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2009 Entries: 1,456

Drawing: 411
Electronic Media: 152
Mixed Media: 249
Painting: 158
Photography: 336
Sculpture: 150

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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 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 will be e-mailed to the teacher after online registration, and parents, students or teachers deliver and pickup the entries at the drop-off location.

Each year, the Culture Shapers Volunteer Staff receive about 1,500 entries. Jurying will take place in November. The top ten finalists in each category will be invited to an elegant awards ceremony in December, where the winners will be 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.

2009 Painting Winners

Artworks in oil, acrylic or any other plastic paints, or watercolors, including tempera, gouache or casein.

Top 10...

Grand Prize: $5,000
3 Penguin & Ana
Alex Camposeco
Dekaney HS
Spring ISD
Teacher: Kim Abshere

2nd Place: $2,500
Squids
Vivian Ho
Clements HS
Fort Bend ISD
Teacher: Donna Reedy

3rd Place: $1,500
Night Terminal
Suk Kim
Memorial HS
Spring Branch ISD
Teacher: Cathleen May

4th Place: $1,000
Landscape
Taylor Travormina
Episcopal HS
Private
Teacher: Sharon Willcuts

5th Place: $500
Waiting Alone
John Kim
Cinco Ranch HS
Katy ISD
Teacher: Nancy Huffman

6th Place: $250
Haunt Thoughts
Stephany Graves
Stratford HS
Spring Branch ISD
Teacher: Jana Stiffel

7th Place: $250
Crossroads
Sandra Delarosa
Pasadena Memorial HS
Pasadena ISD
Teacher: Adam Malek

8th Place: $250
Abandoned Car
Nathaniel Brubaker
The John Cooper School
Private
Teacher: Barbara Garman

9th Place: $250
Last Summer
Wanru Ji
Clear Springs HS
Clear Creek ISD
Teacher: Richard Williams

10th Place: $250
Charlotte
Sasha Grishina
Seven Lakes HS
Katy ISD
Teacher: Angela Gasser

Honorable Mention...


Friends
Emily Coughenour
Clear Springs HS
Clear Creek ISD
Teacher: Richard Williams


Candy
Rosa Franco
Eisenhower Senior HS
Aldine ISD
Teacher: Michaelann Kelley


One Crazy Drive
Hyun Kim
Dulles HS
Fort Bend ISD
Teacher: Amanda Freeman


Cafe Nostalgia
Julie Bokyung Kim
Taylor HS
Katy ISD
Teacher: Teri Brewer


Evolving Strokes
Katharine Kmiecik
Stratford HS
Spring Branch ISD
Teacher: Jana Stiffel



About the Jurors...

Sarah Beth Baca is a painter and mother of two. She has a degree in art and marketing from Houston Baptist University. She has painted for 10 years, specializing in abstract and expressionistic oil and acrylic pieces. She has taught art lessons and completed many commission pieces.

Garland Fielder was born in Houston in 1971. He received his MFA from the University of North Texas in 2005 in painting and drawing. He has been exhibiting regionally and nationally since then. He is represented by Anya Tish Gallery in Houston. Fielder is also a contributing arts writer for Artforum, Art Lies, Art Papers and Glasstire. Please visit www.garlandfielder.com for more information on the artist.

Melianie Stinson graduated from University of North Texas with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a minor in Psychology. She has shown her own art work throughout Houston and the surrounding areas, and has pieces in private collections through the United States. Melianie has also worked in Houston ISD, Huntsville ISD, and Conroe ISD for the past eight years teaching Art at both high schools and junior high schools. She is currently teaching special education.

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