Contest Winners


2011-12 Entries:

Mixed Media: 199
Painting: 147
Electronic Media: 212
Photography: 341
Drawing: 264
Sculpture: 185

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2011-12 Contest

Dates:

    Online entry periods:
    Oct. 17-21 for MM & PA
    Jan. 16-20 for EM & PH
    Mar. 19-23 for DR & SC


    Entry day at (CS-Woodedge)
    Oct. 29 (10am-4pm) MM & PA
    Jan. 28 (10am-4pm) EM & PH
    Mar. 31 (10am-4pm) DR & SC


    Judging at (CS-Woodedge)
    Oct. 30 (A.M.) MM & PA
    Jan. 29 (A.M.) EM & PH
    Apr. 1 (A.M.) DR & SC


    Awards Cermony at (CS-Woodedge)
    Oct. 30 (4pm) MM & PA
    Jan. 29 (4pm) EM & PH
    Apr. 1 (4pm) DR & SC


    Pick-up at (CS-Woodedge)
    Oct. 30 (5:30-7pm) MM & PA
    Jan. 29 (5:30-7pm) EM & PH
    Apr. 1 (5:30-7pm) DR & SC


New Rules 2011-12

General Rules
Mixed Media
Painting
Electronic Media
Photography
Drawing
Sculpture

The Prizes!

Grand Prize: $5,000
Second Place: $2,500
Third Place: $1,500
Fourth Place: $1,000
Fifth Place: $500
6th thru 10th: $250


About the Visual Arts Contest...

The annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Contest enables student artists to compete for nearly $70,000 in cash prizes in six categories... drawing, painting, electronic media, mixed media, photography and sculpture. The contest takes place 3 times during the school year (refer to posted dates), and is open to all High School Students within TEXAS.

Students receive a commemorative t-shirt with their entry fee of $20. 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 Culture Shapers on 10225 Woodedge.

Each year, the Culture Shapers Volunteer Staff receive about 1,500 entries. This year the judging will take place October 30th for MM & PA, January 29th for EM & PH, and April 1st for DR & SC. The Awards Ceremony will take place in the afternoon starting at 4pm each of the judging days.

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.

Latest News & Updates

Southeast Houston Power!

When you look at the top 5 in Sculpture and the top 5 in Drawing, students in the Southeast had 50% of the winners.

>Clear Creek took 1st and 3rd in Sculpture
>Friendswood took 5th in Sculpture
>Pasadena took 4th in Sculpture and 5th in Drawing

That’s a grand total of $8,500 in winnings. Congratulations!

Thank You Lisa and Kerr High School!


Thank You!

$2,500 Winners

Second place in Sculpture & Drawing and therefore $2,500 to each student went to the following two Sophmores who have two more years left to compete:

Sculpture: Ryan Renne is a Sophmore at Klein Oak high school. His piece was entitled ‘Flying Predator”. Rurias is his teacher

Drawing: Molly Garrison is a Sophmore at John Cooper School in the Woodlands. Her piece was entitled “For Dad”. Jayla Davis is her teacher.

Pictures of all the top ten winners will be posted within the next 5-7 days.

First Place Winners

Eduardo Medina won $5,000 for his first place Drawing piece by the title of Dinner Time. He is a Junior at Hastings so we will probably see him again next year. His teacher is Terry Kenefic.

Zac Spears won $5,000 for his first place Sculpture by the title of Assistant Manager. He is a senior at Clear Creek high school where Terry Foltz is his teacher.

Congrats!

Award Ceremony

It is onle two hours away as I post this information.

Of the top ten in Sculpture & Drawing receive their checks this afternoon for just under $25,000 we get to see at TWELVE of the participants again next year as:

0- Freshmen made the top ten (it takes training!)
4- Sophmores get to come back for two more years
8- Juniors get one more shot at $5,000+
8- Seniors move on to college or wherever with MONEY in their pockets.

We will post the 3rd Heart In Art Award Winner tomorrow and then the pictures of the top ten in order of standing sometime next week. Information will be posted every day next week as we cover the full details.

Thank you teachers and administrators for the encouragement and help you have been throughout the year(s): both to the students, parents, and Culture Shapers.

We only have one event left for 2011-12 and that is the Performing Art Young Voices of Houston FINALS on April 18th. Come out and cheer on the top ten finalists!

Uncertified Final Data

We will do some tweaking and checking of data next week; however, our current data shows-

>449 Entries
>265 Drawing and 184 Sculpture (a new record for Sculpture)
>23 ISD’s participated
>64 High Schools involved (John Cooper #1 with 36 entries)
>95 Teachers (Debra Kersman tops with 21 entries)
>30 students entered both categories

More information next week

Last Day For $25,000!

No registrations will be allowed after 7:00 Friday! Here is some of the data through the first four days:

>226 Entries (121 Drawing and 105 Sculpture)
>Private schools (ISD) lead with 52 entries
>John Cooper leads all high schools with 44 entries
>Bob Mosier leads all teachers with 18 entries
>4 students have entered both categories.

48 Hours!

It’s a great TV show and it’s also how much time is left in the Sculpture-Drawing portion of our 2011-12 Visual Art campaign. Anotehr $25,000 will be given out April 1st for those who register before 7:00pm Friday.

Here’s some data through the first three days:

>Drawing now leads Sculpture (52-48%) but we knew that would happen.
>John Cooper still leads the way in entries
>Leslie Rowney has tied Bob Mosier for the teacher with most entries
>Four students have entered both categories

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