and $300 went to Kristen DelBosque (Senior at Klein). Both of them now advance to the FINALS. Third place, and $200, went to Erica Marks (Sophmore at Austin), [...]

2nd Semi Final

Open to the public-FREE! Bring your family & friends as they account for 30% of the judging process. 1-Mark Jammal Junior at Cy-Fair will sing- How Glory Goes 2-Kristen DelBosque Senior at Klein will sing- Your Daddy’s Son 3-Asia Kreitz Freshman at Cy-Ranch will sing- Think Of Me 4-Erica Marks Sophmore at Austin will sing- [...]

The Winners Are?

Kaitlyn Knippers (Soph at Cy Ranch) won $500 and first place. Drew Brandon Jones (Senior at HSPVA) won $300 and second place. Both now move on to the Finals in April. Alana Strong (Junior at Cy Fair) won $200 and came in third. Congrats to all. The 2nd semi final is in November and you [...]

Sept. 28- 1st Semi Final

The order of appearance for the first semi-final on September 28th is as follows: 1-Alana Strong, Junior at Cy-Fair will sing, “Ireland” 2-Cherith Ramsey, Senior at Dulles will sing, “Mercy” 3-Kaitlyn Knippers, Soph at Cy-Ranch will sing, “I Who Have Nothing” 4-Drew Brandon Jones, Senior at HSPVA will sing, “My Way” 5-Caleb Sepulveda, Junior at [...]

Season #6 : Dates & Prize Money

1-The six semi final dates are September 28, November 16, December 7, January 11, February 15, and March 7. The FINALS will be held on April 18. 2-Twelve contestants will be allowed for each semi final. The top two contestants will be eligible for the FINALS. 3-A person must submit an application and $25 entry [...]

2011-12 Season

We are in our final planning for the Young Voices of Houston schedule for this new school year. The format and schedule will be established and people can begin to sign up no later than August 29th. Stand by!

2010-11 YVOH Final Winners

It was an awesome night. We have over 500 pictures and we will publish many of those in the next week to ten days. Two Home Schoolers finished in the TOP THREE! A Freshman, Sophmore, and Senior walked away with the big PAY CHECKS. Here’s your winnersfor this school year…………. 1st Place- $2,500 went to [...]

April 27th Finals!

Here is the order of appearance for this fabulous star-studded night. Contestants have until April 20th to make their song selection. Here is what we have so far in song selections. 1-Kristen DelBosque:Breathe & Blessed 2-Tiffany Hopper: The Beauty Is & Quiet 3-Justin Dresner: Gethsemane & Stars 4-Bethany Trevino: Girl In 14G & Raven 5-Caroline [...]

The Top Tier!

Congratulations to our top twelve FINALISTS. The order of appearance will be determined by random draw and posted April 1st. A special congratulations to Klein ISD that has 50% of the finalists! An, amazingly, two Freshmen are in the mix. Order of appearance to be posted Friday- NO Foolin! 1-Bethany Trevino- Senior at Klein Collins [...]

2010-11 YVOH Finals!

On April 27th, the top twelve performers in this school year will compete for some serious prize money. Four Thousand dollars will be the prize money this year for the top three finalists: $2,500 for 1st place, $1,000 for 2nd place, and $500 for 3rd place. The remaining nine contestants will each get $50. Each [...]

And Our Winners Are…….

The last two to move to the FINALS in April will be Brooke Humphrey (1st place winner from Cy-Woods and $525) and Kaitlyn Knippers (2nd place and $325 from HSPVA). Third place and $225 was Madie Plum from the Woodlands. It was the best over all competition of the year!!! Amazing talent!

Last Semi Final – March 23rd

The order of appearance is as shown below. Two will join ten that have already been selected to participate in the April FINALS. Good Luck! 1-Caleb Sepulveda- Soph at Cy Fair will sing- When You Believe 2-Kaitlyn Knippers-Fresh at HSPVA will sing- Home 3-Emily Coleman- Junior at Klein will sing- I Dreamed A Dream 4-Kylie [...]