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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 10: Top Ten Announced
Nov 20: Awards Ceremony!

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2008 ENTRY FORM

The entry form will be posted right here when it is ready. We are working to accept online entries this year.

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 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 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 will take place on Sunday, November 2nd. The top ten finalists in each category will be personally invited to the exclusive Awards Night, where the winners will be 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.

2007 Entries: 1,377

Drawing: 351
Electronic Media: 163
Film: 55
Mixed Media: 259
Painting: 161
Photography: 276
Sculpture: 112

2005 Sculpture Winners


Grand Prize: $5,000
Kristina Gray
"Wolf Spirit"
SR: Clear Brook HS
Clear Creek ISD
Teacher: Alicia Moore


2nd Place: $2,500
Thao Huynh
"Wind of Change"
SR: Hastings HS
Alief ISD
Teacher: E. DeLyria


3rd Place: $1,500
Libby Sanders
"Magdalene"
: Clear Creek HS
Clear Creek ISD
Teacher: Terri Foltz-Fox


4th Place: $1,000
Jarred Johnson
"Voids"
JR: Clear Creek HS
Clear Creek ISD
Teacher: Terri Foltz-Fox


5th Place: $500
Rohit Sacheti
"Los Tres Tumbling Triangles"
S: The John Cooper School
Private School
Teacher: Bob Mosier


6th Place: $250
Felipe Mejia
"A Tribute to Howard Hughes"
SR: Hastings HS
Alief ISD
Teacher: E. DeLyria


7th Place: $250
Daniel Martinez
"Spider Pedestal"
SR: Clear Creek HS
Clear Creek ISD
Teacher: Terri Foltz-Fox


8th Place: $250
Camille Chung
"Eye of the Storm"
SR: Hastings HS
Alief ISD
Teacher: E. DeLyria


9th Place: $250
Nicholas Carnrite
"Hidden Faults"
JR: The John Cooper School
Private School
Teacher: Bob Mosier


10th Place: $250
My Au
"China Life"
SR: Hastings HS
Alief ISD
Teacher: E. DeLyria



Honorable Mention, in alphabetic order.


Ryan Collins
Spring Branch ISD
SR: Stratford HS
Teacher: Lana Roland


Cory Gonzales
Cy-Fair ISD
SR: Cy-Springs HS
Teacher: Betsy Anderson


Alex Rothenberg
Spring Branch ISD
S: Stratford HS
Teacher: Lana Roland


Alyona Shnulina
Spring Branch ISD
SR: Stratford HS
Teacher: Lana Roland


Lauren Sturrock
Clear Creek ISD
JR: Clear Creek HS
Teacher: Terri Foltz-Fox



About the Jurors...

Richard Fielden - Sculpture was the first art I noticed and the first art I tried to do. After nearly 30 years doing commercial art, design and illustration, I have given myself over to sculpture. Now, years later, I have been a teacher, artist and sculptor full-time with many public commissions to my credit. Have done large public commissions: Enron baseball (bronze) Colombe d'or bird (concrete and gold leaf) Herman Hospital (life gift) Texas Children's Hospital (tree of life). Have sold many small bronzes to collections around the U.S. and in Europe.

Bridgette Mongeon has worked in the creative industry for over 20 years. She is a painter (watercolor) but is known for her sculptures of entertainers such as BB King, Willie Nelson, and Bin Monroe, as well as her numerous commissions of children. Recent commissions include Nolan Ryan's grandson and negotiating a Houston Music Hall of Fame. She has been featured both nationally and internationally for her work. Bridgette enjoys encouraging others to achieve their artistic goals and does so through her workshops, lectures and articles that she has written. She has been a contributing writer with several books and is presently working on her first solo book about creating posthumous sculpture entitled, Bringing to Life the Spirit of the deceased - A Sculptors Journey. www.creativesculpture.com

CLICK HERE TO READ AN OPEN LETTER TO ALL ENTRANTS FROM BRIDGETTE!

R. Michael Stovall - Graduate SWT with a BS in Commercial Art and ABS in all level Art Education. 23 years in public education teaching art in Bellville High School. Sculpture and Pottery are both large parts of my curriculum, as I love to work in clay. I have attended several sculpture workshops and cast a bronze called "I Have A Son".


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