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DATES & TIMES

Nov 1: Entry Period (8a - 6p)
Nov 2: Judging Day (8a - 3p)
Nov 2: Entry Pickup! (3p - 7p)
Nov 3: Top Fifteen Announced - 48 Hour Probationary Period
Nov 5-10: Due Diligence Phone Verification
Nov 11: Top Ten Announced
Nov 20: Awards Ceremony!

2008 Entries: 1,018

Drawing: 253
Electronic Media: 143
Mixed Media: 184
Painting: 111
Photography: 231
Sculpture: 96

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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 may be downloaded from the website 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. This year, jurying took place on Sunday, November 2nd. The top ten finalists in each category were invited to an elegant awards ceremony on November 20th, where the winners were 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.

2008 Photography Winners

Color or black and white photographs, using traditional OR digital cameras.

Top 10...

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Grand Prize: $5,000
Melinda on the Rocks
Megan Emerick
The Woodlands HS
Conroe ISD
Teacher: Anne Morrison
2nd Place: $2,500
What Lies Behind a Mirror?
Sarah Zannoni
Cy-Woods HS
Cy-Fair ISD
Teacher: Tina Fox
3rd Place: $1,500
Unspoken Innocence
Hannah Olson
CyFair HS
Cy-Fair ISD
Teacher: Laurie Emery
4th Place: $1,000
LaBranch at Lamar
Ross Hudgins
Elsik HS
Alief ISD
Teacher: Danielle Pontus
5th Place: $500
Modern Entertainment
Kailey Smith
Klein Oak HS
Klein ISD
Teacher: Jennifer Sawin
6th Place: $250
Bubbly
Jessica Seidel
Aldine HS
Aldine ISD
Teacher: Karen Cruise
7th Place: $250
What Hurts the Most
Alison Bennett
Cy-Ranch HS
Cy-Fair ISD
Teacher: Jason Neumann
8th Place: $250
Uncle Sam Watches the Game
Rachel Reed
Cinco Ranch HS
Katy ISD
Teacher: Donis Krohmer
9th Place: $250
Spanish Setting
George Brown
The Woodlands HS
Conroe ISD
Teacher: Caryn Rock
10th Place: $250
Jaqua Doublet
Lexi Aumada
Pasadena Memorial HS
Pasadena ISD
Teacher: Greg Giles

Honorable Mention...

Secure Tie
Andrea Arguera
Kerr HS
Alief ISD
Teacher: Lisa Canorro
Forgotten Innocence
Iyza Baig
The John Cooper School
Private
Teacher: Karen Fearon
Ocean Blue
Jimmy Do
Elsik HS
Alief ISD
Teacher: Danielle Pontus
The Beauty of Versailles
Bianca Jones
Cy-Woods HS
Cy-Fair ISD
Teacher: Tina Fox
Family Tree
Ashley Martin
Cy-Ranch HS
Cy-Fair ISD
Teacher: Jason Neumann


About the Jurors...

Lynn Baldwin began his photographic career as a photographer in the U. S. Navy and continued his career in commercial, medical and editorial photography. He headed the Department of Biomedical Communication at the University Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas and retired from there in 1993. His scientific and medical photography has been exhibited in the United States and Canada.  Baldwin had continued his career by pursuing projects in the photographic arts. His work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions in the United States.

Stuart Larson is a Photographic Artist living in Houston. He has held numerous solo and group exhibitions though-out the entire United States. In Houston he is represented by Bering & James, a gallery located in the Rice Village. He currently is the head of Graphic Design at the University of Houston-Clear Lake where he has worked to bring the curriculum fully into the digital age. His courses are focused on the fundamentals of art and design. He teaches courses in Digital Collage Manipulation, Digital Drawing, Typography, Advertising Design, and Web Design and Animation.

Matthew Linton is an Assistant Professor of Visual Arts at the University of Houston, Clear Lake.  He holds his BFA in Photography from Arizona State University and his MFA in Critical and Visual Studies from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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